Scam
- Middle East
Indian-owned firm in UAE defrauds businesses of 29 crore, flees with goods
In a shocking trade scam in the United Arab Emirates, an Indian-owned firm operating under the name ‘Dynamic’ has reportedly defrauded businesses in Dubai stealing goods worth more than 12 million Dirhams…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Senior citizen loses Rs 9.55 lakh to digital arrest scam
Hyderabad: An 89-year-old retired resident of Hyderabad fell victim to a digital scam losing Rs 9.55 lakhs to a fraudster who posed as a police officer. According to reports, the scammer contacted…
- Telangana
Telangana sheep rearers to protest demanding DBT for sheep scheme on Dec 19
Hyderabad: Demanding the Congress government to implement its poll promise of giving Rs 2 lakh to sheep rearers through direct benefit transfer (DBT), ‘Gorla Mekala Pempakamdarla Sangham’ is holding a dharna at…
- News
CBI books Delhi man for duping people by posing as PMO official
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked a man for allegedly posing as an official from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and duping people by offering them favours. The…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Swiggy genie steals laptop, demands Rs 15K to return it
Hyderabad: A Swiggy delivery executive has been accused of stealing a laptop sent as a package and demanding a ransom to return it to the customer. Nishitha Gudipudi, a civil engineer posted…
- India
NCP (SP) leader Patil accuses BJP MLA of involvement in coronavirus-era ‘scam’
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (SP) MLA Jayant Patil on Tuesday, July 9, alleged in the Maharashtra assembly that a BJP legislator was involved in a case where dead persons were shown as…
- India
‘NEET papers sold for Rs 30-32 lakh, cops traced burnt documents’, admit mastermind, students
New Delhi/Patna: The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) 2024 paper leak fiasco saw a fresh twist on Thursday with the accused persons confessing before the police that question papers were arranged for certain…
- Bangalore
Valmiki corporation ‘scam’: SIT seizes over Rs 1.49 cr from AP accused
Bengaluru: In its latest development in the ongoing investigation of the Valmiki Development Corporation scam, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) officials have seized a staggering sum of Rs 1.49 crore from the home…
- India
‘Some irregularities’ in NEET, admits Union education minister
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday, June 14, admitted that “some irregularities have come to light in two places” in the conduct of the 2024 National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate) (NEET-UG). While…
- India
NEET row: Bihar Police recover 6 post-dated cheques issued to ‘facilitators’
Patna: The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of Bihar Police has recovered six post-dated cheques which were suspected to have been issued in favour of the mafia demanding over Rs 30 lakh from…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad’s young men fall prey to new dating scam
Hyderabad: Many young men from Hyderabad are reportedly falling prey to a new dating scam, ending up paying exorbitant bills. In this scam, attractive girls ask men to meet at pre-decided places…
- Technology
Jal Shakti Ministry’s Twitter hacked again, posts crypto scam with Musk image: Researcher
New Delhi: A cyber-security researcher has claimed that the Twitter handle of Ministry of Jal Shakti (Water Resources) was hacked briefly early on Wednesday morning, promoting a fake Tesla and Twitter cryptocurrency…
- Delhi
Bengal coal mining scam: Delhi HC directs hospital to form medical board to examine accused
Delhi: Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Safdarjung Hospital to constitute a medical board for examining accused Gurupada Maji on his plea for interim bail on medical grounds in a money…
- Kolkata
ED tracking links between teachers’ recruitment & cattle smuggling scams in Bengal
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is probing the cattle smuggling and teachers’ recruitment scams in West Bengal, has started investigating leads that can establish a clear-cut link between the two scams.…
- India
Posing as Adar Poonawalla, scammers dupe SII of Rs 1 cr, 7 nabbed
Pune: In a major breakthrough, the Pune Police said they have arrested seven accused in the cheating case in which Serum Institute of India (SII) was duped of over Rs 1.01 crore.…
