The CBI said it had registered a complaint after the State Bank of India claimed a loss of ₹2,929.05 crore resulting from alleged misappropriation by Reliance Communications and Anil Ambani. File. | Photo Credit: PTI The Bombay High Court on Friday (October 3, 2025) dismissed a petition filed by industrialist Anil Ambani challenging the State Bank … Read more
The police have booked a man for allegedly duping a woman of over ₹10 lakh after befriending her through social media | Photo Credit: Reuters The Thrikkakara police have booked a man for allegedly duping a woman of over ₹10 lakh after befriending her through social media. The police on Friday (September 19, 2025) registered … Read more
Intensifying its probe into the pension fund fraud in Kottayam municipality, the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) on Wednesday brought Akhil C. Varghese, the accused in the case, to the Kottayam municipal office for evidence collection. The team collected documents and email information that Akhil, a former clerk at the civic body here, used to … Read more
Jonathan MorrisBBC News, South West BBC Neil Hopper was motivated by sexual interest in amputation, the court heard An NHS vascular surgeon who had his own legs removed has admitted two counts of insurance fraud and three of possessing extreme pornography. Neil Hopper, 49, of Truro, Cornwall, carried out hundreds of amputation operations before having … Read more
The Bombay High Court has referred to a larger Bench the question of whether caste scrutiny committees under the Maharashtra Caste Certificate Act, 2000, can recall their own orders if caste validity certificates were obtained through fraud, misrepresentation, or suppression of material facts. The referral was made by a Division Bench of Justices Manish Pitale … Read more
Arguing that it is not proper for the Congress to defame constitutional institutions like the Election Commission of India for political motives, former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday urged the Congress to release evidence to prove their charges that voters’ theft had taken place in the previous Lok Sabha elections. “The evidence is an … Read more
The Khammam Cyber Crime Police have arrested three people from Andhra Pradesh for duping a Khammam-based retired teacher of ₹59 lakh in a ‘digital arrest” fraud case. The accused were identified as Yerri Swamy, 35, E. Lakshma Naik, 35, and K. Narayana Reddy,49, of Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh. According to the police, the accused allegedly … Read more
The statement assumes significance given the rising instances of digital frauds [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Telecom operator Airtel on Thursday said its advanced fraud detection system has protected over 3.5 million users in Delhi-NCR within 43 days of launch of the new tool. The statement assumes significance given the rising instances of digital frauds where … Read more
A manager at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, has fallen victim to an elaborate online trading scam, losing nearly Rs 50 lakh after being lured into a bogus IPO investment scheme through a WhatsApp group promoting stock market “tips.” According to The Times of India, the 49-year-old victim, who resides in Chandkheda, filed … Read more
The Kerala Police are joining hands with the State Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, alias Milma, for creating awareness on cyber security. In view of increasing number of people falling prey to cyber fraud, the State police came out with an innovative drive, displaying their cyber helpline numbers on the Milma milk packets being distributed in … Read more