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 …
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Los Angeles, Feb 9 (IANS) Hollywood actor Adrien Brody is quite balanced when it comes to sports fandom. The actor has said that his sports fandom isn’t extreme, but it also isn’t laid-back. The actor seems to have hit the sweet spot in terms of fandom, reports ‘People’ magazine.He told ‘People’, “I’m, like, right in the middle. I grew up in Queens, where every kid was home watching football if there was a game, and would then come out and play afterward”.Still, Brody said that, “It’s …
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 …
Washington, Dec 23 (IANS) Condemning the mob lynching of a young Hindu man in Bangladesh, New York State Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar warned of what she described as a troubling pattern of violence and persecution targeting religious minorities in the country.In a statement, Rajkumar said she was “deeply disturbed by the ongoing violence against Bangladesh’s Hindu minority,” citing the killing of Dipu Chandra Das as the most recent and brutal example.“The horrific mob killing of Dipu C…