financial loss

Mumbai, March 30 A 69-year-old man was cheated of Rs 1.57 crore in a cyber fraud, a Mumbai police official said on Monday.The victim, a resident of Andheri who retired from a private firm, was tricked by a cyber criminal who contacted him in December last year and claimed that he was...

Bengaluru, March 30 Two women were found dead with their throats slit, while two others from the family escaped with injuries on the outskirts of the city, allegedly in an attempt to end their lives due to mounting debt, police said on Monday.The incident occurred in Mallenahalli village under...

Thane, March 26 Two individuals have been arrested for allegedly defrauding a businessman of lakhs of rupees by promising to arrange a ₹50 crore investment in his company, police said on Thursday.Vinod Yadav alias Baba Yadav and Dilip Mamtora, along with another individual, allegedly provided...

Mumbai, March 25 An 78-year-old woman in Mumbai lost over Rs 25 lakh online after a fraudster gained access to her mobile phone, claiming to be changing the name on her electricity bill as requested by her, police said on Wednesday.The victim lives in the Four Bungalows area in Andheri, a...

Bidar (Karnataka), March 24 – A final-year MBBS student allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday at the hostel of Bidar Institute of Medical Sciences (BRIMS) in a tragic incident that has shocked the student community and locals.The deceased has been identified as Anishkar Chouhan, 21, a...

New Delhi, March 23 A report of the Delhi Assembly's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) tabled in the House on Monday said that losses amounting to Rs 890 crore were incurred due to the failure to re-tender liquor shops, while another Rs 144 crore was lost due to the waiver of license fees under...

Thane, March 23 The Thane police have arrested two co-founders of cryptocurrency exchange platform CoinDCX in connection with an alleged fraud of Rs 71.6 lakh, officials said on Monday.The action follows the registration of an FIR at the Mumbra police station in Thane on March 16 against...

Polavaram (Andhra Pradesh), March 22 The Andhra Pradesh police have registered a case of cyber fraud after Janasena MLA C Balaraju lost Rs 12 lakh by clicking on a malicious APK file, a police official said on Sunday.According to police, the incident occurred on March 6 when the legislator...

Belagavi (Karnataka), March 21 – An elderly businessman in Belagavi has lost Rs 15 crore after falling victim to a cyber fraud involving a so-called “digital arrest,” police said on Saturday.A complaint has been registered at the Belagavi City Cyber, Economic and Narcotics (CEN) police...

New Delhi, March 15 A major fire broke out at Nature Bazaar in south Delhi's Andheria Mor area on Sunday morning, destroying around 50 shops and triggering a massive firefighting operation, an official of the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said.According to the DFS, a call regarding the blaze was...

Raipur, March 13 The Chhattisgarh Anti-Corruption Bureau/Economic Offences Wing (ACB/EOW) filed a 1290-page chargesheet against an SBI manager accused of embezzling over Rs 2.78 crore through fraudulent transactions, an official said.The chargesheet against Vijay Kumar Ahke, who was serving as...

New Delhi, March 12 The CAG's estimate that the government has suffered revenue loss due to the non-implementation of an agreement with Reliance Jio was based on a misinterpretation of a clause, and the error has now been rectified, according to Minister of State for Telecom, Pemmasani Chandra...

Raipur, March 10 The opposition Congress on Tuesday alleged a loss of Rs 8,500 crore in Chhattisgarh's paddy procurement process, a charge the state government denied, sparking uproar in the state assembly that led to the brief suspension of 30 MLAs.The opposition legislators were briefly...

Jaipur, March 9 – Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Monday approved strict action against several public servants for negligence, indiscipline, and corruption.In a major review, the Chief Minister disposed of over 50 cases related to prosecution sanction, matters under Section 17-A...

Bhubaneswar, March 9 Over 80,000 cyber fraud complaints involving ₹972.60 crore were reported in Odisha between June 2024 and December 2025, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi informed the Assembly on Monday.Responding to a written question by BJD legislator Pratap Keshari Deb, Majhi said that...

Amaravati, March 6 The Enforcement Directorate said on Friday that it has attached assets worth more than Rs 441 crore belonging to various accused involved in the Andhra Pradesh liquor 'scam' case, which allegedly took place during the previous YSRCP regime in the state.The attached...

Dehradun, February 22 A 70-year-old woman in Dehradun has allegedly been defrauded of over Rs 3 crore by cyber fraudsters, who posed as CBI officers and kept her under "digital arrest," police said on Sunday.They said that based on the woman's complaint, a case was registered at the Cyber...

Thane, February 22 A 46-year-old mechanical engineer in Thane city, Maharashtra, has allegedly been cheated of ₹3.15 crore after being lured to invest in a fraudulent online trading platform, police said on Sunday.The complainant, a resident of the Kasarvadavali area, alleged that a person...

Jamshedpur, February 21 Senior BJP leader Raghubar Das on Saturday claimed that Jharkhand has suffered a loss of approximately Rs 5100 crore due to the delayed municipal elections.The elections in 48 civic bodies will be held on February 23. The last municipal elections in Jharkhand were held...

New Delhi, February 19 Bangladesh has prohibited SpiceJet from using its airspace, as the budget carrier has not yet cleared outstanding payments, according to sources.With the Bangladeshi airspace unavailable, the airline is taking longer routes for some of its flights from Kolkata, including...