Initial Contact: Scammers first send an SMS, email, or a WhatsApp text. The message states that the recipient’s name or phone number is linked to criminal acts like pornography, drug peddling or money laundering. They are instructed to call a specific number to avoid ‘digital arrest‘.Impersonation via video calls: Once the victim responds, scammers initiate…
TTD chief B R Naidu suggested transfer or VRS for staff members of other religions (PTI Image) HYDERABAD: : The newly appointed chairman of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) Board, B R Naidu, on Thursday said everyone who works at Andhra Pradesh’s Tirumala, abode of Lord Venkateswara, should be Hindus. Speaking to reporters in Hyderabad, B…
SEA OF SUNSHINE: Marigold at a Navi Mumbai market on Thursday (PTI IMAGE) KOLHAPUR: Many villages in the state have been celebrating Diwali without bursting firecrackers, a practice they have been following for over a decade at least. Residents in many villages refrain from bursting crackers even during marriage functions and public festivities. Borade, a…
Representative Image (Lexica generated AI Image) HAMIRPUR: People of Sammoo village in Himachal Pradesh‘s Hamirpur district are not celebrating Diwali, a custom they have been following since many years, fearing the curse of a woman who committed Sati on Diwali day.Village elders have cautioned the younger lot that celebrations would not bode well and invite…
Odisha’s former chief minister Naveen Pattnaik BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government has downgraded the security of former chief minister Naveen Patnaik from Z to Y category, an official said on Thursday. Most of the security personnel assigned to Patnaik have been withdrawn after a high-level committee dealing with security issues of important persons recommended the downgrade…
BELAGAVI: Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) is resolute in its plans to hold a ‘black day’ rally Friday to coincide with Kannada Rajyotsava, raising concerns of potential clashes with law enforcement.Led by former MLA Manohar Kinekar and Deepak Dalavi, MES is urging Marathi-speaking people to join the silent protest, starting at Sambhaji Garden on Mahadwar Road,…
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir is now a Union Territory and everybody must accept this reality, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said at the UT’s foundation day celebrations Thursday, adding that when it becomes a state again, that day would be celebrated as well, reports Saleem Pandit. CM Omar Abdullah,…
EKTA NAGAR(Narmada): Ahead of the Maharashtra elections, PM Modi Thursday made a fervent pitch for national unity and a uniform civil code, even as he criticised his opponents, saying people need to be vigilant of a ‘new model of urban Naxals‘ whose sole agenda is to foment anarchy and destabilise the country.Addressing the nation on…
WASHINGTON: The US imposed sanctions on nearly 400 entities and individuals from over a dozen countries, including India, accusing them of supplying Russia with advanced technology to support its “war machine” against Ukraine.The action, taken by the treasury and state depts, was the most concerted push so far against third-country evasion of the sanctions imposed…
Aditi Tatkare, Sanjay Rathod and Eknath Shinde (Left to Right) MUMBAI: While the financial status of most of the 27 outgoing state cabinet ministers improved moderately over the past five years, there were notable exceptions where the rise was considerable, show affidavits they have filed. Most of the rise in net assets was because these…
