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Speaking at the annual City dinner on Thursday (17 October) at Mansion House, Rathi said the FCA is now adopting the «same rigorous standards» but with «more efficiency».  He told City moguls: «We recognise that the jury is out on whether the FCA is helping to achieve growth», but assured them that firms are increasingly positive on the watchdog's delivery on consumer protection and market integrity.  As part of the regulator's shift towards digitisation, a method to «make it easier to share data and ease regulatory burdens», Rathi claimed that investigation times are falling to as lo...

India's concerns regarding Khalist extremism. He also pointed out a fundamental problem that the Canadian government assumed all Sikhs as Khalistanis and all Khalistanis as Sikhs. In an interview to ANI, George said, «The Khalistan movement does not pose a direct threat to the West, at least not often. So, hence which is why you see Western countries try and downplay or ignore India's pleas, no matter how legitimate India's concerns may be.»

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Federal prosecutors charged an employee of India’s intelligence service with allegedly directing an audacious plot to kill a vocal Sikh activist in New York, an escalation in a long-running investigation that has threatened a rift in the U.S.-India alliance. Vikash Yadav, 39, a now-former employee of India’s foreign intelligence service, faces murder-for-hire charges in connection with the alleged plot that was first revealed last year.

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According to Fox News, Liam Payne’s untimely death resulted from a fall from the balcony of his third-floor hotel room located in the Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aires. The National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office N 16 which is being led by Marcelo Roma is in charge of investigating the circumstances surrounding Liam Payne’s death while it is being classified as ‘dubious’.

Royal Air Force on Thursday scrambled a Typhoon fighter jet to intercept an Air India aircraft that received a bomb threat and the plane later landed safely in London. The bomb threat was received for the Air India plane from Mumbai to London, an airline official said. «We can confirm that RAF Quick Reaction Alert Typhoon fighter aircraft from RAF Coningsby were launched this afternoon, to investigate a civilian aircraft,» a Royal Air Force spokesperson said. Following an uneventful interception the aircraft was released to continue to its original destination under the direction of civilian air traffic control, the spokesperson said.

Chennai last week, prepared by seven senior railway officials, suggests the train might have derailed at the intersection point. Another report of a three-member committee of senior railway officials had earlier raised the apprehension of sabotage after finding some loosened or opened parts during site inspection. However, the contents of the joint note, prepared soon after the accident, do not mention any sabotage angle. A railway spokesperson said the joint report cannot conclusively tell the reasons of the accident but it can be one of the inputs for the Commissioner of Railway Safety to prepare the final investigation report.

Manipur. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has initiated its investigation into the drone bombing case in the Koutruk area. A senior police officer who does not want to be named told ET, “The incident occurred around 11.10 pm on Wednesday when unidentified people launched gunfire and bombs at the village. Security forces deployed there responded. Security forces spotted movement with torches, it fired in the air, armed miscreants retaliated by firing towards the security forces. The exchange of gunfire continued until around 2 am on Thursday.”

CC1'an individual named in connection with the alleged assassination plot of US-based Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun is no longer an employee of the Indian government. On Thursday, the US State Department described a meeting with the Indian Inquiry Committee as «productive,» highlighting India's cooperation in the ongoing investigation. US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller expressed satisfaction with the collaboration. Miller stated, «It was a productive meeting. They did inform us that the individual who was named in the Justice Department indictment is no longer an employee of the Indian government. We are satisfied with the cooperation. It continues to be an ongoing process. We continue to work with them on that, but we do appreciate the cooperation and we appreciate them updating us on their investigation as we update them on ours.»

Justin Trudeau admitted that his government had not provided «hard evidentiary proof» when accusing India of involvement in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said Trudeau’s statement «only confirms» what New Delhi has maintained «consistently all along.» The MEA also blamed Trudeau's «cavalier behaviour» for damaging relations between India and Canada. «What we have heard today only confirms what we have been saying consistently all along—Canada has presented us no evidence whatsoever in support of the serious allegations that it has chosen to level against India and Indian diplomats,» MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in an official statement. He added, «The responsibility for the damage that this cavalier behaviour has caused to India-Canada relations lies with Prime Minister Trudeau alone.»

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More than 300 employees of the Canada Revenue Agency have been terminated in the past year for inappropriately receiving the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the final round of firings having occurred in the past three months.

RTX Corporation, the defense contractor formerly known as Raytheon, has agreed to pay the U.S. government $252 million to resolve criminal charges alleging it paid bribes to secure contracts with Qatar

rape and murder of a young woman, whose half-charred and semi-clad body was recovered by Nadia district police in West Bengal on Wednesday morning in Nadia’s Krishnanagar near a Durga Puja pandal. The body of the woman was reportedly found in a place which was close to the office of the Superintendent of Police’s earlier this morning. The girl went missing since Tuesday evening. As per statements provided by the family members of the victim, the girl went out on Tuesday evening. Her family started searching for her after she did not return home till late hours.

In the wake of TD Bank’s recent money-laundering guilty plea, with a steep US$3-billion penalty and the imposition of roadblocks to future growth in the United States, it is now established fact that the bank experienced justice under U.S. anti-money-laundering laws. A Financial Times commentary stated: “The punishments are severe. But then again, so were the failings.” It’s a perspective shared by media commentary everywhere.

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Valmiki scam by former Karnataka Minister Nagendra and his aides was allegedly used «during the 2024 Lok Sabha election expenditures to influence voters» and some significant portion of the amount for personal expenses, said the Enforcement Directorate's chargesheet. Significant amounts were channeled towards election campaigns under the direction of Nagendra, and the cash was distributed to party workers and voters in constituencies like Bellary, Kudligi, and Kamp, the chargesheet stated. As per the charge sheet, filed in a special court in Bengaluru, cash was distributed to polling stations in constituencies, with each voter receiving Rs 200 and each polling booth Rs 10,000. «This involved over Rs 15 crores distributed to influence voters.»

Hunter Biden is reviving a lawsuit that accuses Fox News of illegally publishing explicit images of him as part of a streaming series

U.S. Agriculture Department officials have launched an internal investigation into how the agency handled reports of serious problems tied to a deadly listeria outbreak at a Boar's Head deli meat plant in Virginia

The family of a Tennessee employee who was killed by catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Helene has filed a wrongful death lawsuit