[ad_1] Pratapgarh: Lovelesh Tiwari, one of the accused in the murders of gangster Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf, is active on the social media despite being lodged in the Pratapgarh jail. The Banda police are said to have taken serious cognisance of the contents posted on Tiwari’s social mediaContinue Reading
[ad_1] London: A 65-year-old man has been jailed for five months for mailing a threatening letter to former Home Secretary Priti Patel after admitting to sending a grossly offensive letter to the Indian-origin ex-minister at a hearing. Pooneeraj Canakiah was sentenced by the Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London last week.Continue Reading
[ad_1] Prayagraj: Police here have filed a fresh FIR against gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad’s two sons Umar and Ali, who are currently in jail, and four others on charges of attempt to murder and extortion. The FIR was registered at Khuldabad police station on the basis of a complaint lodged byContinue Reading
[ad_1] Russia’s foreign ministry has denied a request from the US for a consular visit to Evan Gershkovich, the American Wall Street Journal reporter jailed on espionage charges. The ministry said it rejected the request for the 11 May visit in retaliation for the US refusing to grant visas toContinue Reading
[ad_1] Singapore: An Indian-origin man in Singapore has been sentenced to six months in prison for arranging a marriage of convenience between a colleague and his niece to gain an immigration advantage, a media report said. Meeran Gani Nagoor Pitchai, 73, asked Abdul Kader Kasim, an Indian national who wantedContinue Reading
[ad_1] It signifies the continuation of a trend that has seen critics of Putin and his regime subject to ever harsher prison sentences amid the escalation of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Navalny is serving an 11 ½ year prison term. In February 2021, he was sentenced to two years andContinue Reading
[ad_1] MOSCOW — A Moscow city court on Tuesday dismissed American journalist Evan Gershkovich’s appeal to be released from a high-security jail where he is being held on espionage charges. Gershkovich’s defense team had requested that the Wall Street Journal correspondent be transferred to house arrest, another jail orContinue Reading
[ad_1] Tehran: An American citizen of Iranian origin residing in California was sentenced to four years in prison for her role in the attempted kidnapping of Masih Alinejad, an Iranian activist, the US Department of Justice announced. In December 2022, 48-year-old Niloufar Bahadorifar, was charged with many offences, including conspiracyContinue Reading
[ad_1] London: A 68-year-old Indian-origin man has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment by a UK court over a video he posted on social media found to be offensive to certain communities. Amrik Bajwa from Slough in Berkshire, south-east England, was sentenced and fined GBP 240 last week after pleadingContinue Reading
[ad_1] London: A 49-year-old Indian-origin man from the West Midlands region of England, who had earlier been handed restraining orders, has now been sentenced to two years imprisonment for harassing his parents for money to fund his drug addiction. Daevan Patel was found to have emotionally blackmailed his parents forContinue Reading