The controversial coach of a small boy who ran a marathon in an attempt to set a world record has been shot dead by unidentified gunmen in eastern India, police said.

A Jamaican specialist who analysed stomach samples from Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer said that lethal amounts of a pesticide were revealed in tests he administered.

Five policemen guarding a bank in India’s capital were killed today when one officer apparently opened fire after an argument.

The boss of internet auction house eBay’s Indian subsidiary has been arrested in connection with the sale of porn DVDs showing teenage classmates engaged in oral sex at a prominent New Delhi high school.