BENGALURU: Three cyber frauds were arrested for digitally arresting a techie for nearly a month in Nov last year and extorting nearly Rs 12 crore from him by posing as customs and enforcement directorate officers.Police also seized Rs 3.7 crore from different bank accounts of the suspects — Karan, 24, and bullion trader Dhaval Bhai…
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla (File photo) NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday voiced concern over the declining number of sittings of legislative bodies and urged presiding officers to make efforts to address the issue to strengthen democratic institutions.Birla’s remarks at the inaugural function of the 85th All India Presiding Officers Conference…
BENGALURU: Emphasising the role played by Brahmins in protecting and promoting the Vedic religion and culture, Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham pontiff Jagadguru Sri Shankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Swami recently said that it is time the community collaborated for personal and collective development.Addressing a 3,000-plus gathering at an Akhila Karnataka Brahmana Mahasabha event here Sunday, he said Brahmins…
Rafale jets in Goa earlier this month during Indo-French naval exercise NEW DELHI: India and France reiterated, after another round of maritime cooperation dialogue, their strong commitment to upholding international law, supporting multilateralism, including through regional organisations, respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, and protecting freedom of navigation.Recalling in a joint statement their vision for…
MEERUT: A 72-year-old retired SI of UP Police was detained and later released on Monday, a day after a video surfaced on X allegedly showing him running over a puppy four times in Bulandshahr. The video gained traction after TMC MP Mahua Moitra reshared it. The CCTV footage shows a man driving a car over…
SHILLONG: A curfew was imposed in Mawkynrew village by the East Khasi Hills district administration on Monday following vandalism at the Ramakrishna Mission School in the area.Preliminary reports suggested that the under-construction school building was vandalised by a crowd, prompting police to take preventive measures to control the situation.Reports suggest that protesters against the RKM…
Saif Ali Khan and the Mumbai police with the suspect MUMBAI: The police said on Monday that they would recreate the series of events leading to the knife attack on Saif Ali Khan while taking care that the actor or his family does not have to mentally relive the trauma of last week’s violent experience.“We…
MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Monday said the State must register an FIR after a magistrate’s inquiry into the death of Akshay Shinde, the accused in the Badlapur school sexual assault case, found that five police personnel were responsible for his death. They are SPI Sanjay Shinde, API Nilesh More, head constables Abhijeet More and…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Donald Trump as he took oath on Monday as the 47th president of the United States.“Congratulations my dear friend President Donald Trump on your historic inauguration as the 47th President of the United States! I look forward to working closely together once again, to benefit both our countries,…
A file photograph of Sanjay Roy NEW DELHI: A Kolkata court sentenced Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment till death for the rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, rejecting the prosecution’s plea for the death penalty. The court held that the case does not meet the “rarest of…
