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Leniency plea for Anil Kumar, witness in Rajat Gupta case

US prosecutors have sought leniency for key eyewitness Anil Kumar in the Rajat Gupta insider-trading case whose testimony helped convict the Wall Street giants.

Court gives rights group till 4 November to challenge Modi's immunity

A US court has granted 15 days to the petitioners to respond to the State Department's "suggestion of immunity" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an alleged human rights violation case.

US court issues summons against Modi on 2002 Gujarat riots

Seeking compensatory and punitive damages, the 28-page complaint charges Modi with committing crimes against humanity, extra-judicial killings, torture and inflicting mental and physical trauma on the victims, mostly from the Muslim community.

US: Indian sentenced to jail for emailing rape threat to woman

Karthikeyan Natarajan (27) was sentenced by federal court to 18 months in jail for violating federal law, US Attorney David Hickton said.

Sikh rights group wants Sonia Gandhi to depose before US federal court

A Sikh rights group wants Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi to depose before a federal court here in a human rights violation lawsuit filed against her after she informed the court that she had not visited the US in September last year and was not served summons in the case.

Preet Bharara charges Indian-American with electoral corruption

Indian-American filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza, whose documentary "2016: Obama's America" took a critical look at President Barack Obama, has been indicted on charges of using straw donors to illegally donate to a 2012 Senate campaign.

Hacker sentenced in two attacks targeting prepaid cards

A Pakistani man who participated in two multimillion-dollar ATM heists targeting debit card processors was sentenced in to 18 months of imprisonment by the Brooklyn federal court.