NEW DELHI: Naresh Gujral, the former Rajya Sabha MP who is the son of former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral, was duped of Rs 7.8 crore in a cyber fraud. The scammers impersonated him on a messaging platform and manipulated his employee’s phone records to transfer the funds.Police have, so far, frozen Rs 4 crore…
Mumbai’s BEST undertaking faces an indefinite strike from midnight Thursday (Representative image enhanced with AI) MUMBAI: A joint action committee of employees of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking announced an indefinite strike starting at midnight on Thursday to press for their demands. Power supply in South Mumbai and civic bus services are…
Chennai: The state govt on Thursday affirmed its commitment to establishing Olympic centres of excellence to produce Olympic medal winners and position Tamil Nadu as India’s leading sporting powerhouse.Addressing the assembly, Governor R V Arlekar said, “These world-class centres will offer athletes the finest training infrastructure, elite coaching, cutting-edge sports science, performance analytics, and comprehensive…
Hyderabad: Telangana govt has said property registration services will not be available for three days from June 26 due to server maintenance services. In a statement, registration department said the website of the registration and stamps department would be closed for improving quality of services and strengthening security standards and other provisions. Govt said the…
Kolkata: Bengal, particularly Kolkata, houses several hotspots for fraudulent transactions, according to Gaurav Gupta, group head of financial crime intelligence at Axis Bank.Gupta was in the city alongside Sameer Shetty, group head of digital business, transformation, and strategic programmes, and Reynold D’Souza, group head of branch banking, to discuss the lender’s safe-banking initiatives. He noted…
Ahmedabad: A lecturer at a govt polytechnic college has filed a complaint of cheating with Satellite police alleging that she and her friend were duped of more than Rs 34 lakh after being promised UK work visas.According to the complaint lodged on Wednesday, the Gandhinagar resident, posted at a govt polytechnic college in Valsad, was…
Shimla: Traffic on the Dhalli-Sanjauli bypass in Shimla remained disrupted for nearly two hours on Thursday evening after a landslide sent huge rocks, a tree and tonnes of debris onto the road. No loss of life or property was reported.The incident occurred around 5.15 pm in the Lambeedhar area when a portion of a hillside…
Pune police are meticulously examining electronic devices seized from a self-styled guru’s bungalow. PUNE: Police will closely study all electronic devices, including laptops, tablets and pen drives, recovered from the self-styled guru’s bungalow-cum-ashram at Ubalenagar in Wagholi and send them for forensic examination to gather more evidence.As many as 19 hard disks, 12 laptops, a…
Lucknow: Intense hot and humid conditions continued across the state on Thursday, with Banda emerging as the country’s hottest location at 43.2 degrees Celsius.Odisha’s Boudh recorded 42.8 degrees Celsius, while Brahmapuri in Maharashtra registered 42.3 degrees Celsius. Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh and Bathinda in Punjab shared the fourth spot at 42.2 degrees Celsius.Across Uttar Pradesh,…
Centre for Microfinance (CmF)-organised workshop focused on connecting women farmers with sustainable agricultural practices and strengthening their leadership in the agricultural sector Jaipur: A state-level workshop was held in Jaipur to promote climate-resilient agriculture in Rajasthan amid climate change and increasing pressure on natural resources.Organised by the Centre for Microfinance (CmF), the workshop focused on…
