Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court has quashed charges under the IT Act against two brothers accused of leaking a question paper after one of them took pictures of the paper inside the exam hall and sent them to the other. The latter was sitting outside the hall. The events occurred during the 2018 GPSC exam.Police invoked…
Jaipur: Rajasthan police registered 224 FIRs between Jan 2022 and Dec 2025 in connection with alleged derogatory comments, posts, depictions and content targeting the Hindu religion, deities, religious texts and beliefs on social media, digital platforms and public forums, according to information tabled in the state assembly Tuesday.Replying to an unstarred question raised by Chhabra…
TO BE USED WITH LOGOBengaluru: The lure of 300% returns cost a retired professional over Rs 2 crore after he allegedly fell victim to a sophisticated investment fraud operated through social media, WhatsApp groups, and a fake trading portal. The scammers posed as market experts and investment advisers, convincing him to invest crores in what…
Ahmedabad: A 48-year-old loan agent from Thaltej lost Rs 11.25 lakh from his and his wife’s bank accounts after fraudsters allegedly gained access to his mobile through a fake ‘traffic challan APK file’ sent on WhatsApp, according to a cybercrime complaint filed on Saturday.Police said the complainant, a resident of Thaltej, received a WhatsApp message…
Times News NetworkAhmedabad: An investigation into an online IPL betting racket busted in Ahmedabad has uncovered links to 542 cyberfraud complaints involving transactions worth Rs 324.8 crore, prompting the State Monitoring Cell (SMC) to widen its probe into a network of mule bank accounts allegedly used to route betting proceeds and suspected fraud money.Ten people…
Bengaluru: A routine home-cleaning booking turned into a costly cyber fraud for a city-based doctor, who lost Rs 1.7 lakh after contacting a fake customer care executive.According to the complaint filed by Dr Imtiaz Zafar, a resident of Lakkasandra in Wilson Garden, he had booked a cleaning service through the Urban Company app. The assigned…
Bengaluru: A routine home-cleaning booking turned into a costly cyber fraud for a city-based doctor, who lost Rs 1.7 lakh after contacting a fake customer care executive.According to the complaint filed by Dr Imtiaz Zafar, a resident of Lakkasandra in Wilson Garden, he had booked a cleaning service through the Urban Company app. The assigned…
Bengaluru: A 36-year-old woman running a cashew trading business was cheated of Rs 6.6 lakh by fraudsters who lured her with a fake cashew supply deal and later went incommunicado after collecting the money.According to the complaint filed by Lavanya (name changed), a resident of Haralur, the fraud began on June 5 when she received…
Kolkata: Bengal police on Friday started a probe into three accounts of Trinamool Congress at HDFC Bank under BNS sections related to organised crime, cheating and criminal conspiracy, as well as under the information technology act, following a complaint lodged by rebel MLA Biswanath Das. Police asked the bank authorities to freeze withdrawals from the…
Actor Doddanna Noted actor Doddanna on Friday inaugurated film festival hosted as part of Bahuroopi at Rangayana. PIC BY MADHUSUDHAN.SR Bengaluru: A “condolence message” turned into a disturbing experience for senior Kannada actor Doddanna S, as unidentified miscreants used AI tools to create and circulate a fake tribute post declaring him dead.The post circulated on…
