Who is Asif Merchant? Pakistani man on trial says Iran forced him in alleged Trump assassination plot

Asif Merchant, a 47‑year‑old Pakistani businessman, is on trial in Brooklyn federal court, claiming that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forced him into an alleged plot involving the assassination of US President Donald Trump and other political figures.Merchant faces charges of terrorism and murder‑for‑hire. Prosecutors say he tried to recruit people in the United…

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‘Consistency over intensity’: Lucknow boy, working with Google in US, cracks civil services exam | Lucknow News

LUCKNOW: Lucknow boy Piyush Kapoor , 32, who secured 402nd rank in Civil Services exam on Friday, had one foot each in two continents for years. While he worked for Google in Mountain View, California, during the day, he prepared for India’s most prestigious exam at night.Preparing from abroad can be isolating, especially after setbacks,…

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Karnataka woman, lover held after autopsy of exhumed body reveals husband died of smothering, not ‘heart attack’ | Bengaluru News

A Bengaluru man, initially reported to have died of a heart attack, was actually smothered to death BENGALURU: Carrying out an autopsy on the exhumed body of a 50-year-old daily wage worker, who, according to his wife, had died of a heart attack, revealed that the victim was smothered to death. Police arrested his wife,…

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Uttam Nagar Murder: Uttam Nagar on edge after Holi killing: Vehicles torched, barricades up, CRPF deployed amid communal tension; arrests rise to 8 | Delhi News

NEW DELHI: Two days after 26-year-old Tarun was beaten to death in southwest Delhi’s Uttam Nagar following a dispute that arose during a Holi celebration, a car and a bike, allegedly belonging to a relative of one of the accused, were torched. This has made the communally tense neighbourhood more worried.The area has heavy security…

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Mother-in-law’s obsession with ‘good news’ drives woman to call for help; asked to give intimacy, menstrual cycle details | Ahmedabad News

AHMEDABAD: A young woman married for two years called the Abhayam women’s helpline, saying she could no longer live in peace in her own home — not because of financial hardship or marital conflict, but because her mother-in-law had made having a grandchild a round-the-clock project. The mother-in-law was tracking her menstrual cycle, demanding details…

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Hindu Raksha Dal member Daksh Chaudhary held for molestation during Holi in Ghaziabad; had slapped Kanhaiya Kumar earlier | Noida News

Man who slapped Kanhaiya held in molestation case in Ghaziabad GHAZIABAD: A man who had slapped Congress functionary Kanhaiya Kumar two years ago was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly molesting a woman.Ghaziabad resident Daksh Chaudhary, who molested the 34-year-old woman during Holi in Ankur Vihar, was nabbed along with an associate, Akku Pandit. The duo…

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