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Digital arrest victim joins cons, creates mobile 'remote control' to steal Rs.150 cr

MUMBAI, Oct. 14 -- Pankaj Gupta, 36, narrowly escaped a digital arrest scam. But unlike others who managed to evade the fraudsters, Gupta spotted an opportunity. He got in touch with scamsters and dec... Read More


Peddar Road bizman loses Rs.4.5 crore to digital arrest

MUMBAI, Oct. 14 -- A 74-year-old businessman and resident of Peddar Road has lost around Rs.4.52 crore to a digital arrest fraud after cyber fraudsters led him and his wife to believe they had become ... Read More


Keralam Bill to mandate care for elderly

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 14 -- The Keralam government on Tuesday introduced a bill for the protection of senior citizens from abuse and exploitation and ensure better access to healthcare and social s... Read More


Rupee Rises 93p, Biggest ONE-day gain in 6 months; closes at 95.78/$

Mumbai, Oct. 13 -- The rupee appreciated 93 paise, logging its steepest single-day gain in more than six months, to close at 95.78 against the US dollar on Monday after the Reserve Bank of India over ... Read More


man flies down from NZ to KILL stepfather in U.P.

MEERUT, Oct. 13 -- The Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday arrested a 22-year-old man, who had come to India from New Zealand, in connection with the murder of his 35-year-old stepfather due to animosity o... Read More


4 pak infiltrators killed in Poonch blast along LoC

JAMMU, Oct. 13 -- Four suspected infiltrators from Pakistan were killed in a blast along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu & Kashmir when they were trying to enter India, officials... Read More


prez announces appointments, transfers of guvs in 6 states

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- President Droupadi Murmu on Monday effected new gubernatorial appointments in four states and changed the charge in two. Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, who was the governor of Kera... Read More


Ex-guard kills 5-year-old girl at gated colony in Hyd for revenge

Hyderabad, Oct. 13 -- A 28-year-old man, Vikram Kumar, was arrested for allegedly strangling a five-year-old girl in a gated community in Hyderabad, police said. Kumar had worked as a security guard a... Read More


At 38.2degC, city sees hottest October day in over a decade

Mumbai, Oct. 13 -- The city recorded its second heat wave in less than a week on Monday, with temperatures in the suburbs climbing to 38.2degC, 5.1degC above normal. The reading was the second-highest... Read More


When Sobers wore Gavaskar's sweater

Mumbai, Oct. 13 -- It was in 1972 that Don Bradman hailed Garry Sobers' innings of 254 for the Rest of the World against Australia as the best he ever saw. Those privileged to have witnessed Sobers de... Read More