There are no frills and no niceties when it comes to Varanasi, one of the world’s oldest inhabited cities, but, as Sinead Mooney found out, its link with the Ganges makes it special

Sixteen police officers were killed today when an unknown group rammed a border patrol station on China’s Central Asian frontier before throwing in grenades.

Indian police have detained four men for questioning about bombings that killed 20 people at a temple and train station in Hinduism’s holiest city, a top state official said today.

AT least 258 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured yesterday when an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale ripped through a remote area in northwest China.