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US justice dept finds no vote fraud, orders probe into ‘cash for pardon’ scheme

US Attorney General William Barr (left) and US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC last year.

Updated on Dec 2, 2020, 10:26 PM IST

Purdue Pharma to plead guilty, pay $8.3 billion over opioids

The settlement is likely to boost Purdue’s effort to move past claims it helped spark a public-health crisis over opioids with its marketing of OxyContin, he addictive painkiller blamed for helping to spark the opioid epidemic.

Updated on Oct 21, 2020, 10:26 PM IST

Here’s why Google shares rose after US antitrust suit

Updated on Oct 21, 2020, 3:07 AM IST

Online child sex abuse cases triple under lockdown in Philippines

The spread of cheap, high-speed internet and the rise in mobile phone ownership has fuelled livestreamed abuse - known as cybersex trafficking - in recent years and the Philippines is considered by charities to be the epicentre of the global trade.

Updated on May 30, 2020, 11:54 AM IST

‘His kind can’t follow instructions’: US spa denies service to blind customer

Spa Palace, which is operated by CJ Spa Group Inc, settled the case with the US Department of Justice after the man filed a complaint.

Updated on Jul 10, 2019, 7:25 PM IST

Four Indian-Americans arrested in US for H1B visa fraud

Four Indian-American executives from two IT staffing companies have been arrested on the charges of fraudulently using the H-1B visa programme to gain an unfair advantage over their competitors

Updated on Jul 3, 2019, 7:47 AM IST

Mumbai businessman charged in US with drug smuggling, money laundering

An Indian businessman has been charged in the US with conspiring to smuggle drugs into the country and commit money laundering

Updated on Jun 28, 2019, 5:46 PM IST

Indian college intern sentenced to 60 months in US prison for tech scam

A college intern from India was sentenced to 60 months in prison for providing tech support to a telemarketing scam that duped close to two dozen people of nearly a million dollars.

Updated on Jun 11, 2019, 9:05 AM IST

Gunman told 911 ‘I just shot up a synagogue’ after California shooting

The Department of Justice filed 109 hate crime and other charges against the suspect, John T Earnest, who could face the death penalty.

Updated on May 10, 2019, 2:30 PM IST

Donald Trump opposed to Bob Mueller testifying before congress

Trump’s reversal of stand came shortly after a member of the House of Representatives’ judiciary committee said on a Sunday TV show a tentative deal had been reached for Mueller to appear before the panel on May 15.

Updated on May 6, 2019, 10:21 PM IST

Donald Trump sues bank to block subpoenas; Rosenstein quits

US President Donald Trump, his three eldest children and his company flied a lawsuit on Monday to prevent two banks from handing over their financial records pertaining to the Trumps in response to a congressional subpoena.

Published on Apr 30, 2019, 9:48 PM IST

Opinion: Call It Obstruction, Robert Mueller. The Evidence Is Here.

Mueller is an experienced public servant who was threatened repeatedly with being fired. It seems unlikely that he didn’t realize Barr and Trump could exploit his decision not to say Trump committed crimes.

Updated on Apr 19, 2019, 7:23 PM IST

US Education Department investigates eight universities implicated in scandal: Report

Actress Felicity Huffman is seen inside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Los Angeles, on March 12, 2019. - Two Hollywood actresses including Oscar-nominated "Desperate Housewives" star Felicity Huffman are among 50 people indicted in a nationwide university admissions scam, court records unsealed in Boston on March 12, 2019 showed. The accused, who also include chief executives, allegedly cheated to get their children into elite schools, including Yale, Stanford, Georgetown and the University of Southern California, federal prosecutors said.

Published on Mar 26, 2019, 7:24 PM IST

70-year-old Indian-origin man admits to run multi-million dollar immigration fraud

70-year-old Indian-origin man admits to run multi-million dollar immigration fraud.

Updated on Feb 22, 2019, 5:48 PM IST

Two US executives charged for alleged USD 2 million bribe to Tamil officials

Major American IT player Cognizant will pay USD 25 million to the US Security and Exchange Commission to settle its India bribery charges.

Updated on Feb 16, 2019, 5:36 PM IST

US headed towards partial government shutdown over Mexico wall funding deadlock

The U.S. government is heading for a partial shutdown over President Donald Trump’s insistence over funding to build a wall along the border with Mexico (File Photo).

Updated on Dec 17, 2018, 11:58 PM IST

Government approves to set up 1,023 fast track courts under Nirbhaya Fund

An amount of Rs 1,000 crore was provided in 2014-15 and for the financial years 2016-17 and 2017-18, an amount of Rs 550 crore each was provided under the Nirbhaya Fund.

Updated on Nov 17, 2018, 11:23 AM IST

Trump calls for Justice Department investigation of New York Times opinion writer

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One on his way to Fargo, North Dakota, U.S., September 7, 2018.

Updated on Sep 7, 2018, 11:47 PM IST

10 out of 12 special courts to try cases against MPs, MLAs functional: Law ministry

The Supreme Court had in November last directed the government to come up with a scheme to set up 12 special courts to try 1,581 criminal cases pending against MPs and MLAs.

Updated on May 1, 2018, 7:06 PM IST

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