online fraud

Police arrest four in Rs 3.37 crore cyber fraud case involving remote phone hacking

Nainital: Uttarakhand Police have busted an interstate cyber fraud racket that allegedly siphoned off Rs 3.37 crore by remotely hacking victims’ mobile phones and diverting money into “mule accounts.” Four suspects, Shubham Gupta of Rajasthan, Piyush Goyal of Bulandshahr, Rishabh Kumar of Ghaziabad and Mohit Rathi of Gurugram, were arrested during a vehicle check at…

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urban flooding

Chennai study flags community-led flood resilience as more effective than top-down climate policies

Chennai: A new study released during COP30 has found that community-driven disaster management models are significantly more effective for vulnerable neighbourhoods than centralised climate policies. The report, Future Amidst Flooding, compiled by the Chennai Climate Action Group and local youth organisations, surveyed 120 households across Vyasarpadi. An overwhelming 99 per cent of residents reported being…

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Exam

Panjab University postpones exams amid intensifying student protests

Chandigarh: Panjab University (PU) on Saturday announced the postponement of all examinations scheduled from November 18 to 20, following mounting student protests demanding the announcement of long-pending Senate election dates. PU Controller of Examinations Jagat Bhushan issued a statement confirming that the revised schedule for the affected exams will be notified later. Students have been…

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airport

DRI seizes cocaine worth Rs 17 crore from Tanzanian woman at Mumbai airport

Mumbai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized 1,718 grams of cocaine valued at Rs 17.18 crore from a Tanzanian woman at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, officials said on Friday. The passenger had arrived from Entebbe in Uganda when the DRI, acting on specific intelligence, launched an operation on Thursday. She was intercepted…

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Odisha pacer Suryakant Pradhan announces retirement

Cuttack: Odisha cricketer Suryakant Pradhan has announced his retirement from all formats of the game, bringing an end to a long and consistent domestic career, the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) said on Friday. Pradhan, a right-arm medium pacer, represented Odisha across every age-group category, starting from under-16 cricket before moving up to the senior team….

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