Couples have been told to stop holding hands in public at a famous romantic Indian get-away.

Tens of thousands of tourists were stranded in eastern India today after a Gurkha separatist group called a strike to support its demand for an independent state, shutting down hotels, shops and roads.

More than 60 people were injured and dozens of vehicles set ablaze in eastern India when an angry mob demonstrated after a radio host made derogatory comments about the winner of the popular television show Indian Idol, officials said today.

FROM the putrid back alleys of Calcutta to the shanty towns of South Africa, Mother Teresa’s compassion touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of the poorest of the world’s poor.

Two cable cars climbing to a hill top Himalayan tourist resort plunged to the ground in northeastern India today after a support cable snapped, killing four people and injuring 11, a news report said.

THE Pope yesterday approved a miracle attributed to Mother Teresa's intercession, paving the way for the nun who dedicated her life to the poor to be beatified and possibly made a saint.

Eleven people have been killed by lightning and falling trees during a severe thunderstorm near Calcutta.