Telangana sees 11% dip in cybercrime, but ₹1,800 crore lost last year: DGP Hyderabad: Telangana recorded an 11% decline in cybercrime cases this year, while losses from cyber fraud fell by 20%, Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) officials said on Wednesday at the launch of the state’s cyber security awareness month campaign.Speaking at the launch…
Kolkata: Private hospitals in Kolkata are wary of the state plan of referral of emergency patients from govt hospitals, which, they apprehend, could lead to a bed scarcity and non-payment of bills. While emergency patients were never refused, the extra load from govt hospitals could put a strain on their arrangements and resources, some feared.A…
Ghaziabad: A 30-year-old veterinary doctor was found dead inside his Brezza car on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway in Muradnagar on Wednesday afternoon. The man had been reported missing after family members found a suicide note in his home on Tuesday night. Police also found four anaesthesia bottles with a syringe and suspect he died of…
Minister for social welfare Subhash Phal Dessai Margao: While state govt celebrated Senior Citizens’ Day on Thursday, the state council and district committees meant to safeguard the welfare of elders under the senior citizens’ act have been non-functional since the tenure of the earlier bodies ended in March 2025.Sources in the social welfare department said…
Ahmedabad: More than 1,000 trade associations across Gujarat will observe a symbolic statewide ‘No UPI Day’ on Friday, calling on customers to pay by cash or card instead of UPI.The one-day protest, planned on Gandhi Jayanti, is being organised by trader bodies opposing a new National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) rule that introduces a…
Crackdown exposes illegal mining along Tangri river Mohali: Illegal mining on a massive scale has been detected in Derabassi, with the mining department and local administration uncovering 23.7 lakh cubic feet of illegally excavated minor minerals across 11 vulnerable locations during a two-month enforcement drive.The crackdown, carried out between July 28 and Sept 30, led…
According to the group’s members, average sound levels during the festival were recorded at 105 decibels and above Pune: Ganesh festival has ended, but the noise around its alleged violations has only grown louder.Citizens and activists from ‘Punekars Against Loudspeakers’ on Thursday accused the civic administration and police of ignoring “deafening” noise pollution during the…
Residents in downstream areas were apprehensive since a voice message alleging an 80% blockage circulated on Wednesday Dibrugarh: Sivasagar administration ruled out any obstruction in the Dikhow river after reports of an upstream landslide in Nagaland.Residents in downstream areas were apprehensive since a voice message alleging an 80% blockage circulated on Wednesday.In an advisory issued…
Lucknow: Stepping up organisational preparations for the 2027 UP assembly elections, the BJP on Thursday effected a major restructuring of four key frontal organisations — Mahila Morcha, OBC Morcha, Scheduled Caste (SC) Morcha and Kisan Morcha.The party also appointed Anas Sajid Usmani as state president of Minority Morcha, replacing Basit Ali, who was recently elevated…
Jaipur: Host Rajasthan’s Saanvi Agarwal, Swaraj Taksali, Lakshyaraj Singh and Tapeshwar Poonia entered the second round of the qualifying matches of the All India Sub-Junior (U-15 and U-17) Ranking Badminton tournament which started at the Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium here on Thursday.In the U-17 girls’ singles, Saanvi Agarwal defeated Delhi’s Devanshi 15-11, 15-11, Swara Taksali…
