India

Government ban gatherings of more than four people amid fears of violent unrest after shooting

Country has saved the animal and given it a great ecosystem in which to flourish, says PM Narendra Modi

Educational body removes reference to more than 200 years of Mughal rule

Many candidates push legal boundaries by offering incentives to voters

Man arrested for murder of his wife and two children at their home in south Dublin disguised himself in women’s clothing to take a bus to their house on the day they were last seen alive, inquest hears

Concrete slab over a stepwell crushed devotees in the city of Indore during a Hindu festival

Founded in 2003 by Kevin Buckley, Spearline employs more than 200 people worldwide, with offices in Cork, Waterford and India

Expulsion follows conviction for defamation over remarks about prime minister Narendra Modi’s surname

Rahul Gandhi given two-year jail sentence for making offensive remarks about prime minister’s surname

Chetan Kumar denounced ideology promoted by prime minister Narendra Modi’s BJP party

The recent deaths of two brothers, aged five and seven, has brought the issue into focus

Nagesh Puranik, who omitted on CV he hadn’t tested eyes in a decade, failed to diagnose clinical issues in a number of patients

India and other non-Western powers see Russia as similar to them and do not need to fear it

Santanu Bhattacharya writes with verve, intelligence and compassion with a range of characters crossing religion, caste and class

Russia and China object to description of Ukraine invasion in final document

Searches take place in broadcaster’s offices in New Delhi and Mumbai

Salman Rushdie’s 15th novel, about an eternally youthful femme fatale fighting religious fundamentalism, sticks to the author’s fiction formula

New to the Parish: Vidya Vivek moved to Ireland from India in 2018

Stocktake: Troubled group responds to allegations with much waffle and desperate appeals to Indian nationalist sentiment

Stocktake: Leading money manager Bill Ackman won’t risk shorting Adani Group even though he is impressed by damning report

Wild Geese: After an unfulfilling stint in ‘normal advertisting’, Belfast man Rick Grehan founded an ethical branding company in Japan

Opposition parties say renaming of Mughal gardens in New Delhi’s Presidential Palace a move by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government to ‘rewrite history’

Environmentalists say indiscriminate and unplanned development in Joshimath has caused subsidence

Captain Shiva Chauhan has become the Indian army’s first female soldier on the 4,700m high Siachen Glacier in the Himalayas

Australia face a busy year which includes Test tours of Sri Lanka and India, and the T20 side’s World Cup defence on home soil

South Africa still require another 111 for victory on a difficult batting wicket

India rip through hosts to take a 2-1 series lead heading into final Old Trafford Test

England captain’s departure for 21 comes after Chris Woakes shone with the ball

Joe Root’s side take the upper hand into fourth Test on back of Headingley success

Captain’s 121 aided by the returning Malan’s fine contribution of 70

Anderson takes three wickets for six runs in pivotal third Test dominated by home side

England coach Chris Silverwood admits batsman ‘needs some time away to regain his confidence’

‘It would be a phenomenal achievement ... it’s a great motivator,’ says captain Joe Root

Game will take place at the 110,000-capacity Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad

Olympic qualification has upped the ante for those back in Hockey League action

Visitors lost the first two of the five-match series but eventually prevailed 3-2

Squad will look to bounce back in meetings with Spain this week

Part-time off-spinner has opted not to submit to a test of his action within the stipulated period of 14 days

Hosts finish on 246 all out having at one stage been in dire straits at 86 for six

Defeat looms despite India’s rush up the home straight foundering against England tail