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Arushobike Mitra, 29, and Garbita Mitra, 25, had pleaded guilty before US District Judge Esther Salas to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, US Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.Judge Salas imposed the sentences on Tuesday in Newark federal court.”These defendants and their conspirators preyed upon some of our most vulnerable citizens, using trickery and threats to coerce them into sending money,” US Attorney Sellinger said.”Protecting our elderly population from these kinds of deceitful robocall scams is a priority of our office. Those who engage in this kind of elder fraud scheme can expect to face justice.”According to documents…

Speaking to world leaders at the high-level annual session of the General Assembly on Tuesday, he said: “We need to be able to break the gridlock that too often stymies progress and blocks consensus on the Council. We need more voices and more perspectives at the table.””The United States has undertaken serious consultation with many member states. And we’ll continue to do our part to push more reform efforts forward, look for points of common ground, and make progress in the year ahead,” he said, recalling that at last year’s meeting, he had announced support for increasing the number of…

Most opted to treat the allegation as a matter still to be investigated — in spite of the fact that the Trudeau government feels it has enough information to make an accusation in Parliament and expel a diplomat, CBC News reported.US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby on Tuesday said: “They are certainly serious allegations and we believe in order to determine how credible they are, there needs to be a thorough investigation.””Prime Minister Trudeau has called for that, and so we’ll see how Canada moves forward on this. It’s certainly well within their capacity to do this, and we…

Judge of the POCSO court, Ritesh Sachdeva on Tuesday asked complainant Aliya Siddiqui to appear before the court for a reply after police filed a final report in the case against all accused, including Nawazuddin Siddiqui.Government counsel Pradeep Balyan said that police have given a clean chit to all five accused, including Nawazuddin Siddiqui, in the molestation case.According to the prosecution, Nawazuddin’s brother Minazuddin had allegedly molested a minor family member in 2012 while the others had supported him.An FIR was registered in Mumbai by Aliya and later shifted to Budhana police station here in 2020.After investigation, police have given…

Lul Ruai Koang, spokesperson for the South Sudanese army, told Xinhua news agency on Tuesday that the clashes that broke out on Sunday started after the army pursued an officer who had escaped detention.He said the escapee had gone into hiding at the home of his former commander, Okony Okwom Othow, who had himself absconded from duty in May after refusing orders to deploy him to another station.”Whenever a soldier commits a crime or disobeys lawful orders, he would go and report to Okwom. So on Sunday, there was a soldier that sold ammunition and guns and was arrested; that…

“At the end of last week, the International Criminal Court’s services detected anomalous activity affecting its information systems,” the ICC was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency.”Immediate measures were adopted to respond to this cybersecurity incident and to mitigate its impact,” it said on Tuesday.The ICC gives no further details on the attack, whether and what documents could have been taken, or who could be behind the attack. Assisted by authorities in the Netherlands, an investigation was started and additional security measures have already been taken.”As the court continues to analyze and mitigate the impact of this incident, priority…

The US has expressed concerns over the incident and deteriorating relations between India and Canada on the issue, US media reports said.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who had a rough time in Delhi during the G20 summit hearing accusations of harbouring pro-Khalistan terrorists on its soil, alleged that agents linked with the Indian government had assassinated a Canadian citizen Nijjar — designated as a terrorist in India — on its soil and expelled an Indian diplomat.In fact, both countries expelled one diplomat each from their high commissions.Nijjar is described by Indian officials as a Sikh separatist leader in Canada touting…

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“Developments that will pave the way for regional peace, stability and prosperity in South Asia will be the establishment of a just and lasting peace in Kashmir through dialogue and cooperation between India and Pakistan,” he said on Tuesday at the high-level UN General Assembly meeting.”Turkiye will continue to support the steps to be taken in this direction,” he added.His latest comment was mild as it had been the last two years and by avoiding references to UN resolutions or a direct mediation offer, it was closer to India’s position that the Kashmir dispute was a bilateral matter.In 2020, Erdogan…

New York : Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim Al Aseeri, CEO of the National Space Science Authority (NSSA), participated in the opening keynote session of the Science Summit around the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA78). The role and contribution of science to attaining the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the central theme of the summit. The objective of the summit is to develop and launch science collaborations to demonstrate global science mechanisms and activities to support the attainment of the UN SDGs The summit will examine what enabling policy, regulatory and financial environments are needed to implement and sustain…