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ANI has reported. As per the report, in the email, the unknown sender identified himself as an absconding US citizen, the police informed. The accused in the email threatened to blow up the American consulate and kill all US citizens working there.

A new IRS inspector general report says the agency continued to give 19 contractors access to sensitive systems despite failing background reports as recently as last July

Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL) is very alarming and is almost like money laundering. Google Pay and PhonePe are two sitting time bombs. BHIM app is hardly used while Google Pay and PhonePe apps are used (widely).

Haldwani's Banbhoolpura region during an anti-encroachment operation aimed at demolishing an «unauthorized» madrassa and a prayer site, as per a directive from the high court. Presently, five arrests have been made. Law enforcement is scrutinizing CCTV footage to identify those involved in acts of stone pelting, vandalism, and arson. Security Reinforcement Requested Chief Secretary Radha Raturi dispatched a missive on Saturday evening to the Union home secretary, urging the dispatch of four additional Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) companies to Haldwani «to uphold the law and order situation.»

California on Friday, authorities said. Six people were on board the helicopter when it crashed around 10 p.m.

Apple announced changes to its app store and iOS operating system in Europe in compliance with the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). The company will now allow developers to opt for the ‘new regime’ which lets users within the EU download apps and make purchases outside the Apple app store. It will also permit developers to distribute their apps via alternate stores, thereby also opting out of Apple’s in-app payment system.

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has cautioned the taxpayers against fake summons sent by some fraudsters. It said that in case taxpayers receive any summons, they must verify the authenticity from the official website of the CBIC. It also asked taxpayers to inform the jurisdiction office immediately in case they receive such notices. The advisory was issued after the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI), an investigation arm of the CBIC noticed that some individuals are sending fake summons to the taxpayers who may or may not be under investigation by the DGGI.

₹25 crore as a bribe for not framing Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan in the drugs-on-crime case. The agency said that the deal was closed for ₹18 crore, adding that Wankhade's assets were not proportionate to his known sources of income.

called for a probe against the Pakistan Army for its alleged involvement in the “rigged" election. Check which US lawmaker said what. I am deeply troubled by reports of interference in this week's election in Pakistan.

Indian-origin executive died in the US, days after he was assaulted during an altercation outside a restaurant in downtown Washington. According to investigators, officers responded to the 1100 block of 15th Street Northwest outside Shoto Restaurant around 2 am for an assault on February 2. Once officers arrived, they found Vivek Taneja on the pavement. He was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. A preliminary investigation found that Taneja and an unknown man were involved in a verbal argument that turned physical, WUSA, a television station in Washington, DC, affiliated with CBS, said. Taneja was knocked to the ground and hit his head on the pavement. He died from his injuries at the hospital on Wednesday. Police are now investigating Taneja's death as a homicide.

UN experts say they are investigating 58 suspected North Korean cyberattacks between 2017 and 2023 valued at approximately USD 3 billion, with the money reportedly being used to help fund its development of weapons of mass destruction. And the high volume of cyberattacks by North Korean hacking groups who report to the Reconnaissance General Bureau, North Korea's primary foreign intelligence organization, is reportedly continuing, the panel of experts said in the executive summary of a new report to the UN Security Council obtained Friday by The Associated Press.

money laundering case against former Mumbai NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede taking cognisance of a CBI FIR in an alleged Rs 25-crore bribe demand from superstar Shah Rukh Khan's family to spare his son in a drugs case, official sources said Saturday. The central agency has booked the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said. Some former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officials have also been summoned. Wankhede, a 2008-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the Customs and Indirect Taxes cadre, has moved the Bombay High Court seeking protection from any coercive action by the anti-money laundering agency.

National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted multiple raids in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday as part of its crackdown against elements allegedly involved in terror funding and radicalisation of youngsters, officials said. The raids are underway at different places, including Gujjar Nagar and Shaheedi Chowk in Jammu city, they added. The officials said a private school and premises linked to three of its functionaries, including the house of the chairman, were raided by the NIA sleuths. The residences of two former leaders of banned outfit Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir were searched in Kulgam district, the officials said.

White House on Friday blasted a report from a Department of Justice special counsel that suggested President Joe Biden was suffering memory lapses, and Vice President Kamala Harris called the report «clearly politically motivated.» The report from Special Counsel Robert Hur, a former U.S. attorney in Maryland during Republican Donald Trump's administration, has prompted an election-year brawl and renewed questions about Biden's advanced age. This week Biden, 81, mixed up the names of several world leaders.

Pakistan's electoral process in the wake of a vote on Thursday and urged a probe into reported irregularities. The main battle was between former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's party and candidates backed by ex-prime minister Imran Khan. Both declared victory separately.

‘My memory is fine’: Biden hits back after report cites age concerns The White House directly targeted special counsel Robert Hur, a Republican who was appointed by then-president Trump to be US attorney for the District of Maryland in 2017. But it was Biden's own attorney general Merrick Garland who named Hur as special counsel in the documents case. Hur and his team identified several reasons why they weren’t recommending charges against Biden and what his defenses during a potential trial might be, including that he has a frail memory.

Netflix users brace for the departure of several titles. Here's a breakdown of what's leaving the streaming platform throughout the month.

The director of the main U.N. aid agency for Palestinians says Israeli restrictions are preventing food for 1.1 million people from reaching war-battered Gaza

shrinking population, China’s approach to surrogacy is rather counterproductive—to say nothing of its effect on families. With couples waiting longer to have children, demand for surrogacy in China seems to be growing. By one estimate, over 10,000 babies are born via the process every year in the country.

Champai Soren on Friday hit out at the BJP for allegedly conspiring to destabilise the Hemant Soren-led JMM government ever since it came to power in 2019. Criticising the BJP for lacking substantial issues to present to the public, he claimed that they resorted to foul tactics to undermine the government's stability. The CM emphasised that the mandate of the people was in favour of Hemant Soren, who initiated various welfare measures despite the economic slowdown due to the pandemic. «People's mandate was in favour of Hemant Soren, who formed a popular government and started delivering the goods even though economic activities came to a standstill for two years because of the pandemic,» the chief minister said after disbursing the first set of installments of the Abua Awas (housing) Yojana to beneficiaries here.

Following an exhaustive investigation, the Department of Labor has successfully obtained an emergency temporary restraining order against a Pittsburgh-based company that allegedly misappropriated millions of dollars from hundreds of retirement plans it had been entrusted to administer.