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Indian envoy Sandhu heckled by pro-Khalistani elements in New York Gurdwara

The Indian envoy could be seen leaving the premises in his vehicle, while a lone protestor raised the Khalistani flag outside the Gurdwara

New York City Mayor Adams accused of 1993 sexual assault in legal filing

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 1993, according to a legal summons. The three-page filing does not contain details of the alleged assault but names Adams, the transit bureau of the New York Police Department and the New York Police Department Guardians Association as defendants. Plaintiff was sexually assaulted by Defendant Eric Adams in New York, New York in 1993 while they both worked for the City of New York, the summons filed Wednesday reads. The filing seeks a trial and $5 million in relief. It was filed in state Supreme Court in Manhattan. The woman's attorney did not immediately return an emailed request for comment on Thursday. In remarks to reporters on Thursday, Adams denied sexually assaulting anyone and said he did not remember meeting the woman. It absolutely did not happen. I don't recall ever meeting this person and I would never harm anyone in that magnitude. It did not happen, Adams said, according to a video poste

Judge denies Trump's request for mistrial in his New York civil fraud case

The judge in Donald Trump's civil fraud case denied his bid for a mistrial, rejecting claims from the former president's lawyers that the proceedings are infected with political bias. On Thursday, Trump's lawyers urged Judge Arthur Engoron to stop the case immediately, arguing he had irreparably harmed Trump's right to a fair trial through astonishing departures from ordinary standards of impartiality. They cited his rulings against their client, the prominent role of the judge's chief law clerk, the clerk's political donations, and the judge's sharing of articles about the case with fellow high school alumni. My principal law clerk does not make rulings or issue orders I do, Engoron wrote, adding that my rulings are mine, and mine alone. As for publishing a high school newsletter in which he has included links to articles about himself and the case, none of this has anything to do with, much less does it interfere with, my presiding fairly, impartially, and professionally over th

New York sues PepsiCo for plastic pollution, alleging water contamination

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a lawsuit against PepsiCo Inc. on Wednesday, accusing the soda-and-snack food giant of polluting the environment and endangering public health after its single-use plastics were found along the Buffalo River. The lawsuit filed in state Supreme Court aims to require PepsiCo and its subsidiaries, Frito-Lay Inc. and Frito-Lay North America Inc., to clean up its mess, where its single-use plastic packaging including food wrappers and plastic bottles have found a way to the shores of the Buffalo River and watershed, contaminating drinking water supply for the city of Buffalo. No company is too big to ensure that their products do not damage our environment and public health. All New Yorkers have a basic right to clean water, yet PepsiCo's irresponsible packaging and marketing endanger Buffalo's water supply, environment, and public health, James said in a statement. PepsiCo is the single largest identifiable contributor to the plastic was

Donald Trump's lawyers mount long-shot bid to toss NY fraud lawsuit

It is not clear when Engoron will rule on their request. The trial is expected to continue through mid-December if the motion is denied

Donald Trump fraud trial: Ivanka to testify in case probing family business

Her father gave caustic testimony. Her brothers each spent more than a day on the witness stand. Now it's Ivanka Trump's turn to face questioning in the civil fraud trial that is publicly probing into the family business. Ex-President Donald Trump's eldest daughter, who has been in his inner circle in both business and politics, is due on the stand Wednesday, after trying unsuccessfully to block her testimony. Unlike her father and her brothers, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., she is no longer a defendant in New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit. James alleges that Donald Trump's asset values were fraudulently pumped up for years on financial statements that helped him get loans and insurance. The non-jury trial will decide allegations of conspiracy, insurance fraud and falsifying business records but Judge Arthur Engoron already has resolved the lawsuit's top claim by ruling that Trump engaged in fraud. That decision came with provisions that could strip the ex-preside

Highlights of Trump's hours on witness stand at his NY civil fraud trial

Donald Trump went off. Again and again. Making the witness stand at his civil fraud trial his podium, the former president laid into the judge who'll decide the case and the New York attorney general who's suing him. During 3 hours of testimony on Monday, the Republican denied Attorney General Letitia James' allegations that he duped banks by exaggerating his wealth on financial statements used to make deals and secure loans. There was no victim. There was no anything," he said. He bragged about his riches, saying he has a lot of cash" and described one of the grown sons he put in charge of his company as a hard working boy." He said of his priorities while president: "My threshold was China, Russia and keeping our country safe." Trump's often verbose responses replete with anecdotes about development projects, the intricacies of property valuations and complaints that he was a victim of a political witch hunt led a frustrated Judge Arthur Engoron to warn: This is not a political

Trump defiant at New York fraud trial, judge threatens to cut off testimony

One witness, his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, testified that Trump directed him to doctor financial statements to boost his net worth

Maine mass shooting puts spotlight on array of laws and massive failures

Across the nation, much of the debate around gun rights and restrictions centers on mental health. Many advocates on both sides agree that getting people with serious mental illness into treatment, and then preventing those who are dangerous from accessing guns, is key to preventing mass shootings. Yet in the weeks and months before the mass shooting in Lewiston, there were so many red flags that people all around the killer were raising concerns to authorities. He was still able to kill 18 people, wound another 13 and shatter a community's sense of security. Lawmakers want answers as to why laws in two states Maine and New York didn't prevent the tragedy. It's a massive failure, said Republican state Sen. Lisa Keim, sponsor of Maine's so-called yellow flag law, noting that it has been successfully invoked 82 times previously. Maine's law requires more hurdles than red flag laws in more than 20 states, including New York, which generally allow someone to directly petition a jud

Uber and Lyft to pay $328 million in New York wage theft settlement

Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft will pay a combined USD 328 million to settle wage theft claims in New York, Attorney General Letitia James announced on Thursday. James said the settlements resolve investigations into the companies improperly charging drivers sales taxes and other fees when the costs should have been paid by customers. Uber will pay USD 290 million and Lyft will pay USD 38 million. The money will be distributed to current and former drivers, she said. The companies have also agreed to provide drivers outside of New York City with paid sick leave and give drivers outside of New York City a minimum wage of USD 26 per hour. Rideshare drivers work at all hours of the day and night to take people wherever they need to go, James said in a statement. For years, Uber and Lyft systemically cheated their drivers out of hundreds of millions of dollars in pay and benefits while they worked long hours in challenging conditions. Tony West, chief legal officer for Uber, said

WeWork Inc's bankruptcy filing will not impact India biz: CEO Virwani

Co-working space provider WeWork Inc. wishes to move forward with filing a bankruptcy sometime in the next week, as reported by The Wall Street Journal

New York judge to look at Donald Trump's comments, reconsider $10,000 fine

A New York judge said Thursday he would take a fuller look at Donald Trump's out-of-court comments and reconsider a USD 10,000 fine he imposed on the former president a day earlier at his civil fraud trial. The development came after Trump's lawyers urged Judge Arthur Engoron to rethink the penalty. The judge fined Trump on Wednesday after finding that his comments to TV cameras outside the courtroom violated a gag order that bars participants in the trial from commenting publicly on the judge's staff. Outside court Wednesday, the Republican presidential front-runner complained that Engoron, a Democrat, is a very partisan judge with a person who's very partisan sitting alongside of him, perhaps even much more partisan than he is. The comment came weeks after Engoron imposed the gag order in the wake of a Trump social media post that disparaged the judge's principal law clerk. She sits next to Engoron, and Trump's lawyers had groused a bit earlier about the clerk's facial expressions

Trump fined $10,000 over comment made outside court in civil fraud trial

The judge in Donald Trump's civil fraud trial fined the former president USD 10,000 on Wednesday, saying Trump violated a limited gag order barring personal attacks on court staffers. The fine came after Trump was called to the witness stand to explain his comment outside the courtroom about a person who's very partisan sitting alongside the judge in the case, Judge Arthur Engoron. Weeks ago, Engoron ordered all participants in the trial not to comment publicly about his staff. The narrow gag order imposed on Oct. 3 came after Trump made a social media post maligning the judge's principal law clerk, who sits beside Engoron in court. The judge ordered Trump to take down that post and Trump did. But it lingered on his campaign website for weeks, prompting a $5,000 fine for Trump on Friday. Trump and his lawyers said his comment Wednesday was about witness Michael Cohen, not the clerk. Three of Trump's attorneys objected to the fine, insisting that the comment was referring to Cohen,

Sikh teen assaulted in New York for wearing turban in hate crime attack

In a suspected hate crime, a 19-year-old Sikh was assaulted and injured in New York for wearing a turban while travelling in a shuttle bus, the police said. The attack took place early on Sunday when the Sikh teen was riding a shuttle bus in Queens, a borough of New York City, CBS News channel reported. According to the police, the suspect approached the victim, asking him to remove his turban and said, "We don't wear that in this country and take that mask off!" The attacker then repeatedly punched the teen in his face, back, and the back of his head, causing minor cuts. He also tried to remove the victim's turban from his head before getting off the bus and leaving the scene on foot, the report said. Police described the suspect as "a male, 25-35 years of age, dark complexion, slim build, approximately 5'9" tall, with brown eyes and black hair," and sought the public's help to find him. The New York Police Department hate crime unit is investigating the incident, and the police

Trump returning to civil trial next week with Michael Cohen set to testify

Donald Trump will back in court next week for his New York civil fraud trial, a person familiar with the former president's plans told The Associated Press on Thursday, setting up a potential face-to-face showdown with fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen, who is expected to testify. The 2024 Republican front-runner voluntarily attended the first three days of the trial last week, turning the Manhattan courthouse into a campaign stop as he watched testimony and complained to TV cameras about the case, which cuts to the heart of his image as a successful businessman and threatens to cost him control of marquee properties such as Trump Tower. Trump is expected to attend the non-jury trial Tuesday through Thursday next week, according to the person who confirmed the plans, which were first reported by news website The Messenger. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity before an official announcement. It's been 5 years since we have seen one another," Cohen said via text message,

'Will be back at defence table', says Trump as fraud trial gets intense

After a fiery first day of opening statements, lawyers in Donald Trump's business fraud trial in New York will move on Tuesday to the more plodding task of going through years of his financial documents in what's expected to be a weekslong fight over whether they constitute proof of fraud. An accountant who prepared Trump's financial statements for years is expected to be back on the witness stand for a second day. Trump, who spent a full day Monday as an angry spectator at the civil trial, said he'll be back at the defense table. See you in Court on Tuesday morning! Trump posted on his Truth Social platform. The trial is the culmination of a lawsuit in which New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, has accused the Republican former president of deceiving banks, insurers and others for years by giving them papers that misstated the value of his assets. Judge Arthur Engoron delivered an early victory to James last week, ruling that Trump committed fraud by exaggerating

Trump denounces biz practices case as 'scam' as he arrives for NY trial

Former President Donald Trump denounced the civil fraud case over his business practices as a politically motivated scam as he arrived defiantly for a trial in the lawsuit, which could cost him control of Trump Tower and other prized properties. This is a continuation of the single greatest witch hunt of all time, he said as he made a voluntary trip to a New York court for a trial that has high stakes for him. It's a scam. It's a sham, the Republican said, reiterating claims that New York Attorney General Letitia James' suit is a politically motivated attempt to thwart his return to the White House. What we have here is an attempt to hurt me in an election, he charged, adding: I don't think the people of this country are going to stand for it. He looked away from James, a Democrat, as he passed her on the way into court, with a disgusted look on his face. The suit accuses Trump and his company of deceiving banks, insurers and others by habitually lying about his wealth in financia

Donald Trump arrives in court for trial scrutinising his business practices

New York Attorney General Letitia James' suit accuses Trump and his company of deceiving banks, insurers and others by habitually lying about his wealth in financial statements

Will be in courtroom for New York trial scrutinising biz practices: Trump

With control over some of his most prized real estate holdings in jeopardy, former President Donald Trump says he will make a rare, voluntary trip to court Monday for the start of a civil trial in a lawsuit that has already resulted in a judge ruling that he committed fraud in his business dealings. I'm going to Court tomorrow morning to fight for my name and reputation, Trump wrote Sunday night on his Truth Social platform. Trump lashed out in his post at New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is suing him, and Judge Arthur Engoron, who is presiding over the non-jury trial and made the fraud ruling last week. THIS WHOLE CASE IS SHAM!!! Trump wrote. See you in Court - Monday morning. The trial is the culmination of a yearslong investigation by James, who accused Trump and his company of habitually lying about his wealth in financial statements. Last week, Engoron resolved the lawsuit's top claim before the trial even began, ruling that Trump routinely deceived banks, insurer

Jaishankar meets UNGA President Dennis Francis on 9-day visit to New York

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met the President of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly Dennis Francis here on Monday. The minister began his nine-day visit to the US on Friday last week, primarily to attend the annual session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York and to host a special event on Global South. Jaishankar met Francis at the UN headquarters and thanked him for his presence at the special India-UN for Global South: Delivering for Development' side event Jaishankar hosted in New York on Saturday last on the margins of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly. He is scheduled to meet UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres later on Monday. On Sunday, Jaishankar held a series of separate bilateral meetings with his global counterparts, including from Mexico, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Armenia, on the sidelines of the high-level UN General Assembly session here, exchanging views on reforming multilateralism and cooperation in G20.