All stories by Yoshita Singh
Once again! Preet Bharara opposes Rajat Gupta's plea
Rediff.com29 May 2014Bharara has also asked the US Court of Appeals to deny 65-year-old Gupta's motion, filed earlier this month, that his bail be continued pending resolution of his petition for rehearing the insider trading case.
'Modi will give economic growth a priority'
Rediff.com20 May 2014Wisner said during a discussion organised by Asia Society here yesterday on the Indian elections.
Indian among 6 charged in $30-million bank fraud
Rediff.com7 May 2014Manjeet Bawa, 46, of New York and other co-defendants contracted to buy homes in Nassau and Suffolk Counties from innocent sellers at market prices.
There is distrust for govt in India: Montek
Rediff.com20 Apr 2014The biggest challenge on policy front is the fight against the perception that a small number of big corporations do cosy deals with the government.
Man charged with hate crime in attack on Sikh professor
Rediff.com20 Apr 2014A 20-year-old man has been arrested and charged with hate crime for a brutal assault on a Sikh professor last year during which the attackers called him "Osama" and a "terrorist" in the United States.
India-born poet Vijay Seshadri wins 2014 Pulitzer Prize
Rediff.com15 Apr 2014India-born poet Vijay Seshadri has won the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for his collection of poems '3 Sections'.
Rajat Gupta seeks re-hearing of insider trading conviction
Rediff.com9 Apr 2014Gupta filed a 70-page petition with the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit yesterday seeking 'panel rehearing and rehearing en banc', saying in 'rejecting two of his challenges to the exclusion of critical evidence in his case, the panel misapprehended several points' about the insider trading case against him.
Man in US sentenced to 12 yrs in jail over Indian's death
Rediff.com5 Apr 2014A 20-year-old man in the United States has been sentenced to over 12 years in prison for his role in the beating to death of an Indian-origin computer scientist in 2010.
Bin Laden's son-in-law found guilty on terror charges
Rediff.com27 Mar 2014Osama bin Laden's son-in-law Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, who was an Al Qaeda spokesman following the 9/11 attack, was convicted on Wednesday on charges of conspiring to kill Americans and providing material support to terrorists.
Rajat Gupta denied permission by US court to visit India
Rediff.com26 Mar 2014Rajat Gupta had made the request to travel to India in February.
US Court upholds Rajat Gupta insider trading conviction
Rediff.com25 Mar 2014He will now have to submit to the two-year jail term handed down to him.
US court asks Sonia Gandhi to provide passport copy by Apr 7
Rediff.com21 Mar 2014A United States court has ordered Congress President Sonia Gandhi to provide a copy of her passport as documentary evidence by April 7 to determine if she was in America in September last year when a Sikh rights group claims it had served summons on her in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
Osama's son-in-law tells US trial of 9/11 cave chat
Rediff.com20 Mar 2014In a surprise testimony in a US court, Osama bin Laden's son-in-law recounted meeting him in a cave in the mountains of Afghanistan hours after the 9/11 attack which was claimed by the slain Al-Qaeda chief.
US judge reserves ruling on 1984 anti-sikh riots
Rediff.com20 Mar 2014A United States judge has reserved ruling on a lawsuit filed in New York by a Sikh rights group against the Congress party in the anti-Sikh riots after hearing arguments by it that the case should be dismissed since the incidents of 1984 are India's internal matters.
UN agency on MH 370 mystery: No mid-air explosion or crash detected
Rediff.com18 Mar 2014A United Nations-backed nuclear watchdog has said that it has not detected an explosion or a crash that could be linked to the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, amid continued speculation over fate of the aircraft.
Arrest warrant issued against Khobragade in US visa fraud case
Rediff.com15 Mar 2014Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, whose arrest soured India-US relations, was on Friday re-indicted on visa fraud charges, a couple of days after a US court dismissed an earlier indictment.
Death toll in New York buildings collapse rises to 8
Rediff.com14 Mar 2014Rescuers on Friday pulled out another body from the rubble of two flattened Manhattan apartment buildings in New York city as the death toll rose to eight.
Indian-origin student wins spelling bee after epic 95 rounds
Rediff.com9 Mar 2014A 13-year old Indian-origin boy has emerged as the winner of a spelling bee contest in the United States in an epic verbal duel that lasted a total of 95 rounds, after judges ran out of words in a previous marathon round held last month.
Chief executives of Wipro, HCL Tech receive UN award
Rediff.com7 Mar 2014The awards were given by the UN's body on women for their work on principles of women's empowerment and helping champion gender equality.
UN envoy threatened at gunpoint leaves Crimea
Rediff.com6 Mar 2014A special United Nations envoy to Crimea, who was threatened by 10 to 15 armed men, is safe and will return to Ukrainian capital Kiev to continue his mission, the United Nations has said.