Scandal gnaws at Buddha's holy tree in India
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BODH GAYA, India  - Tales of corruption, looting and religious rivalry are swirling around the spot where Buddha is said to have gained enlightenment in eastern India some 2,500 years ago, sullying one of Buddhism's holiest sites.
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A state-owned company's sales of vibrating prophylactics has some Indian politicians accusing the national government of immorality
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Outsourcing executives are worried that recent security breaches are damaging IndiaÂs reputation as a high-skilled, low-cost location.
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A disputed Christmas tree is back on display at a French high school near Paris but only after officials declared it a pagan symbol that did not violate the official separation of church and state.
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A natural bridge between India and Sri Lanka, which Hindu revivalists believe is a divine legacy, has become a hot political issue
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Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan is facing possible fraud charges over an illegal land deal in northern India.
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The provenance of a man-made forest in the shape of a swastika near the edge of the Himalayas presents a complicated mystery.
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Nepal's police have arrested an Indian man suspected of being the mastermind of an illegal kidney transplant racket in India that may have duped or forced at gunpoint hundreds of poor laborers into donating their organs.
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The governor of Jakarta has filed a complaint with police after a Muslim youth group hacked and damaged a 100-year-old banyan tree in the Indonesian capital in a bid to dispel rumours the tree harbours special powers.
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Just when Bollywood enthusiasts were looking forward to Jodhaa Akbar, allegations are levelled that the film's maker Ashutosh Gowariker has distorted history and so should not be allowed to screen it.
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A redwood tree discovered in a remote California forest has turned out to be the worldÂs tallest tree, edging out one nearby that had been the titleholder.
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Description: The most wanted man in India has met his end. For decades, Koose Muniswamy Veerappan eluded capture in the forests of southern India as he smuggled ivory and sandalwood worth millions and terrorized villagers.
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BamiyanÂs Buddhist relics are again the focus of debate: Is it possible to restore the great Buddhas?
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To devotees, it s the path to spiritual fulfilment. To detractors, it s a money-grabbing cult.
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It&#39;s a weird case involving the sale of illicit internet porn, video via cell phone and the internet auction sell of VCDs. Unfortunately, the legal system in India has made this story even stranger by holding
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SEATTLE, Dec. 11 -- A local rabbi is receiving hate mail and angry phone calls, his attorney said Monday, after officials at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport removed Christmas trees over the weekend.
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Hollywood and Bollywood stars are to be roped in for a $100 million celluloid magnum opus on the Buddha's life and teaching.