New Delhi: Mid-winter harvest festivals Makar Sankranti, Bihu and Pongal were celebrated on Wednesday with people taking holy dips in rivers and participating in community feasts, while kite flying ...

AMBALA, India, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Farmers protesting in India this week are using a homemade arsenal to counter the state-of-the-art weaponry of the security forces trying to disperse them: they're ...

Six people, including three children, were killed at a kite festival in India when their throats were cut by kite strings that had been coated in powdered glass, according to multiple media reports.

Before the festival, local police warned those celebrating the Uttarayan festival to be careful and avoid kites with strings sharpened with powdered glass Maria Pasquini is the senior news editor for ...

STORY: The sky above Ahmedabad saw several shapes and colours as participants pulled giant, quirky kites. "This festival is one of the biggest in the world and I am meeting my friends from many ...

AHMEDABAD, India, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Huddled over piles of colourful paper, Mohammad Yunus is one among thousands of workers in India's western state of Gujarat who make kites by hand that are used ...

Nearly 20 years ago, a small group of mostly doctors in South Jersey decided to organize a festival to help their children take pride in their Indian heritage. “Slowly, we noticed that the Indian ...