Three Sikh extremists were found guilty today of a knife attack in London that nearly killed the retired senior Indian army general who led a military operation against armed separatists holding out in the Golden Temple of Amritsar 29 years ago.

Art critic Brian Sewell has described in detail his plan to commit suicide using pills and gin.

Property is the national obsession I've done a lot of restoration myself, something like 13 properties now. It's about nesting, and aesthetics. I like my home to be as lovely and comfortable as it can be. We all like watching it on TV because it's so often torture going through yourself, but less so when you are just the viewer.

The American business executive who had been held hostage by workers at his company’s Beijing factory has arrived back in the US after being freed in return for what he claims was a ransom of around half a million dollars.

Vidya Charan Shukla, who died after being shot in an ambush by Maoist rebels, was a lifelong Indian politician who repeatedly changed parties to suit his fortunes. While he was steadfastly loyal to prime minister Indira Gandhi, his primary allegiance was to himself.

Monsoon rains put pressure on poor building standards

38-year-old will retire from all forms of the game in October once his contracts with Surrey and Mumbai Indians has expired

India, the World Cup holders, have been the team of the Champions Trophy. Relaxed, assertive, controlled they have won all three matches at a canter.

Inside the whitewashed building with its British-era colonnades, people busied about their work over the constant chatter of an electronic printer. Paper would be torn off and the printer started again.

A man said to be the boyfriend of a British-educated Bollywood star who apparently committed suicide has been remanded in custody following the reported discovery of a letter apparently written by her in which she accused an un-named person of cheating on her, forcing her to have an abortion and leaving her “broken inside”.

Put some structure into your coffee-table reading matter with these weighty tomes about the buildings that surround us.

Star had been educated in London and New York before making it big in the Indian film industry

Derbyshire 452 Surrey 362-4 (Surrey trail by 90 runs)

Big, brash and bold, Bollywood is now a global phenomenon. More than a billion people watch the movies, its stars pose on the covers of Time and Forbes magazines, and the industry is worth billions. The formula works: improbable stories, glamour, action and songs. But behind the scenes hides another incredible success story of two sisters, mysterious, largely unknown by Westerners, who've sold more records worldwide than The Beatles or the Rolling Stones.