Athens, July 27 (IANS) Several Chinese communities in the United States that oppose the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) – along with pro-democracy activists and supporters of Taiwan, Tibetan and Uyghur rights – have accused Beijing of using agents to harass, spy on and intimidate them, a report has stated.A report in the Greek City Times cited US-based human rights group Freedom House documenting that China has been linked to the highest number of transnational repression cases worldwide, with 319…
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New York, July 24 (IANS) Two men were stabbed in separate attacks on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, with the New York Police Department (NYPD) arresting a 51-year-old suspect, Raul Morales, in connection with both incidents. Authorities said detectives are investigating the motive, including whether the attacks constitute a hate crime.New York City Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch said in a statement on Thursday (local time) that both victims, an Asian man and a Jewish man, were taken to Mt….
Los Angeles, April 12 (IANS) Hollywood actress Cameron Diaz has shared that she asks guests to “change (their) clothes” before they set foot into her luxurious apartment in New York City. The 53-year-old actress thinks the Big Apple’s street germs are too dirty for her lavish $9 million condo in Walker Tower, Chelsea, Manhattan, reports ‘Female First UK’.During the recent episode of ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’, the host asked the actress for her “biggest ick”, to which she said, “Shoes fro…
Washington, Feb 19 (IANS) Nikhil Gupta now formally stands convicted in a US federal court after a Manhattan judge accepted his guilty plea in a murder-for-hire conspiracy targeting a Sikh separatist leader in New York — a case that carries a maximum exposure of 40 years in prison.On February 17, US District Judge Victor Marrero issued an order accepting Gupta’s guilty plea after reviewing the transcript of his allocution before Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn.Gupta, 54, had stood in court las…
Washington, Feb 14 (IANS) Nikhil Gupta stood in a Manhattan federal courtroom and admitted that he agreed in 2023 to pay $15,000 to have a Sikh separatist leader in New York murdered — a plea that now exposes him to a potential 40 years in a U.S. federal prison.Appearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn in the Southern District of New York, the 54-year-old Indian national pleaded guilty to three charges: Conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, murder-for-hire, and conspiracy to commit …
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has arrested Punit Garg, ex-Director of Reliance Communications (RCOM) Ltd, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in the over Rs 40,000 crore bank fraud and money laundering case, an agency statement said on Friday.The probe shows Garg diverted proceeds of crime to offshore entities and used these proceeds of crime for financing the overseas education of his children. He also fraudulently sold an $8.3 million luxury condo…
Washington, Jan 9 (IANS) US security officials drove External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar 416 miles during a September government shutdown after commercial flights were grounded, according to a State Department report released this week.The journey allowed Jaishankar to reach New York for a scheduled meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.The account was written by the US Diplomatic Security Service on December 30 and made public on January 8.The shutdown halted air travel across t…
New York, Jan 5 (IANS) Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro is in a federal court on Monday to face charges of narco-terrorism after his capture by US forces in his country. Maduro and his wife, Cilio Flores, arrived at the courthouse from the notorious federal lockup, Metropolitan Detention Centre (MDC), after they were helicoptered into Manhattan and driven under heavy escort to the courthouse.The federal court announced that they will make their initial appearance at noon before Alvin Hellerstein…
New York, Jan 4 (IANS) Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, who was seized by US Delta Force commandos, has arrived in New York to face trial in a federal court on narco-terrorism charges. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, who landed at the Stewart Air National Guard Base on Saturday, were taken by helicopter to a heliport in downtown Manhattan near federal offices and courts.Amid high security, they were driven away in a motorcade. Their first stop was expected to be the Drug Enforcement Agency o…
New York, Jan 1 (IANS) Zohran Mamdani has taken the oath of office as the new mayor of New York City in a historic midnight ceremony held at a decommissioned subway station in Manhattan, becoming the first Muslim to lead America’s largest city. Mamdani placed his hand on a Quran as he was sworn in, marking a first in the city’s political history.“This is truly the honour and the privilege of a lifetime,” Mamdani said moments after taking the oath.The 34-year-old Democrat was sworn in by …