Lucknow Crime Branch arrested seven people and busted an organised international cyber fraud call centre operating from a luxury apartment in Sushant Golf City area Lucknow: Two Class VI dropouts allegedly masterminded a sophisticated international cyber fraud racket from a luxury apartment in Lucknow, cheating more than 100 US citizens of nearly Rs 50 crore…
Judy Skene who lost $900,000 in a fake crypto platform scam An 86-year-old Ontario woman has lost more than $900,000 after falling victim to a cryptocurrency scam that used a deepfake video of Prime Minister Mark Carney to lure investors online.Judy Skene, from Sault Ste. Marie, says she first came across the fraud scheme in…
Valpoi: Continuous heavy rain caused a wall of Keshav Harwalkar’s house to collapse onto Mahadev Paryekar’s neighbouring residence at Budruk Karmali in the Savordem panchayat of Sattari on Thursday evening, damaging both properties. No injuries were reported.The wall gave way around 6.50pm near the Govt Primary School after being weakened by sustained moisture, residents said….
Over 20-heatwave linked deaths, including children reported across Europe Europe remained in the grip of an intense heatwave on Monday, with authorities across several countries issuing red alerts, closing schools, disrupting transport services and warning residents to avoid prolonged exposure to extreme temperatures.France was among the worst-affected countries, with temperatures forecast to reach up to…
Supreme Court TET Order: How the New Eligibility Rule Could Affect Lakhs of Pre-RTE Teachers. (AI Image) The Supreme Court’s final order making the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) mandatory for a large section of in-service teachers has triggered concern, confusion and resistance across several states. While the court has extended the deadline for compliance until…
A fallen fan with students around can be seen. (AI-generated image used for representational purpose) NEW DELHI: Viral videos of a ceiling fan crashing inside a classroom and waterlogging outside a govt school in Delhi’s Kadipur have brought the school’s infrastructure and maintenance under scrutiny. The school, however, alleged that longstanding civic issues around the…
GST scam, representational image Ludhiana: The state GST (goods and services tax) department has registered police complaints against three local firms, accusing them of cheating and forgery.The first case was filed at the Daba police station after inspectors discovered a company had used falsified identification documents to secure an official GST registration number fraudulently.Separately, the…
Elon Musk has become the world’s first trillionaire on Friday after SpaceX made its stock market debut on Nasdaq.The company’s shares jumped over 21 per cent shortly after listing, lifting Musk’s estimated fortune above the $1 trillion mark, according to Bloomberg. The bulk of his wealth exists on paper, rather than cash, derived primarily from…
Chandigarh: A delegation of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Chandigarh zone) Saturday met Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari and submitted memorandums highlighting various pending issues concerning the ministries of finance, health and family welfare, and the department of personnel and training.After reviewing the memorandums, Tewari assured the delegation that he would take up…
The tribunal directed the forest department to provide exhaustive data for the last five years, including the number and location of plantations, their survival rates and year-wise details Jaipur: The National Green Tribunal has ordered the Rajasthan govt to submit detailed, verifiable data on plantations and forest management after allegations of discrepancies linked to mining…
