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Can Zohran Mamdani Be New York Mayor?

Can Zohran Mamdani Be New York Mayor?

Rediff.com25 Jun 2025

Zohram Kwame Mamdani would be the city's first Muslim and Indian American mayor if elected New York mayor this November.

Elderly Sikh man assaulted after car accident in New York, dies

Elderly Sikh man assaulted after car accident in New York, dies

Rediff.com23 Oct 2023

Jasmer Singh was attacked by 30-year-old Gilbert Augustin after their vehicles collided in Queens in New York last Thursday.

Indian-origin woman faces life term in US for killing 9-yr-old stepdaughter

Indian-origin woman faces life term in US for killing 9-yr-old stepdaughter

Rediff.com22 Aug 2016

An Indian-origin woman faces 25 years to life in prison in the United States for strangling her 9-year-old stepdaughter to death as federal prosecutors charged her with the murder and her ex-husband for obstructing the investigation.

Indian-origin man held for plot to kill wife

Indian-origin man held for plot to kill wife

Rediff.com23 Dec 2006

An Indian-origin man arrested on charges of trying to get his wife killed had paid the undercover policeman posing as a hit man the first installment of $900 and had given him a photo of his wife, police said.

Man held for attacking Sikh taxi driver in US

Man held for attacking Sikh taxi driver in US

Rediff.com15 Jan 2022

Hassanain is being charged with Assault in the Third Degree as a Hate Crime, Assault in the Third Degree, and Aggravated Harassment in the Second Degree, and will be arraigned on Saturday, it added.

US: Jay Chaudhuri to head $3 trillion pension funds group

US: Jay Chaudhuri to head $3 trillion pension funds group

Rediff.com2 Jul 2014

Jyoti 'Jay' Chaudhuri, general counsel and senior adviser to the state treasurer of the US state of North Carolina, was elected chairman of the board of the Council of Institutional Investors, last month.

Cyberbullying case: Indian diplomat's daughter gets $225,000

Cyberbullying case: Indian diplomat's daughter gets $225,000

Rediff.com18 Sep 2014

'We have vindicated Krittika's honour, Indian diplomats' honour, and India's honour in the United States,' her attorney Ravi Batra said, announcing a $225,000 settlement won from New York City.

US Army sued for not enlisting Sikh

US Army sued for not enlisting Sikh

Rediff.com13 Nov 2014

Two US-based rights groups have filed a lawsuit against the US Army for allegedly not enlisting a Sikh student in the Reserve Officer Training Corps programme, unless he shaved his beard and cut his hair.

IS-inspired 'bad bitches' nabbed for planning New York bombing

IS-inspired 'bad bitches' nabbed for planning New York bombing

Rediff.com3 Apr 2015

Raising fears over the growing threat of home-grown extremism, three Americans, including two women, have been charged in separate cases of plotting terror strikes on United States soil using "weapons of mass destruction" and of travelling to Pakistan to fight against American forces.

'Sonia shields perpetrators of the Sikh genocide in 1984'

'Sonia shields perpetrators of the Sikh genocide in 1984'

Rediff.com6 Sep 2013

"Though Sonia Gandhi was not a member of the Congress in 1984, she later became president of the party and now she shields the perpetrators of the genocide of Sikhs in 1984," alleged attorney Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, legal adviser to Sikhs for Justice, which has filed a civil suit against Gandhi in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Will Huma cost Hillary the White House?

Will Huma cost Hillary the White House?

Rediff.com3 Nov 2016

If November 9 ushers in a Hillary Clinton presidency, you can bet your last dollar that Huma Abedin will be back at POTUS' side.

The man who stole India's past

The man who stole India's past

Rediff.com9 Oct 2015

'It was only relatively recently that Subhash Kapoor was able to secure the sources in India, Afghanistan and Cambodia, that allowed him to get the really highest level objects, and that helped propel him in recent years up the ranks.'