Bengaluru: A 56-year-old company director eyeing to encash “bank reward points” — a not-too-uncommon offer in bank messages — clicked on the wrong web link and made a token payment only to lose nearly Rs 74,000 last week.Cyberfrauds are inventing newer methods to bait victims. This time, it was a message claiming it was the…
Clash of titans as leaders mix attacks, emotion and symbolism For more than a month, TN witnessed a multi-pronged campaign war. Here are the warriors. Now, you choose the winnersM K StalinKing and general rolled into one, CM M K Stalin looks more like an attacker than a defender. For the DMK chief, the battle…
To protect its culinary heritage, the city needs stronger food safety checks in hotels and eateries, reports Sunny BaskiWith rising concerns around food safety following a string of incidents involving adulterated and spoiled products in recent days, regulatory enforcement in Hyderabad appears to be falling short — even as the city’s food industry is valued…
Cleared Electors To Be Informed By BLOs: CEO KOLKATA: Election Commission will add the names approved by SIR tribunals to Bengal’s electoral roll till Tuesday midnight and issue an updated list on Wednesday for the 152 assembly seats that will go to the polls in the first phase on Thursday, chief electoral officer Manoj Agarwal…
Chandigarh: Punjab govt on Tuesday raised Rs 1,300 crore through the auction of 12-year bonds conducted by the RBI, setting off a political slugfest with the opposition questioning the pace of borrowing and the incumbent AAP defending it as part of planned fiscal management.The bonds, aimed at financing capital expenditure and ongoing development schemes, were…
Pune: A few posters tom-toming about getting a police constable’s job, photos in khaki and posting one of these images as the display picture on a cellphone messaging application. A 26-year-old vegetable vendor in Narhe used these tricks to find a match and make his mother happy, prompting a case of impersonation against him.The Narhe…
Lucknow: In a case of “digital arrest” cyber fraud, a 75-year-old retired govt doctor in Lucknow was allegedly duped of ₹1.55 crore by an interstate cyber gang that impersonated police and national investigation agency officials.According to an FIR lodged at the cyber police station, the accused contacted the victim on Apr 11, posing as a…
JAIPUR: Police Tuesday arrested a 50-year-old man for allegedly killing his estranged wife and dumping her body near a railway underpass close to Tantiyawas toll plaza in Chomu, a day after the crime came to light.The accused, identified as Satish Kumar Sharma, was held following investigation into the death of Meenu Sharma, 42, whose body…
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday indicated that New Delhi may play its role in initiating peace in the West Asia amid the ongoing crisis between Iran and United states.When asked if India has any role to play in the West Asia crisis, Rajnath said, “It is possible that tomorrow, the time may…
UK creates ‘smoke-free generation’ with landmark lifetime tobacco ban / Image: file If you were born after 2008, cigarettes could be off-limits for life. In a sweeping government move, the UK is introducing a landmark rule that will steadily raise the legal smoking age until it effectively disappears for future generations. Under this rule, the…
