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Year of the Woman: How India's Sportswomen Owned 2025

Year of the Woman: How India's Sportswomen Owned 2025

Rediff.com30 Dec 2025

They weren't up for a windfall even after the trophy but life was certain to get a lot better as some sponsors and state governments stepped up to lift them financially.

Jersey gov defends Judge Mohammed's appointment

Jersey gov defends Judge Mohammed's appointment

Rediff.com12 Aug 2011

American Muslim organisations, including Indian American Muslim groups, have hailed New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie's staunch defence of his appointment of Sohail Mohammed as a Passaic County Superior Court judge. Christie called opponentsparticularly right wing conservativesof his nomination 'ignorant' and a bunch of 'crazies'.

Meet New Jersey's first Indian-American judge

Meet New Jersey's first Indian-American judge

Rediff.com28 Jul 2011

Sohail Mohammed has become New Jersey's first Indian-American and second Muslim judge. Mohammed, 47, was sworn-in at the Passaic County Superior Court, where he will be serving as a judge. "I could barely believe that I was in the same place to take oath as a judge where I had come in the 1980s for taking my citizenship oath, once to perform jury duty and later to take oath as an attorney. It was so gratifying," he said.

2 NRIs indicted for New Jersey motel fire

2 NRIs indicted for New Jersey motel fire

Rediff.com19 Jan 2007

Two non resident Indian owners of a motel in New Jersey, where a fire killed three persons and injured 14 others because the exit doors were allegedly illegally locked, have been indicted on charges of manslaughter.

Webcam case: US court sends Ravi to jail for 30 days

Webcam case: US court sends Ravi to jail for 30 days

Rediff.com21 May 2012

Judge Glenn Berman of State Superior Court also sentenced Ravi to three years of probation and 300 hours of community service and ordered him to pay $10,000 to a group that helps victims of bias crimes.

Parade organisers to sue Bipasha

Parade organisers to sue Bipasha

Rediff.com2 Sep 2006

She said she had gone back to hotel and decided to return and speak frankly about the humiliation she suffered in the Limousine sent to bring her to Edison.

Dharun Ravi's month-long sentence may be cut by 10 days

Dharun Ravi's month-long sentence may be cut by 10 days

Rediff.com25 May 2012

India-born Dharun Ravi, convicted of hate crime for spying on his gay roommate and sentenced to 30 days in jail, could end up spending only 20 days behind bars due to prison regulations in New Jersey that give credit to inmates for good behaviour.

Dharun Ravi's month-long sentence may be cut by 10 days

Dharun Ravi's month-long sentence may be cut by 10 days

Rediff.com25 May 2012

India-born Dharun Ravi, convicted of hate crime for spying on his gay roommate and sentenced to 30 days in jail, could end up spending only 20 days behind bars due to prison regulations in New Jersey that give credit to inmates for good behaviour.

Man in US sentenced to 12 yrs in jail over Indian's death

Man in US sentenced to 12 yrs in jail over Indian's death

Rediff.com5 Apr 2014

A 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.

$21.6 mln in counterfeit NFL goods, tickets seized ahead of Super Bowl

$21.6 mln in counterfeit NFL goods, tickets seized ahead of Super Bowl

Rediff.com31 Jan 2014

Phony NFL merchandise and tickets worth $21.6 million have been seized and 50 people arrested in a crackdown on counterfeiting ahead of this weekend's Super Bowl, U.S. law enforcement officials said on Thursday.

Aakash Dalal found guilty, faces life term for US synagogue bombings

Aakash Dalal found guilty, faces life term for US synagogue bombings

Rediff.com2 Nov 2016

Indian American Aakash Dalal faces 30 years in jail after being found guilty by a New Jersey jury on charges of vandalising and firebombing North Jersey synagogues five years ago.

Indian's conviction for spying on gay roommate may be reversed

Indian's conviction for spying on gay roommate may be reversed

Rediff.com1 Apr 2015

An Indian-origin former Rutgers student, convicted for spying on his gay roommate who then committed suicide, could see his conviction for bias intimidation reversed after the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that the state's law in this regard was unconstitutional.

US teen sentenced to 15 years for Indian-American's murder

US teen sentenced to 15 years for Indian-American's murder

Rediff.com16 Nov 2013

A US teenager has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for beating to death an Indian-American computer scientist in 2010.

Indian Americans charged with murder-for-hire

Indian Americans charged with murder-for-hire

Rediff.com7 Feb 2019

Lingala, 55, who has been charged by criminal complaint with one count of murder-for-hire was produced before United States Magistrate Judge Michael A. Hammer in Newark federal court and was held without bail.

Football Extras: US women's soccer players sue federation for gender discrimination

Football Extras: US women's soccer players sue federation for gender discrimination

Rediff.com9 Mar 2019

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.