Accused Rahul Shaw owns pub in Siliguri, controls apparel brand in UAE, is director of 2 firms & ‘national president of Anti-Crime & Social Justice Forum India’. He is in 5-day CBI remand.
Police suspect elaborate network involving Chinese callers who recruited Indians on Telegram and instructed them to open bank accounts to transfer the loot.
Jharkhand Police say cyber crime module, run by school dropouts using AI tools & YouTube tutorials, defrauded nearly 3,000 mobile users of Rs 12 crore and is linked to over 500 cases.
Scams are well oiled with swindlers manipulating & looting victims for months. Probe mostly hit dead end as those arrested are brokers & mule account holders, say cops.
Lured by shady recruiters, many young graduates from Vizag are trafficked as foot soldiers in global cyber-crime rings. Their ‘job’: scamming Indians from compounds in Southeast Asia.
Netflix series 'Jamtara' is said to have been based on real-life incidents of phishing phone calls and bank accounts scamming launched by criminals from this district.
Social influencer & NTK member ‘Sattai’ Durai Murugan was arrested for making ‘derogatory remarks’ against Karunanidhi while campaigning for NTK candidate for Vikravandi bypoll.
Action followed alert by National Cybercrime Threat Analytics Unit. MHA said in a statement that it was 'committed to curbing cybercrime & protecting people from cyber threat actors'.
The activist claims ‘scamsters’ allegedly posed as Mumbai Police & CBI officers to intimidate her into paying money. Police say this isn’t an isolated case.
Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.
Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
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