13 of India's best islands
CNN
India is gigantic -- there are 28 states, with cultural and linguistic divergences between them. But there's more to this South Asian country than the mainland. India is also home to more than a thousand islands. Here are 13 of the best.
Bangalore (CNN) — India is gigantic -- there are 28 states, with cultural and linguistic divergences between them. You can easily spend a few weeks (or months) exploring the popular Golden Triangle circuit that covers Delhi, the Taj Mahal in Agra, and Jaipur in the Rajasthan desert; visiting the sacred cities of Varanasi and Haridwar in North India; tracing the colonial past in Kolkata, shopping in Mumbai or temple-hopping in South India. But there's more to this beautiful South Asian country than the mainland.The US began pulling military equipment and additional personnel out of Niger on Friday after waiting months for the ruling military junta to approve US military flights into the country, two sources familiar with the matter said Saturday, ahead of a September 15 withdrawal deadline agreed to by the two countries.
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