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Mumbai: The Amboli police registered an FIR against Rapido and its director on Friday for allegedly operating their transport service illegally through an app. The case was initiated following a complaint from the Regional Transport Commissioner's Office.In the complaint, a Vehicle Supervision Officer with Regional Transport Commissioner's Office, Harshal Sase said: "Illegal transport services were being operated in the city via the Rapido app. Operators of the app did not obtain permission from
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate conducted search operations on July 8 and 9 at four premises in Gurugram and Jind, Haryana related to Probo Media Technologies Pvt Ltd and its promotors namely, Sachin Subhaschandra Gupta & Ashish Garg under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 in connection with the company's alleged illegal gambling/ betting activities across India. Probo Media Technologies Pvt Ltd operates the app & website "Probo', which provides platform for online gaming. ED initiated investigation on the basis of multiple FIRs registered under various ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Enforcement Directorate has booked 29 celebrities in Telugu states for endorsing betting apps. The central agency has filed an ECIR against 29 actors, influencers, and YouTubers for allegedly promoting illegal betting platforms, in violation of the Public Gambling Act, 1867. The probe, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, has been taken up based on five FIRs filed in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Film actors Vijay Deverakonda, Rana Daggubati, Prakash Raj, Nidhi Agarwal, Pranitha Subhash and Manchu Lakshmi, and Ananya Nagella are among those w ...Read More >
Police said a probe is underway. Mumbai: A 25-year-old woman in Mumbai was allegedly harassed by a loan app firm and her morphed nude photographs were shared with her relatives and friends, even as she handed over an amount of money that was more than what she borrowed. According to the police, the victim from Kranti Nagar area in Jogeshwari West said she was in need of money when she came across an advertisement of a mobile app called "Cash Loan" on Instagram. On July 20, she downloaded the a ...Read More >
The Enforcement Directorate conducted multi-state searches across 15 locations, including Mumbai and Delhi-NCR, as part of a money laundering investigation. This probe targets the Parimatch betting app, accused of defrauding users of approximately Rs 2,000 crore. The funds were allegedly laundered through mule accounts, payment aggregators, crypto wallets, and ATM withdrawals. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday conducted multi-state searches as part of a money laundering investigation i ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Dec 16 (PTI) A 57-year-old woman fell prey to an alleged "digital arrest" scam and lost over Rs 2.05 crore to cybercriminals, who posed as law enforcement officials, police said on Tuesday. 'Digital arrest' is a form of cyber fraud where fraudsters pose as law enforcement officers and threaten people through audio or video calls, forcing them to transfer money online. The woman was also coerced into selling multiple properties and taking bank loans to meet the fraudsters' demands, they said. The offence is said to have occurred between June 19 and November 27, police said. Accor ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The ED arrested a foreign currency businessman and one of the masterminds in a Chinese App investment fraud case involving over Rs 903 crore and seized incriminating documents during searches at his five premises in Delhi, an official said on Friday. Rohit Vij, the mastermind in the conversion of proceeds of crime into forex, was arrested on June 30 for his links to a fake investment app named 'LOXAM', claiming to be related to a reputed French MNC Group of the same name. The business entities and associates of Vij were searched under the provisions of PMLA, 2002, said an official. ...Read More >
Mumbai: In the biggest crackdown in recent months, 123 passenger vehicles, including 78 bike taxis (mostly Rapidos), were seized in MMR on Wednesday for transporting passengers without authorisation. Sarnaik says he will approach the law and judiciary department to include bikes and buses in the aggregator policy.The RTOs from Mumbai, Thane, Vashi, and Panvel with 20 special squads cracked down on the illegal vehicles that were unauthorisedly transporting passengers without valid state permits.Al ...Read More >
Actor Rana Daggubati appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Hyderabad concerning a money laundering case linked to illegal online betting and gambling. The ED had summoned Daggubati and other actors like Prakash Raj and Vijay Deverakonda, who have already appeared, for endorsing online betting apps allegedly generating illicit funds. The agency is recording statements under the PMLA. Actor Rana Daggubati on Monday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Hyderabad in conn ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 28 (PTI) India's gains from importing discounted Russian oil are estimated to be just USD 2.5 billion per annum, significantly lower than the previously speculated range of USD 10-25 billion, a research report said on Thursday. Stopping Russian oil imports would force India, the world's third-largest oil importer and consumer, to rely on limited alternatives, potentially driving global crude prices up to USD 100 per barrel amid rising demand and tight supply. "Benefit from Russian oil imports is way less than exaggerated media numbers," brokerage CLSA said in a report. While ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: An Enforcement Directorate team undertaking searches in a cyber fraud linked money laundering case was allegedly attacked here on Thursday, officials said. The agency has registered a police FIR about the incident that took place at a farmhouse that was raided by ED officials in the Bijwasan area of southwest Delhi that falls under the Kapashera police station. An Enforcement Officer (EO) suffered minor injuries during the attack. He is continuing with the searches after he was given first aid, officials said. The probe pertains to a case against the PYYPL app. The alleged accus ...Read More >
Ramban (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 12 (ANI): Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Doda-Kishtwar-Ramban (DKR) range, Shridhar Patil, on Saturday said the BHAROSA initiative is aimed at building trust between women and the police. Speaking to ANI, DIG Patil explained that the program includes specially trained female officers posted at every police station to provide support and counselling, especially for victims of harassment and adolescents facing mental health challenges. 'The government is sensitive regarding women's security. The Doda-Kishtwar-Ramban area is very remote, and women ...Read More >
Pune: The Indian Gig Workers' Front on Saturday evening suspended the ongoing strike of cabs and autorickshaws operating on applications till Tuesday, after leaving many commuters, including those arriving at the airport on Saturday morning, hassled. Keshav Kshirsagar, the president of the front, said, "We have a meeting on Tuesday with senior officials of the state transport department. If its decisions don't meet our expectations, the strike will resume." Several commuters had a harrowing experience on roads on Friday and in the early hours of Saturday. Cabs and autos were hard to come by. T ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Revenue minister Suresh Pujari on Saturday said Odisha would not be allowed to follow the lawless path in sand operations like it is in Bihar and West Bengal, while responding to the recent assault of an additional tehsildar in Kaptipada block, Mayurbhanj district, by the sand mafia. He promised stringent action against the sand mafia regardless of their connections, while speaking to mediapersons here on Saturday."The Kaptipada incident represents a serious escalation in conflict between law enforcement and the sand mafia. The attack on officers performing their enforcement dutie ...Read More >
New Delhi: Rapido has just launched its new food delivery app called 'Ownly' in India. The app aims to offer tasty and affordable meals to its users. Right now, Ownly is available in certain parts of Bengaluru and can be downloaded exclusively from the Google Play Store. Ownly is now available in Bengaluru's Koramangala, HSR Layout, and BTM Layout, focusing on affordable meals with most dishes priced around Rs 150. Basic essentials like chapati, rice, and eggs cost less than Rs 100. The app features popular food brands like Faasos, Krispy Kreme, Wow!, and EatFit, making it easy to find tasty ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A software engineer's excitement turned to shock when the premium smartphone he ordered for ₹1.86 lakh turned out to be a piece of tile. The buyer, identified as 43-year-old Premanand, placed the order for a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 via the Amazon app on October 14 and paid the full amount. On October 19, the package arrived, and when he opened the sealed box (which he recorded on video), he discovered a tile rather than the phone. He promptly filed a complaint through the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal and later at the Karnataka Police's Kumaraswamy Layout station. An FIR h ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI) In a major crackdown on cyber-enabled financial fraud, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested one Rohit Vij, identified as one of the masterminds behind a Chinese app-based investment scam involving the fake mobile application 'LOXAM. As per a statement from the ED, the accused lured unsuspecting investors with promises of unrealistically high returns, defrauding them through the fraudulent app. Vij, the mastermind in the conversion of proceeds of crime into forex (foreign exchange), was arrested on June 30 and has been accorded five-day ED custody by a ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested an African national for allegedly defrauding multiple women by posing as a Korean jewellery businessman settled in the UK. The suspect, identified as 29-year-old Stephane, alias K Cee Dominic, was nabbed in west Delhi's Tilak Nagar. The case surfaced when a Shahdara resident filed a complaint stating she was duped of Rs 48,500 by an individual she met on a language learning app, HelloTalk. Using the profile name 'Duck Young', the scammer reportedly established a rapport with her. She said that one day the man claimed he has been detained at Mumbai airport f ...Read More >
Among the other recoveries were three fake photos showing Chaitanyananda with world leaders. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * The objects were recovered from self-styled godman Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati's ashram in Delhi * Among the other recoveries were three fake photos showing Chaitanyananda with world leaders * Chaitanyananda has been accused of sexually harassing at least 17 women Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode The saga of ...Read More >
Mumbai, June 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) It was a belligerent, brilliant, and breathtaking performance from the Chennai Bulls, who were crowned the first ever champions of the Rugby Premier League, here in Mumbai, at the Shahaji Raje Bhosale Sports Complex. The Chennai Bulls thrashed the Delhi Redz by a scoreline of 41-0 in the final, to clinch the title. In fact, the margin of victory is the biggest across Season 1 of the GMR RPL. Meanwhile, the Hyderabad Heroes, who had finished top of the table in the league stage, came away with a third-place finish, after they won 17-12 against the Bengaluru Bra ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jul 3 (PTI) The annual Amarnath Yatra began on Thursday with the first batches of pilgrims setting off from the twin base camps in Baltal and Nunwan towards the 3880-metre-high cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas, which houses a naturally formed ice-lingam, officials said. The yatra started early morning from the twin tracks -- the traditional 48-km Nunwan-Pahalgam route and the 14-km Baltal route. The batches of pilgrims, including men, women and sadhus, left from the Nunwan base camp in Pahalgam, in south Kashmir's Anantnag, and Baltal base camp in Sonamarg area of central ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: With the kharif season underway and farmers facing an acute shortage of urea, agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao has written to the Centre, urging immediate intervention to ensure timely and sufficient supply of the critical fertiliser. In letters addressed to Union minister for chemicals and fertilisers JP Nadda, Tummala highlighted the alarming gap between the state's demand and actual supply. The minister said the Centre had allocated five lakh metric tonnes of urea to Telangana for the months of April, May, and June. However, only 3.06 lakh metric tonnes have been suppli ...Read More >
Pune was thrown into chaos as cab and auto drivers using app-based services went on strike. Passengers encountered not only increased fares but also instances of violence, making their travel experience perilous. Arguments with passengers and overcharging marred the indefinite strike called by aggregator app-based cab and auto drivers from Friday in the city. Among the worst affected were flyers arriving at the airport and struggling to find further travel options. A woman on her way to a doctor ...Read More >
Nizamabad: Residents along the Nizamabad and Rajanna Sircilla district border are on edge after repeated sightings of a tiger, identified by its pugmarks as "S12." The forest department has stepped up efforts to track the animal's movements, deploying additional camera traps deep inside the reserve forests. On Thursday, a calf was found dead in Pakala village of Sirikonda mandal, prompting fears of another tiger attack. However, following an onsite inspection, district forest officer B. Nikitha and divisional forest officers Bhavani Shanker and Ramakrishna confirmed the kill was made by a leo ...Read More >
Srinagar: The Counter-Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) unit of Jammu and Kashmir Police is conducting searches at ten locations across four districts in the Valley. An official told news agency -- Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the raids are part of an ongoing investigation into a terror-crime case linked to a terrorist sleeper cell and recruitment module handled by Jaish commander Abdullah Ghazi from across the border. The searches are underway at one location in Pulwama, six in Ganderbal, one in Srinagar, and two in Budgam district -- (KNO) ...Read More >
Gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections rose 7.5 per cent year-on-year to Rs 1.96 lakh crore in July (for sales in June), data released by the government on Friday showed. Even though the pace of growth in gross GST collections picked up to 7.5 per cent in July from 6.2 per cent, this is the second consecutive month wherein the growth rate has been in single digits and much lower after posting double-digit growth in the first two months of the ongoing financial year. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO Net GST collections, after accounting for refunds, took a hit by growing by just 1.7 per ...Read More >
Mumbai: Maharashtra transport minister Pratap Sarnaik, under an alias, booked a Rapido bike on Wednesday to test whether the service was still being offered despite it being illegal due to the lack of proper regulations for bike taxis. The biker, unaware of the identity of his customer, rode right into the midst of transport department officials who caught him red handed. However, Sarnaik directed officials not to register a case against the bike driver as he was merely an employee, and instead take action against the company. On April 1, the state cabinet had issued a draft electric-bike tax ...Read More >
Mumbai: Transport commissioner's office on Thursday issued a statement pointing out that "services like Rapido, Uber, and Ola are engaging in illegal passenger transport in metropolitan areas without obtaining necessary licenses as mandated under Section 93 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and the Motor Vehicle Aggregator Guidelines, 2020", and that action has been initiated. Source in the aggregator firm, however, said that bike taxi option was not visible on Uber, Ola and also Rapido apps in Mumbai. tnn ...Read More >
Rider Siddhesh Pardeshi (19), a class VII drop out, was arrested on Sunday Thane: A Rapido bike taxi rider was arrested in Kalyan in Thane district for allegedly molesting a 26-year-old woman passenger and stealing Rs 1000 from her, a police official said on Monday. Rider Siddhesh Pardeshi (19), a class VII drop out, was arrested on Sunday for the incident which took place on Saturday, Mahatma Phule police station senior inspector Baliramsingh Pardeshi said. "The accused picked up the victim ...Read More >
From Lucknow To Stars: 5 Lesser-Known Facts About Shubhanshu Shukla - 1st Indian On International Space Station CBSE Supplementary Exam Schedule 2025: The Central Board of Education (CBSE) has officially released the timetable of the Class 10th and Class 12th Supplementary Exams. Students who could not clear the class 10th or 12th exams (not more than two) or want to improve their scores can check their exam schedule through the official website, i.e. cbse.gov.in. The exams will start from 15th July, 2025 so students are advised to prepare accordingly. The exam will start at 10:30 AM and wil ...Read More >
Nagpur: Congress Legislature Party leader Vijay Wadettiwar questioned the govt's priorities on Tuesday, highlighting the increasing number of farmer suicides in Maharashtra. He accused the govt of neglecting agrarian crisis while approving Rs20,000 crore for Shaktipeeth highway project."Money is available for massive infrastructure projects, but where is the budget for farm loan waivers as promised by the BJP before last year's assembly polls to the farmers?" Wadettiwar asked while moving an adjournment motion in the Legislative Assembly. He cited official data showing that between January and ...Read More >