It was not just the lights and fireworks that went big on Diwali night this year, the country’s digital payment highway — Unified Payment Interface (UPI) — recorded a massive 644 million transactions ...

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A packed auditorium watched in awe as dancers wearing lehengas floated across the stage, and cheers filled the air as ...

A new event will enhance awareness of and celebrate Indian and South Asian culture throughout the Waco community. The Asian Leaders Network (ALN) has announced its inaugural Diwali (pronounced ...

Thousands of South Asian Sacramentans celebrated Diwali this past week, marking the new year with sweets, lights and prayers.

Diwali's transcendent message of good over evil comes at the perfect time, say Unitarian Universalist congregants, who ...

The Chinmaya of Bakersfield is a Hindu cultural center that teaches children about Hinduism and Indian culture. On Sunday they celebrated Diwali, the biggest Indian Festival.

In the U.S., Diwali falls on Halloween this year, which has triggered quite a few #Diwaloween memes on social media.

New Delhi topped global pollution charts on Friday, partly due to revellers defying a ban on firecrackers to celebrate Diwali ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A thick layer of toxic smog cloaked India’s capital on Friday as ...

India's capital New Delhi was wreathed in poisonous smog Friday, with air pollution worsening after a fireworks ban was ...

A thick layer of toxic smog is cloaking India’s capital as smoke from firecrackers used to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu ...