Six held for PM scheme loan fraud

Noida: Six members of a cyber fraud gang were arrested for allegedly cheating people on the pretext of offering loans under the PM Employment Generation Programme. Police said they used social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook to advertise Aadhaar and PAN card-related services before luring people with promises of subsidised home loans.According to DCP…

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Half of Guj families nuclear

Mean household size in Gujarat has dipped to 4.5 overall Ahmedabad: Family size in the state has officially shrunk– more than half of Gujarat’s families now identify as nuclear, according to National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-5 data. The survey puts the share of nuclear families—parents living with their children—at 52.3% in the state, with the…

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CBI sleuths zero in on potential ‘insider role’

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: CBI has significantly widened its NEET-UG-2026 paper leak probe, with investigators now focused on a potential “insider role” even as one more suspect was arrested from Pune and a retired chemistry professor detained in Latur.As the total arrests went up to seven, sources said the investigators were trying to ascertain if the breach…

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