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Pakistan threatens to respond to the strikes, which India says were ‘focused’ and non-escalatory

Tens of thousands of civil defence personnel mobilised for exercises including digging trenches and simulating casualty evacuations

Dublin’s international grocery shops are flag-bearers of familiar snacks from far-flung places that are gaining a following among Irish people too

These most sought-after blue gemstones from the Himalayas have tripled in value in the past decade

Judge says 43-year-old seemed to ‘feel sorry for himself’ rather than showing remorse for killing his wife in Wilton, Cork in 2023

Prime minister Narendra Modi grants ‘complete freedom’ to the military in retaliating for terror strike

Move comes after 26 people were killed in Islamist militant attack on tourists in disputed Himalayan region

Armies conduct ominous manoeuvres as Pakistan continues to deny involvement in last week’s terrorist attack in Kashmir

Indian and Pakistani troops exchange fire as relations between nuclear-armed rivals sink to new low

Islamabad retaliates after New Delhi downgraded diplomatic relations over shooting of tourists in disputed region

Three wars have been fought over the disputed territory

Indian security agencies say little-known group which claimed responsibility for attack is a front for Pakistan-based militants

Little-known group claims responsibility for one of worst attacks in region in years

Cabinet will be asked to agree to faster ratification of controversial Ceta deal with Canada and a new competitiveness plan that will have implications for employee conditions

New to the Parish: Nishtha Khanna moved from India to Ireland in September 2020

Min Aung Hlaing holds meetings with Indian and Thai leaders in rare foreign trip

Report on policing in India reveals widespread justification of torture, intimidation and even summary execution

Author and former corporate executive was inspired to change career after a stint in a home for the dying in India

Regin Parithapara Rajan (43) is on trial charged with the murder of Deepa Paruthiyezhuth Dinamani (38) at Cardinal Court, Wilton, Cork

Up to 4,000 animals to be retired as part of military’s modernisation efforts

With a rapidly growing Indian population in the Republic, new dishes and flavours are springing up to give them a taste of home

Vikat Bhagat has been jailed for brutally killing the Donegal woman in India but her family want an inquest in Ireland

Vikat Bhagat was found guilty at court in south Goa on Friday over 2017 death of Donegal backpacker

Three children among dead as passengers crowd on to platforms for trains to Hindu festival

Family of Buncrana woman (28) hope she and they can find peace after ordeal of legal process that dragged on for eight years

Belgian colleagues kindly explained the basics of how modern societies work; I adhered to a rule of never engaging Americans on Irish politics

Extensive menu is a mix of the comforting and the challenging, the traditional and the experimental

Almost all the deportees to India had fled spiralling unemployment at home via an established network of migration scams

Bhargav Chitturi (23) and Suresh Cherukuri (24) died when the car they were travelling in crashed last Friday

Worldview: We need to forge a a rational, interest-based response to America First

Bodies brought to local morgue more than 12 hours after tragedy

Curries shine, but the tandoor dishes need more of that char

Judge refuses police request for death penalty as he does not consider the crime to have been extremely rare

Nearly 15 million Hindu pilgrims attend first day of world’s biggest religious festival, held every 12 years

Epicentre of magnitude 6.8 quake was some 80km north of world’s highest mountain with Nepal, Bhutan and India affected

William Hicky, who launched Asia’s first newspaper, was prosecuted for libel and sparked a sensational eight-year trial

Earthquake measuring 9.1-magnitude triggered one of modern history’s worst natural disasters that left some 230,000 dead

Hindu nationalist Bhartiya Janata Party in India’s northeastern Assam state has banned consumption of beef in public places, including in restaurants

Border-dispute talks could reshape political alliances in Asia

The acclaimned film-maker on the dynamics of Mumbai, the significance of rice cookers and why doesn’t mind being overlooked in India’s Oscar race