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UK Maoist cult leader Aravindan Balakrishnan jailed for 23 years for raping followers

Aravindan Balakrishnan, a 75-year-old Indian-origin man who ran a secretive extremist Maoist cult in London, was on Friday sentenced to 23 years in jail by a UK court for a string of sexual......

REWIND: TOP photos of the week that was

Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last week, in 10 images. Image: Russia's President Vladimir Putin practises with Musa Mogushkov of Russian national judo team during a......

Indian-origin Maoist cult leader found guilty of rape in UK

A 75-year-old Indian-origin Maoist cult leader was on Friday found guilty of rape, child cruelty and falsely imprisoning his daughter for 30 years by a British court. Aravindan Balakrishnan......

UK Maoist cult leader raped followers, kept daughter locked up for 30 years

A 75-year-old Indian-origin Maoist revolutionary leader in the UK charged with modern day slavery, sexual assault and imprisonment of his own daughter will appear in a court this week.......

Why terrorists cannot be treated like common criminals

Colonel (retd) Anil Athale on balancing the rule of law, human rights and security in the age of terrorism. This article is dedicated to the memory of strategic expert B Raman who passed away......

7 lessons on innovation from David Bowie

If 'innovation' were a person, he or she would have looked like David Bowie, says Bhaskar Chakravorti. Image: David Bowie performs during the Fashion Rocks concert at New York City's Radio......

i-flex chief discharged by London court

Senthil Kumar, the London-based chief of Dutch subsidiary of Indian Software giant i-flex, was discharged on Thursday by a court after the Netherlands government failed to convince Britain to......

Holland sends papers to UK to extradite i-flex CEO

Britain has received documents from the Netherlands government seeking extradition of i-flex chief (of Europe) Senthil Kumar, currently on bail, a London court was informed on Friday.After hearing......

i-flex CEO's case postponed to May 2

A London court on Friday has postponed to May 2, the hearing in the extradition case of Senthil Kumar, chief of the Dutch subsidiary of Indian software firm i-flex solutions Ltd.Senthil Kumar is......

London court grants bail to i-flex honcho

After spending a week in the Brixton prison in south-west London on alleged visa violations, Senthil Kumar, CEO of Dutch subsidiary of Indian software firm i-flex solutions Ltd, was on Wednesday......

There Is A Happy Land Where Only Bowie Plays

'It is impossible to pin down the genius of David Bowie, to distill any kind of essence of that singer-songwriter-visionary-buccaneer-icon into a line or several.' Raja Sen salutes the one and only......

Legendary singer David Bowie dies at 69

British singer-songwriter David Bowie has died at the age of 69 after battling cancer for 18 months. 'David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous......

Bombay Dreams has a dream run in US!

The headline in this week'strade publication Varietyoffers some bad news for New York Post, the ceaseless critical foe of Bombay Dreams.'Dream week for Bombay Dreams' declares the headline in the......

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