The Banyan tree is thought to be one of the oldest of its kind in the world. 700-year-old Banyan tree put on a pesticide "drip" The tree, thought to be one of the oldest of its kind in the world, was ...

An American woman who was found chained to a tree in a forest in western India has now admitted that she shackled herself, just days after blaming her “husband” for her ordeal. Lalita Kayi Kumar, 50, ...

Scientists discovered a new species of paragliding gecko in India. The smiling reptiles use skin flaps along their body to fly from tree to tree. The discovery highlights a lack of documentation of ...

Lalita Kayi Kumar, 50, alleges her ex-husband left her in a jungle to die Samira Asma-Sadeque is a legal reporter at PEOPLE's crime desk. He work also appears in The New York Times, The Washington ...

The American woman found tied to a tree in India supposedly moved to the country a decade ago to learn yoga — and police are investigating her husband for attempted murder. Lalita Kayi Kumar, 50, was ...

India is home to a rich and diverse range of medicinal species, thanks to its varied climate and centuries-old tradition of natural healing practices. Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of medicine, ...

LUCKNOW, India-- Facing relentless media attention and growing criticism for a series of rapes, state officials in north India fired two police officers Friday for failing to investigate the ...

LUCKNOW, India -- Authorities in northern India said Thursday that they have arrested three men, including two police officers, suspected of gang-raping and killing two teenage sisters before hanging ...

It may sound hard to believe, but the world's widest tree, located near Kolkata, India, is bigger than the average Wal-Mart. The gigantic Banyan tree may look like a forest from far away, but it's ...

Some 550 years ago, so a story goes, the poet-sage Kabir was on a silt island in India's Narmada River. He was brushing his teeth with a twig. When he flung his toothbrush to the ground, up sprang a ...