Everything you need to know about Dharun Banet: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Dharun Banet: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New York, June 20 (ANI): Former Indian-origin Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi, who was jailed for using a web cam to spy on his roommate while he was making out with another man, has been released from jail after serving 20 days of a 30-day sentence.
New York, June 19 (ANI): US immigration authorities have said that they won't seek to deport former Indian-origin Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi, who was jailed for using a web cam to spy on his roommate while he was making out with another man.
New York, June 16 (ANI): Former Indian-origin Rutgers student Dharun Ravi, who has been given a 30-day jail sentence for web-streaming his gay roommate's encounter with his date, is expected to get out of the jail early.
New York, June 12 (ANI): Former Indian-origin Rutgers student Dharun Ravi, who has been given a 30-day jail sentence for web-streaming his gay roommate's encounter with his date, has filed a notice that he will appeal his hate crime conviction.
Washington, June 1 (ANI): The parents of the Rutgers University student who committed suicide after his Indian-origin roommate Dharun Ravi used a webcam to spy on his intimate encounter with another man, have rejected the roommate's written apology as a 'public relations piece'.
Washington, May 31 (ANI): A New Jersey judge has defended his decision to give former Indian- origin Rutgers student Dharun Ravi a 'light' 30-day jail sentence for web-streaming his gay roommate's encounter with his date.
New Brunswick, New Jersey, May 30 (IANS) An Indian American student convicted of spying on his gay roommate with his webcam doesn't deserve to be locked up with "rapists and murderers", a New Jersey judge said Wednesday.
Washington, May 30 (ANI): Former Indian-origin Rutgers student Dharun Ravi has openly apologized for the first time for using a webcam to spy on a romantic liaison between a man and his roommate who later killed himself.
New Brunswick, New Jersey, May 30 (IANS) Before turning himself in Thursday to begin serving a 30-day jail term for spying on his gay roommate with a webcam, Indian-American student Dharun Ravi has apologised for the first time.
Washington, May 24(ANI): Indian-American student Dharun Ravi, who was convicted for using a web cam to spy on his roommate while he was making out with another man, could reduce his jail term if he earns credit for good behavior and work behind bars, according to New Jersey corrections officials.
Washington, May 23 (ANI): Legal experts have predicted that prosecutors are unlikely to win an appeal against former Indian- origin Rutgers student Dharun Ravi's 30-day jail for web-streaming his gay roommate's encounter with his date.
Giving a 'lighter' punishment as against expected, a US court on Monday sentenced an Indo-American student Dharun Ravi a 30-day jail term for secretly shooting his classmate's intimate acts with another man, who committed suicide last September after getting acknowledged about his secret shooting.........
New York, May 22 (ANI): Former Indian-origin Rutgers student Dharun Ravi committed 'reprehensible' acts in setting up a webcam to spy on his roommate's gay relationship, but got a lighter sentence as a judge ruled that 'they did not reach the level of a hate crime'.
New Brunswick (New Jersey), May 21 (IANS) Indian American student Dharun Ravi was Monday sentenced to 30 days in jail by a New Jersey judge for spying on his roommate kissing another man on his webcam. The judge said he will recommend that Ravi not be deported.
Washington, May 21 (IANS) Indian American student Dharun Ravi, who is set to be sentenced Monday for hate crimes for using a webcam to spy on his roommate kissing another man, has surprisingly found support from gay rights advocates.
Trenton (New Jersey), May 15 (IANS) Hundreds of Dharun Ravi supporters rallied outside the New Jersey State House to protest against state's bias intimidation law used to convict the Indian American student for spying on his gay roommate with a webcam.
Washington, May 14 (IANS) Since Barack Obama "came out of the closet" on the issue of same-sex marriage, the spotlight has turned not so much on one of the most contentious social issues, but on the president himself.
Washington, May 11(ANI): Dharun Ravi, an Indian-origin ex-Rutgers student, should serve time behind jail for spying on his gay room partner Tyler Clementi, who committed suicide, according to prosecutors.
New York, May 11 (IANS) US prosecutors have asked a New Jersey court to sentence convicted Indian American student Dharun Ravi to prison for bias intimidation in a webcam spying case, but not the maximum of ten years.
New York, May 5 (ANI): Friends of Dharun Ravi, the former Indian-origin Rutgers University student accused of bullying his gay roommate into a suicidal bridge jump, have requested a judge to sentence him to probation rather than prison.
New York, May 2 (IANS) Lawyers for an Indian American student found guilty of bias crimes for spying with a webcam on his roommate having an intimate encounter with another man have sought dismissal of his conviction and a new trial.
Washington, Mar 24(ANI): Former Indian-origin Rutgers student Dharun Ravi has claimed that web-streaming his gay roommate's encounter for the second time "actually wasn't my idea."
Washington, March 23 (IANS) An Indian American student convicted of spying on his gay roommate with a webcam said he did some stupid things but didn't cause the fellow pupil's suicide days after the incident.
Washington, Mar 22 (ANI): A former Indian- origin Rutgers student, who has been convicted for web-streaming his gay roommate's encounter, has said he does not regret passing on a no-jail plea deal.
Washington, Mar 22 (ANI): A former Indian- origin Rutgers student, who has been convicted for web-streaming his gay roommate's encounter, has said he does not regret passing on a no-jail plea deal.
New Brunswick (New Jersey, US), Mar.17 (ANI): A juror involved in the trial of former Indian-origin Rutgers student Dharun Ravi, has said that he was satisfied with Friday's verdict against the latter.
New Brunswick (New Jersey, US), Mar.17 (ANI): A juror involved in the trial of former Indian-origin Rutgers student Dharun Ravi, has said that he was satisfied with Friday's verdict against the latter.
Washington, Mar 16(ANI): Jurors in the webcam spying case involving a former Indian origin Rutgers student have completed two days of deliberations and have not reached a verdict.
Washington, Mar 14(ANI): A former Indian-origin Rutgers student, who used a web camera to spy on his gay room-mate' was described as a curious 'kid' rather than a 'criminally homophobic bully'.
Washington, Mar 14(ANI): A former Indian-origin Rutgers student, who used a web camera to spy on his gay room-mate' was described as a curious 'kid' rather than a 'criminally homophobic bully'.
Washington, Mar 13(ANI): The lawyer of former Indian-origin Rutgers student Dharun Ravi has rested his case without calling his client to testify in the trial.
Washington, Mar 13(ANI): The lawyer of former Indian-origin Rutgers student Dharun Ravi has rested his case without calling his client to testify in the trial.
Washington, Mar 10(ANI): Former Indian -origin Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi never spoke against homosexuality, seven defence witnesses have claimed.
Washington, Mar 10(ANI): Former Indian -origin Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi never spoke against homosexuality, seven defence witnesses have claimed.
Washington, Mar 8(ANI): The lawyer of former Indian-origin Rutgers student accused of spying on his roommate has said that his client had tried to explain and apologize for recording his hostel room-mate, Tyler Clementi's intimate encounter with his date on September 22, 2010.
Washington, Mar 8(ANI): The lawyer of former Indian-origin Rutgers student accused of spying on his roommate has said that his client had tried to explain and apologize for recording his hostel room-mate, Tyler Clementi's intimate encounter with his date on September 22, 2010.
Washington, Mar 6(ANI): An Indian-origin former Rutgers student said he wanted to "keep the gays away" after he used his webcam to capture a hostel room-mate Tyler Clementi kissing his date in their dorm room, a student has testified.
Washington, Mar 6(ANI): An Indian-origin former Rutgers student said he wanted to "keep the gays away" after he used his webcam to capture a hostel room-mate Tyler Clementi kissing his date in their dorm room, a student has testified.
Washington, Mar 3(ANI): A lawyer representing former Indian -origin Rutgers student grilled a witness about his relationship with gay student Tyler Clementi, who committed suicide after he came to know that his tryst had been web- streamed.
Washington, Mar 3(ANI): A lawyer representing former Indian -origin Rutgers student grilled a witness about his relationship with gay student Tyler Clementi, who committed suicide after he came to know that his tryst had been web- streamed.
New York, Mar.1 (ANI):Testimony by a witness of Indian-origin is likely to prove the most damaging against an Indian-origin former Rutgers student, Dharun Ravi, in connection with a case involving the use of a webcam that was trained on a man.
New York, Mar.1 (ANI):Testimony by a witness of Indian-origin is likely to prove the most damaging against an Indian-origin former Rutgers student, Dharun Ravi, in connection with a case involving the use of a webcam that was trained on a man.
Washington, Feb 25(ANI): A former Indian-origin Rutgers student accused of spying on a homosexual encounter, involving his room-mate, is facing trial in New Jersey.
Washington, Feb 25(ANI): A former Indian-origin Rutgers student accused of spying on a homosexual encounter, involving his room-mate, is facing trial in New Jersey.
Washington, Feb 8(ANI): American authorities want to upgrade one of the charges against a former Indian-origin Rutgers student Dharun Ravi, who has been accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man.
Washington, Oct 21 (ANI): An Indian-origin student in America's Rutgers University, who was accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man, will stand trial in February next year after he refused a plea deal that would have limited his time behind bars to five years.
New Brunswick (New Jersey, India), May 24 (ANI): A former Indian American Rutgers student who was accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's same-sex encounter, has pleaded not guilty to 15 charges including bias intimidation, invasion of privacy and evidence tampering.
New Jersey, May 7 (ANI): Molly Wei, a former Rutgers University student charged after allegedly spying on a classmate who then committed suicide, has reached a deal to co-operate with the prosecution of Indian origin student Dharun Ravi.
New York, Apr 21(ANI): A US grand jury has handed down a 15-count indictment to a Indian origin student at New Jersey University after he was accused of livestreaming his roommate's gay liaisons on the Internet.
New York, Nov 1 (ANI): The lawyer for an Indian origin student in New Jersey university who has been charged with invasion of privacy for secretly filming gay-sex footage of roommate Tyler Clementi, has claimed that he and his co-accused student were the only ones to have seen the footage for a few seconds and had never transmitted it anyone else.
New York, Oct. 6 (ANI): New Jersey prosecutors are contemplating whether to file more charges against the two Rutgers University freshmen, one of them of Indian origin, who have been accused of broadcasting on the Internet video the fact that fellow freshman Tyler Clementi was having sex with another man.
London, Sept 30 (ANI): A university student jumped to his death from a bridge a day after being filmed having sex with a man in his room.