US cinema shooting suspect mentally ill, say attorneys
August 10th, 2012 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 10 (IANS) James Holmes, the suspect in Denver's midnight movie theatre shooting incident in the US state of Colorado, is "mentally ill", his attorneys have said.Twelve people were ... Read more...
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Rajat Gupta had no motive to leak inside tips: Defcnce
June 5th, 2012 - 11:16 am ICT by IANS
New York, June 5 (IANS) Goldman Sachs' former Indian-American director Rajat Gupta had no motive to leak inside tips to convicted hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam as their relationship ... Read more...
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US judge to rule on evidence about Reliance at Gupta trial
May 30th, 2012 - 10:28 am ICT by IANS
New York, May 30 (IANS) A US judge trying Rajat Gupta, former Indian-American chief executive of McKinsey & Co, is yet to decide whether an e-mail relating to Reliance ... Read more...
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Jury deliberates in Indian student spying case in US
March 15th, 2012 - 10:22 am ICT by IANS
New York, March 15 (IANS) A New Jersey Jury ended the first day of its deliberations without reaching a verdict in the trial of Indian American student Dharun Ravi, accused ... Read more...
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Dharun Ravi doesn’t testify in US student spying case
March 13th, 2012 - 11:03 am ICT by IANS
New York, March 13 (IANS) As the defence rested its case Indian American student Dharun Ravi did not take the stand to defend himself against charges that he spied on ... Read more...
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‘China committed to limiting death penalty’
March 9th, 2012 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 9 (IANS) China is committed to limiting death penalty and it has always been very prudent in using capital punishment, according to an official with the country's top ... Read more...
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Gooding Jr back on small screen
February 29th, 2012 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 29 (IANS) American actor Cuba Gooding Jr is returning to television with the new drama series "Guilty".The 44-year-old will play one of the leading roles in "Guilty", a ... Read more...
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Headley may testify against Mumbai masterminds: US prosecutor
June 14th, 2011 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 14 (IANS) Justifying the plea deal with confessed Pakistani American terrorist David Coleman Headley, the chief prosecutor in the just-ended Mumbai terrorism trial has said he would be ... Read more...
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Mumbai terror trial winds down Tuesday
June 7th, 2011 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Chicago, June 7 (IANS) Closing arguments are expected Tuesday in the trial of Pakistan-born Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana who is accused of providing material support to Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) ... Read more...
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Lockheed boss targeted by Ilyas Kashmiri: Headley (Lead)
June 1st, 2011 - 1:25 am ICT by IANS
Chicago, May 31 (IANS) Ilyas Kashmiri, commander of the Pakistani-based terrorist organisation Harakat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HUJI) had once targeted the CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp in apparent retaliation for drone attacks ... Read more...
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Mumbai attack: Headley not proud, US cooperating with India (Lead)
May 27th, 2011 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Chicago, May 27 (IANS) Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley has said he is no longer proud of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, a day after saying that he was "pleased" ... Read more...
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Rana only wanted to expand business in India: Defence lawyers
May 27th, 2011 - 11:44 am ICT by IANS
Chicago, May 27 (IANS) Lawyers for Pakistan born Tahawwur Rana have suggested that their client was not aware of the plot to attack Mumbai and was only interested in expanding ... Read more...
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Headley no longer proud of Mumbai attack
May 27th, 2011 - 11:38 am ICT by IANS
Chicago, May 27 (IANS) A day after saying that he was "pleased" with the deadly 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, self-confessed Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley has said that he is ... Read more...
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Rana a mere pawn in Headley’s hands: Defence lawyers
May 26th, 2011 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
Chicago, May 26 (IANS) Pakistan-born Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana, accused of providing support to Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, was a mere pawn in ... Read more...
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IMF chief jailed on Rikers Island without bail
May 17th, 2011 - 10:16 am ICT by IANS
New York, May 17 (IANS) International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been moved to New York's notorious Rikers Island jail complex after a judge denied him bail ... Read more...
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IMF chief denied bail in sex assault case (Lead)
May 17th, 2011 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
New York, May 16 (IANS) International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was Monday denied bail as he appeared in court here to answer charges of trying to sexually assault ... Read more...
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Rajaratnam jury replays wiretaps of Indian Americans
April 27th, 2011 - 11:15 am ICT by IANS
New York, April 27 (IANS) As they weigh the evidence against hedge fund tycoon Raj Rajaratnam in the biggest insider trading case in the US, jurors again listened to nine ... Read more...
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Indian-American witness gave ‘bizarre’ testimony: Rajaratnam’s lawyer
April 22nd, 2011 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
New York, April 22 (IANS) Lawyers of Raj Rajaratnam have dubbed the testimony of former Intel treasury official Rajiv Goel, who pleaded guilty to passing tips to the hedge fund ... Read more...
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‘Rajaratnam relied on public information, not tips’
April 1st, 2011 - 11:43 am ICT by IANS
New York, April 1 (IANS) Lawyers for hedge fund tycoon Rajaratnam have sought to show that he relied on public information to do his trades, rather than on insider information ... Read more...
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Goldman chief alleges Rajat Gupta violated confidentiality code
March 24th, 2011 - 11:12 am ICT by IANS
New York, March 24 (IANS) Goldman Sachs' former Indian-American director violated the firm's code of conduct by allegedly disclosing details from a 2008 board meeting to hedge fund tycoon Raj ... Read more...
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Rajaratnam stole information to steal millions: Prosecution
March 10th, 2011 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
New York, March 10 (IANS) Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam used "stolen business information to steal tens of millions of dollars", prosecution argued at the start of what has been ... Read more...
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Indian-American doctor gets life term for bombing
March 2nd, 2011 - 12:20 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 2 (IANS) An Indian-American doctor has been sentenced to life imprisonment for a 2009 bombing that critically injured the chairman of the Arkansas Medical Board against whom he ... Read more...
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‘German Fritzl’ accused of fathering 7 kids with stepdaughter
February 16th, 2011 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 16 (ANI): A man labelled the 'German Josef Fritzl' has been accused of fathering seven children with his stepdaughter.The 48-year-old German, identified only as Detlef S., sat stone-faced at the ... Read more...
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MJ’s doc pleads not guilty
January 26th, 2011 - 12:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 26 (ANI): Michael Jackson's doctor has pleaded not guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the King of Pop's fatal overdose."I am an innocent man," Dr Conrad Murray ... Read more...
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Lawyers of MJ’s doc can test star’s medical items: Judge
December 31st, 2010 - 4:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 31 (ANI): A judge in Los Angeles has approved the request of Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's doctor, to carry out further testing on medical items found in the ... Read more...
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90-year-old man jailed for killing wife, 89
September 10th, 2010 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 10 (IANS) A 90-year-old man in the US has been sentenced to a prison term for brutally slaying his wife, 89. He struck his wife of 68 years about 30 ... Read more...
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WikiLeaks’ founder applies to switch lawyers in Swedish case
September 8th, 2010 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Stockholm, Sep 8 (DPA) WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange has applied to change his Swedish defence lawyer, a Stockholm court said Wednesday, in the ongoing probe into rape allegations against him.
Two women made ... Read more...
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Bosnian man pleads not guilty in New York subway plot
August 7th, 2010 - 6:50 am ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 7 (DPA) An immigrant from Bosnia-Herzegovina Friday pleaded not guilty to charges that he planned to bomb a New York subway.
Adis Medunjanin was arraigned before a Federal Court in ... Read more...
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Lindsay Lohan checks into rehab
July 16th, 2010 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
New York, July 16 (IANS) Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan has checked into rehab, a week before she is due to start her jail term.
Lohan was spotted Wednesday afternoon entering Pickford Lofts, ... Read more...
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Purse snatching case: Kirsten Dunst denies being hooked to marijuana
June 2nd, 2010 - 3:08 pm ICT by ANI
New York, June 2 (ANI): Kirsten Dunst, who testified in court for the purse snatching case, said that she doesn't smoke marijuana."I don't," The New York Daily News quoted Dunst, who was ... Read more...
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Indian-American on trial for selling bomber secrets to China
April 15th, 2010 - 11:38 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 15 (IANS) An Indian-American B-2 stealth bomber engineer Noshir Gowadia is under trial in a US court on charges of selling defence secrets to China, but his lawyer says such ... Read more...
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Brit prison monitor lands herself in jail for having ‘phone sex’ with inmates
April 1st, 2010 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 1 (ANI): A prison monitor, who sent explicit photographs of herself and engaged in 'phone sex' with inmates, has been given a suspended jail sentence.Alice Belton, of Wilton Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, ... Read more...
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Ecuadorian journalist gets jail for insulting official
March 28th, 2010 - 11:59 am ICT by IANS
Quito, March 28 (IANS/EFE) An editorial writer for Ecuadorian daily El Universo was convicted and sentenced to three years in prison for insulting the head of a government agency in one of ... Read more...
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US missionaries set for release in Haiti
February 11th, 2010 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
Port au Prince (Haiti), Feb 11(ANI): Ten US missionaries from Idaho-based New Life Children's Refuge charity accused of illegally trying to take 33 children out of Haiti will soon be released, a ... Read more...
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‘Third party crasher does not know who invited, but it wasn’t the Indians’
January 7th, 2010 - 11:10 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Jan 7 (IANS) A lawyer for the alleged third White House "party crasher" says his client believes he was invited to President Barack Obama's state dinner for Prime ... Read more...
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