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The Cyber, Economic and Narcotic offences wing of the Belagavi City Police has busted an international cyber and financial fraud network with the arrest of a gang operating a call centre in Belagavi. Police Commissioner Borase Bhushan Gulabarao told reporters in Belagavi on Thursday that acting on a tip-off, CEN Police officers raided an office on Bauxite Road in the city and arrested 33 people. They confiscated 37 laptops and 37 mobile phones, along with cloud-based applications used for stor ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: A medical degree, a restaurant business and the lethal weapon for mass casualties. The main accused in the terror plot may have been masterminding a bigger, deadlier plot. The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) have said that the arrest of three men for their alleged links to the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP) have uncovered a dangerous conspiracy and complex network.Two of the accused from Uttar Pradesh had conducted reconnaissance of several religious and organisational buil ...Read More >
Prison authorities have launched an investigation after videos emerged on social media allegedly showing inmates at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison using Android phones and watching television. The purported clips suggest some inmates are receiving special privileges, including access to electronic devices. An internal inquiry is underway to verify the videos' authenticity and identify those responsible. Prison authorities on Saturday launched a probe after purported videos surfaced on social ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 10 (PTI) The Delhi Police has busted multiple cyber fraud syndicates operating across India, arresting four men involved in large-scale digital arrest and investment fraud rackets and unearthing a Rs 5 crore cryptocurrency trail linked to Dubai-based handlers, an official said on Monday. According to police, multi-state raids were conducted in Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Uttarakhand, during which several mobile phones, SIM cards, laptops, debit and credit cards, cheque books and o ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Senior BJP leaders, including Leader of Opposition R. Ashoka and State President B.Y. Vijayendra, were detained by the police on Monday while protesting alleged VIP treatment in Bengaluru prisons. Police detained the leaders near the Race Course Road who were planning to lay siege to the Chief Minister's house, as reported by Deccan Herald on Monday. Officials said that the leaders were detained to prevent security lapse. The protest followed the circulation of videos showing notor ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 10 (PTI) The BJP on Monday accused the Congress government in Karnataka of providing VVIP facilities to an alleged ISIS recruiter and other inmates in state jails and demanded the immediate resignation of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Home Minister G Parameshwara. This came after some undated videos surfaced on social media purportedly showing prison inmates using mobile phones, watching television and even partying inside the prisons. Addressing a press conference at the BJP ...Read More >
Kolkata, Nov 4 (PTI) The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls began across West Bengal on Tuesday, with over 80,000 booth-level officers (BLOs) visiting homes to distribute enumeration forms, kicking off a politically sensitive exercise ahead of the 2026 assembly polls. The month-long house-to-house enumeration process, which will continue till December 4, began on a largely peaceful note with BLOs delivering forms and explaining procedures to voters. However, the rollout was no ...Read More >
Bengaluru: In a chilling twist to the murder of dermatologist Dr Kruthika Reddy, police have revealed that her husband, Dr Mahendra Reddy GS, who is accused of killing her with anaesthesia on April 24, sent messages to at least four to five women after the murder, including one that read, "I killed my wife for you." Murder and Digital Trail According to investigators, Mahendra, 32, allegedly administered anaesthetic drugs to his 29-year-old wife Kruthika before killing her at their Bengaluru h ...Read More >
Amazon has refunded the amount as the investigation continues. Bengaluru: A Bengaluru-based software engineer fell victim to a delivery scam after receiving a piece of tile instead of a Rs 1.87 Lakh Samsung smartphone he had ordered through online shopping platform Amazon. The man, Premanand, placed an order for a smartphone on October 14 through the Amazon app and paid the complete amount through his credit card. He recorded a video of unboxing the sealed package that was delivered on Octob ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A software engineer has filed a complaint with the Kumaraswamy Layout police station in Bengaluru after falling victim to a delivery "scam", in which he allegedly received a piece of tile instead of a mobile phone worth Rs 1.85 lakh. The victim has been identified as Premanand, a senior techie. According to the complaint, he had purchased a Samsung Z Fold mobile phone worth Rs 1.85 lakh through the Amazon app and made full payment during Diwali. The order was delivered to him on the ...Read More >
. NEW DELHI: The family of a 28-year-old woman doctor, who allegedly died by suicide in Satara district last week, has raised concerns over possible tampering with her mobile phone after her death. They claim that someone used her fingerprint to unlock the device and deleted crucial information related to the case.The doctor, originally from Beed district and posted at a government hospital in Satara, was found hanging in a hotel room in Phaltan town on the night of October 23. In a suicide note ...Read More >
In a meticulously planned murder, a woman, her ex-boyfriend, and his friend allegedly killed her live-in partner, a UPSC aspirant, and set his body ablaze to conceal the crime. The trio attempted to stage the scene as a domestic accident, but CCTV footage and a subsequent investigation led to their arrests. In one of Delhi's most macabre crimes this year, police have arrested a 21-year-old woman, her ex-boyfriend, and his friend for allegedly killing her live-in partner -- a UPSC aspirant -- an ...Read More >
Pune: The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Monday morning arrested a software engineer, Zubair Hangargekar (35) from Kondhwa, on the charge of possessing literature of the banned terrorist organisation, al-Qaida. The ATS also detained Hangargekar's friend at the Pune railway station for questioning soon after the two returned from Chennai. They had gone there to attend a function."We arrested Hangargekar because his laptop, among the 19 laptops seized during the searches in the early ho ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), on Monday, arrested a 33-year-old software engineer, identified as Zubair Hangargekar, from Pune's Kondhwa area for his alleged links with Pakistan-based Al-Qaeda and involvement in the radicalisation of youth. According to ATS officials, Zubir Hangargekar, who had been under surveillance for nearly a month, was taken into custody early on Monday and produced before a special UAPA court, which remanded him to police custody till November 4. Mr ...Read More >
New Delhi: A 23-year-old cab driver was found stabbed to death inside Machhli Park in southwest Delhi's Kishangarh on Monday morning, in what police suspect to be a revenge killing linked to an old rivalry. According to police, a call was received around 6am at the Kishangarh police station regarding a body lying inside the park. "Police found a man lying in a pool of blood with multiple stab wounds near his ear, abdomen and other parts of the body. The caller, a local resident, told officers th ...Read More >
Chennai: TVK president Vijay met family members of the Karur stampede victims at a resort in Mahabalipuram and apologized to them on Monday. He has promised to visit their homes in Karur.The family members said that Vijay 'profusely' apologised to them for the tragedy as well as for making them travel to meet him. Members from 37 families of the 41 deceased in the stampede were brought in buses from Karur and neighbouring districts to the resort to meet Vijay. The tragedy occured on Sept 27 duri ...Read More >
The Rajkot Special Operations Group (SOG) in Gujarat has busted a gang involved in the illegal sale of rare pangolins worth Rs 22 crore. The gang was... The Rajkot Special Operations Group (SOG) in Gujarat has busted a gang involved in the illegal sale of rare pangolins worth Rs 22 crore. The gang was allegedly smuggling the endangered species from the Gir forest area and attempting to sell them in major cities. Acting on intelligence, the SOG carried out a swift operation and arrested three p ...Read More >
The Rajasthan Police have busted a major interstate cybercrime network that allegedly hacked into several government welfare portals, including the PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi, Jan Aadhaar, Raj SSP (Social Security Pension) and Disaster Management Department's DMIS portal, syphoning off funds meant for beneficiaries. The crackdown, codenamed Operation Shutdown, began on October 22 and has so far led to the arrest of six people and the detention of two others, including government employees from Delhi ...Read More >
Guwahati: Tension gripped a city hotel in Guwahati on Monday after Assam Police arrested Veer Lachit Sena leader Rantu Paniphukan midway through a press conference, triggering sharp reactions from the organisation's chief Shrinkhal Chaliha, who warned of launching a "jungi movement" if the detained members were not released within the day. The dramatic arrest unfolded at Hotel Apollo Grand on GS Road, where Paniphukan was addressing journalists while another key leader Bikash Asom absconding fr ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The family members of Sheik Riyaz, who recently died in a police encounter, on Monday complained to the Telangana Human Rights Commission (TGHRC) about alleged harassment and torture by certain police officials. Appearing in person before the commission, Riyaz's mother, wife, and minor children alleged that they were not being allowed to enter their house and were subjected to third-degree methods by the officials concerned. They alleged that the deceased police constable Pramod Kuma ...Read More >
Pune: The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Monday morning arrested a software engineer, Zubair Hangargekar (35) from Kondhwa, on the charge of possessing literature of the banned terrorist organisation, al-Qaida. The ATS also detained Hangargekar's friend at the Pune railway station for questioning soon after the two returned from Chennai. They had gone there to attend a function."We arrested Hangargekar because his laptop, among the 19 laptops seized during the searches in the early ho ...Read More >
"On October 17, a food delivery agent named Shahnawaz, was robbed near Zamrudpur in Greater Kailash-I around 3.45 am, when he was heading towards Lajpat Nagar for a delivery. "Three men on a motorcycle intercepted Shahnawaz, threatened him with a knife, and took away his mobile phone, Rs 5,000 in cash, and his bike keys before fleeing from the spot," the DCP said. According to the officer, police examined more than 250 CCTV camera footage covering nearly 20 km, and traced the accused to a rent ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): Seven new projects worth Rs 5,532 crore have been approved under the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS), marking another major step in India's growing electronics manufacturing industry. According to a government release, these projects are expected to generate Rs 44,406 crore in output and create 5,195 new jobs across the country. The approval, announced by Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, highlights the government's continued focus on streng ...Read More >
A 19-year-old college student in Faridabad has died by suicide after being allegedly blackmailed with artificially generated obscene images and videos of his three sisters, in a case police are calling a serious example of AI-facilitated cybercrime. According to an NDTV report, Rahul Bharti, a second-year student at DAV College, succumbed in hospital on Saturday after consuming poison. His father, Manoj Bharti, stated that his son had been deeply distressed for the preceding two weeks after an ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Continuing its crackdown under Operation NETRA, the Jharsuguda police have busted an inter-district liquor smuggling racket and arrested four accused, including the kingpin, during a late-evening raid on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, Rengali Police intercepted a Maruti EECO vehicle near Amapali Crusher in Pithinda Gram Panchayat, which was found carrying over 1,000 litres of country-made (OS) liquor being transported from Bargarh district. The accused have been identified as Bikram ...Read More >
Faridabad, Oct 27 (PTI) A 19-year-old college student committed suicide here after he was allegedly blackmailed with AI-generated obscene pictures and videos of his and his three sisters, police said on Monday. According to the police, Rahul, a second-year B.Com student at DAV College, lived with his family in Baselwa Colony. Distressed by blackmailing, the student ended his own life by consuming some poisonous substance on Saturday, they said. In its complaint, the family said that someone ha ...Read More >
* Negligent riding by a drunk biker likely caused the bus fire in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh * The biker appeared drunk in CCTV footage shortly before crashing into the luxury bus * The bus caught fire after the crash, killing 19 passengers who were asleep and the biker Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Hyderabad: Negligent riding by a drunk biker is suspected to have caused the bus inferno that left 20 people dead in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool yesterday. CCTV footage ...Read More >
Delhi: A woman killed her partner in Delhi's Gandhi Vihar with the help of her former lover and a mutual friend. This case initially seemed to be an ordinary AC blast causing a fire accident. However, Delhi Police investigated the matter and made a shocking revelation. The case that was initially disguised as a normal fire accident later unfolded as a planned murder. The killing was carried out by three people. They included the live-in partner of the victim, her ex-boyfriend, and a friend. The ...Read More >
New Delhi, October 27: Nothing, the UK-based smartphone brand, has started rolling out the Open Beta version of its latest OS, the Nothing OS 4.0 for its Phone 3a and Phone 3a Pro models. The new update introduces several new features, including Lock Glimpse, dynamic lock screen wallpapers, and more. As per multiple reports, the new beta version brings a visual upgrade along with upgraded camera modes. It also features updated lighter icons, lock screen clock options, and a structured About sec ...Read More >
Guwahati: Senior IAS officer Talo Potom surrendered to the police at 7:30 am on October 27, concluding a two-day manhunt after authorities issued a Look Out Notice. Potom, who currently serves as Special Under Secretary (PWD) in New Delhi, is now in police custody. Superintendent of Police, Naharlagun, confirmed the surrender, providing temporary relief in a case that has caused widespread public outrage across Arunachal Pradesh. Potom had been on the run since October 25, following the issua ...Read More >
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