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Fake schools, forged signatures, CBI argues in land for job scam against Lalu Yadav

The CBI has alleged that RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav & others gave Indian Railways jobs in return for land. The case is listed before the Rouse Avenue court.

What’s the Kerala half-price ‘scam’ involving ex-HC judge, politicians of all hues & ‘CSR funds’

At least 50 complaints have been received from across Kottayam district, says district police chief A. Shahul Hameed. On Monday, case was transferred to Crime Branch.

SubscriberWrites: My Brush with a Scam: How I Dodged a Bullet

A cautionary tale of high-tech scammers and the mental toll nobody warned you about.

Scams are ‘part of India’s national character’. It goes as far back as 1971 Nagarwala case

Rasheed Kidwai’s latest book digs up the 1971 case where a retired Army Captain scammed SBI of Rs 60 Lakh by imitating Indira Gandhi and her Principal Secretary PN Haksar.

Want to be a part-time playboy? How ‘fake gigolo racket’ busted by Delhi cops ‘swindled 100 men’

The 4 accused, arrested from Delhi's Hari Nagar, allegedly duped men by luring them with 'part-time' opportunities to work as 'playboys' or 'male masseurs'.

Delhi Police arrests four for duping people with gigolo, masseuse job offers

According to police, the accused cheated around 100 people, including the son of a police official. It was found that they were running the scam for the last two years.

‘Deleted chat records, illegal access to backup server’: What CBI ‘found’ in NSE co-location scam case

CBI filed supplementary charge sheet in case in August. Charge sheet reveals how OPG Securities owner 'bribed' NSE officials to get advantage over other brokers between 2010 and 2014.

Mamata Banerjee plans Cabinet reshuffle after Partha Chatterjee’s arrest in recruitment scam

The Bengal chief minister had taken over senior minister Chatterjee’s many departments, but will now bring in fresh faces to handle the work.

Senior Karnataka IPS officer Amrit Paul arrested in police recruitment scam

Commenting on the arrest of the ADGP rank officer, CM Basavaraj Bommai said the government had given a free hand to the CID and hence, they took action based on evidence.

Delhi Police dismisses 12 constables for submitting fake driving licences 14 years ago

The constables, recruited via an exam in 2007, were posted with the Police Control Room unit.

On Camera

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?