Mumbai: Maharashtra Nodal Cyber, while assisting Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar police in a digital arrest fraud case involving a 74-year-old woman allegedly cheated of nearly Rs 3 crore, helped identify and rescue another elderly woman in Delhi who was being targeted by the cyber fraudsters. Officials said the Delhi victim had already transferred around Rs 27 lakh…
Bengaluru: Supreme Court has removed senior IPS officer Alok Kumar and Forensic Science Laboratory chief Divya Gopinath from the five-member special investigation team constituted by Karnataka high court to investigate alleged irregularities in the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) veterinary officers’ recruitment case.Hearing Cong govt’s petition against the HC’s Sept 21 order, the top court…
(Representative image) Dr R Laxman Bharathi of Nilgiri Adivasi Welfare Association estimates that 1% of badagas have sickle cell disease and 8% carry the trait Shantha ThiagarajanResearchers documented the first case of sickle-cell disease (SCD) in India in the Nilgiris in 1952. More than seven decades later, the blood disorder continues to affect the hills’…
Hyderabad: As India considers new approaches to children’s online safety, a report by NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, says that social media age restrictions alone cannot address the full range of risks children face online. Published by NALSAR and the Indian Governance and Policy Project (IGAP), the report, titled “The Child Safety Imperative: Age-Appropriate Digital…
Police seized two 7 mm firearms, two country-made pistols, live bullets of different calibres, fired cartridge cases, and tools used to make weapons Kolkata: Bengal Police STF found an illegal arms-making unit inside a house in Ayubnagar, under Nadial Police Station in Kolkata’s Port division. The main suspect, Sahil, escaped before police arrived. Police seized…
The incident happened around 1.30am on Wednesday Ghaziabad: A 27-year-old woman was rescued after she allegedly jumped into the Hindon barrage in Indirapuram on Wednesday after a fight with her husband, a sub-inspector. Police and the SDRF team responded promptly and pulled her to safety within 10 minutes. She was admitted to Yashoda Medicity Hospital,…
Margao: Cuncolim police arrested Agustinho Pereira for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor boy in Assolna after luring him with chocolate. He has been booked under the Goa Children’s Act and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.Police said the incidents occurred in Sept and again on Oct 9. The accused allegedly took the…
Varanasi: Kotwali police in Ballia district arrested three men and seized 656.8 kg of illegal firecrackers and explosive material during a raid in Gudri Bazaar area on Wednesday.Ballia CO (city) Satish Kumar Sharma said, “Acting on a tip-off, a Kotwali team led by inspector Praveen Kumar Singh raided a shop and house near the cattle…
Gandhinagar: As many as 319 applicants from neighbouring countries residing in Saurashtra and Kutch will receive Indian citizenship certificates at a programme in Rajkot on Thursday.Deputy chief minister Harsh Sanghavi will preside over the ceremony, which will see 259 beneficiaries from Rajkot, 53 from Morbi, six from Kutch and one from Surendranagar district receive their…
Punjab BJP president Kewal Singh Dhillon Chandigarh: BJP will hold a state executive meeting under its Punjab president Kewal Singh Dhillon to focus on preparing the party’s roadmap to contest elections in all the 117 assembly constituencies of the state in Sangrur on Friday.“Party leaders will discuss key public issues and determine BJP’s priorities for…
