Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' found guilty; faces life in prison

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera, the Mexican drug kingpin who minted millions as the head of the infamous Sinaloa cartel for several years, was found guilty on all 10 criminal counts......

'Samosa Caucus' fails to increase strength in US midterm

The so-called Samosa Caucus -- informal group of the Indian Americans in the United States Congress -- failed to increase its strength, even as its all four incumbent members were most likely to be......

Desi 'Bombshell Bandit' pleads guilty to bank robberies

Sandeep Kaur could face up to 20 years for each robbery. Ritu Jha/Rediff.com reports from California. An Indian American, dubbed as the 'Bombshell Bandit' by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on......

Man convicted of killing Indian-American ex-girlfriend's father, sister

A jury in Orange County, California, convicted Iftekhar Murtaza for murdering his ex-girlfriend’s father and sister and attempting to kill her mother, the OrangeCounty district......

Twitter hit with $124 mn lawsuit over private stock sale

Twitter Inc was sued for $124 million on Wednesday by two companies that said the social media darling defrauded it into pushing forward with a doomed private sale of its shares to stoke investor......

Zydus infringed Takeda's patent, rules US court

Zydus Pharmaceutical USA, a subsidiary of Ahmedabad-based Cadila Healthcare, has lost a patent infringement suit in the US. Recently, a New Jersey district court ruled in favour of Japan’s......

New hope for Sterlite in Asarco bid

Anil Agarwal-controlled Sterlite Industries has got a leg-up in its takeover battle for bankrupt copper miner Asarco in the United States. A district court in Texas has allowed Sterlite to argue......

Sterlite tops Grupo offer price in Asarco bid war

Just when everyone wrote him off for his bid for bankrupt mining company Asarco, Vedanta Resources Chairman Anil Agarwal is back with a vengeance. Sterlite Industries, the Vedanta group's......