Avoid fake narratives, divisive campaign: CEC to political parties

Avoid fake narratives, divisive campaign: CEC to political parties

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar addresses an event on the 15th National Voters’ Day, in New Delhi, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar requested political parties on Saturday (January 25, 2025) to avoid divisive campaigning, saying it can cause disillusionment among youngsters regarding the electoral process. … Read more

Fake vehicle insurance racket unearthed in Hyderabad, three agents arrested

Fake vehicle insurance racket unearthed in Hyderabad, three agents arrested

A fraudulent vehicle insurance policies and government documents racket was unearthed by the Shamshabad Special Operations Team (SOT) on Friday (January 17). Three men—Md Awyes (38), Buneti Shravan Kumar Goud (41), both working as Regional Transport Authority (RTA) agents, and Morsu Shiva Kumar (33)—were arrested. Ten others involved in the racket remain at large. The … Read more

Methanol poisoning deaths highlight SE Asia’s fake alcohol problem

Methanol poisoning deaths highlight SE Asia’s fake alcohol problem

Getty Images Towns like Vang Vieng in Laos – where the fatal poisonings took place – are known stops on the backpacking trail through South East Asia Suspected methanol poisoning from tainted drinks has reportedly killed five tourists in a Laos holiday town in the past fortnight. A British woman, an Australian woman, a US … Read more

Fake Ozempic: Mum nearly dies after taking bogus weight loss jab

Fake Ozempic: Mum nearly dies after taking bogus weight loss jab

Michelle Sword told the BBC she was “heartbroken” that she had “done something so stupid” A mother of two who nearly died after taking a fraudulent weight loss injection is urging others to be careful about what they buy online. Michelle Sword, 46, from Carterton, Oxfordshire, ordered the slimming drug from an online beauty company … Read more

Trend in cybercrime: ₹32 crore lost to fake trading apps in Mysuru this year

Trend in cybercrime: ₹32 crore lost to fake trading apps in Mysuru this year

Cautioning people against the new trends in cybercrime, city Police Commissioner Seema Latkar on Monday said a total of ₹ 32 crore had been lost by residents of Mysuru, who had invested their money in fake trading apps. After duping people with their money by claiming that their bank accounts had been frozen and asking … Read more

Fake NCC camp sexual assault: T.N. CM Stalin orders constitution of Special Investigation Team

Fake NCC camp sexual assault: T.N. CM Stalin orders constitution of Special Investigation Team

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin held a meeting with senior officials of the Tamil Nadu government in Chennai on Wednesday, August 21, 2024 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday (August 21, 2024) ordered the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into the case of sexual assault … Read more

Pharmacists warn over fake weight loss jabs

Pharmacists warn over fake weight loss jabs

Pharmacists have warned people not to buy fake weight-loss jabs online as a shortage of Ozempic is expected to stretch into next year. The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) suggested there could be a possible “explosion in the unlicensed sale of medication online” as a result. Weight-loss injections have been popularised with celebrity endorsements and before … Read more

Ajit sounds poll bugle in Baramati; ‘don’t fall prey to fake narratives of MVA’

Ajit sounds poll bugle in Baramati; ‘don’t fall prey to fake narratives of MVA’

In a massive show of strength, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday kickstarted his campaign for the upcoming Assembly election from the Pawar clan bastion of Baramati in Pune district. After suffering a humiliating drubbing in the recent Lok Sabha poll at the hands of his uncle … Read more