A time for feasts, prayers and fireworks, Diwali is one of the most important festivals in India. It is known as the festival of lights as people illuminate oil lamps or candles to symbolise the ...

Diwali celebrations are kicking off around the world as Hindus, Sikhs and Jains mark this year’s annual festivities across ...

Chungking Mansions in Tsim Sha Tsui is the hub for all things Diwali in Hong Kong. You can buy the latest Indian fashions, music and food to mark the Indian festival. If you're looking for a ...

The Philippines' health department warned there had been an increase in fireworks-related injuries during the end-of-year ...

Diwali is the Indian festival of lights. While it is often described as a Hindu festival, it is also commemorated by Jains ...

UNITED NATIONS: Diwali was commemorated for the first time at the United Nations, with the world body's imposing headquarters here lit up especially on the occasion of the Indian festival of lights.

Jews around the world are marking the start of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, which celebrates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the second century B.C. after it was defiled ...

The festival, which took place in the western Sydney suburb on 20-22 May, was a complete lights-camera-action package. Spotlighting the diverse cultures of the Indian subcontinent, the event also ...

All We Imagine As Light' by director Payal Kapadia contended for top honors at the Golden Globes, though it lost in both the Best Director and Best Non-English Motion Picture categories. The film, an ...

Many in Israel compare it with Deepawali, the Indian Festival of Lights. Hanukkah however is celebrated over eight days. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also sent Hanukkah greetings to the ...