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Millions gather in Ayodhya for Diwali, lighting a record 2.51 million lamps to celebrate the festival of lights.

Mallika Basu shares a guide to the ingredients and recipes that make Diwali sparkle – from fragrant dals and street food-inspired chaats to sweets so decadent, they practically demand a celebration

As India gears up for Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, people are divided over whether they should celebrate by setting off firecrackers, which worsen the country’s chronic air pollution

Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India and for Hindus in particular

Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India — for the Hindu community in particular

The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa has been booked in a third FIR for alleged fraud and intimidation based on a complaint from a business owner, the Ahmedabad police said in a statement after a press conference on Tuesday.

Scores of people were gathered for a Hindu festival when a fireworks display caused fire

Masked men in black van stole donations, desecrated idols.

Five press bodies have condemned the second FIR against The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa. Four of them have urged the Press Council of India to “perform its mandate of safeguarding the freedom of the press”.

Dhanteras is the first day of the five-day Diwali festival in India. It is an auspicious day, known as Dhantrayodashi, which falls on the thirteenth lunar day of Krishna Paksha in the Hindu month of Ashwin. "Dhan" means wealth, and "Teras" signifies the thirteenth day, symbolizing prosperity and health.

Over four days after a second FIR was lodged against The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa, his colleagues took to X to condemn the police action and uphold “a journalist’s right to obtain and process a confidential or ‘sensitive’ official document in line with their work”.