financial loss

Giridih (Jharkhand), April 11 The Giridih police have filed an FIR against a constable for allegedly defrauding people of Rs 39.60 lakh by promising them a cheap auction of four-wheeler vehicles seized, an officer said on Saturday.The accused constable has been identified as Gautam Kumar...

Mumbai, April 10 The Bombay High Court has ordered HDFC Bank to refund Rs 38 lakh to a Pune-based businessman, who lost the amount to a digital fraud, observing that the account holder was not at fault.A bench of Justices Bharti Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande, in its order of April 6, held that...

The Federation of Piggery Farmers in Meghalaya has expressed serious concerns about the spread of African Swine Fever, which has resulted in the death of hundreds of pigs and widespread devastation of pig herds across the state. With no known cure, farmers are facing significant financial...

Thane, April 10 A 64-year-old man from the Thane district of Maharashtra was allegedly cheated out of nearly Rs 28 lakh in a digital fraud scam, police said on Friday.The complainant, a resident of Ronak City in Kalyan West, alleged that between April 1 and April 7, he received multiple...

Mumbai, April 9 A couple has been arrested for allegedly cheating eight people of Rs 6.71 crore after promising them high returns in an import-export scheme, a Mumbai police official said on Thursday.The official at the Kasturba Marg police station identified the accused as Siddharth Khushal...

New Delhi, April 9 The Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed Realme Mobile Telecommunication (India) Pvt Ltd to pay compensation to a UPSC aspirant after one of their mobile phones allegedly exploded, causing burn injuries that forced him to miss his civil services...

Thane, April 9 The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal in Thane, Maharashtra, has awarded a compensation of ₹29.79 lakh to a 35-year-old man who sustained serious injuries after a speeding private bus hit him in Mumbai in 2022.In an order dated April 6, a copy of which was made available on...

Chandigarh, April 9 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Mohali, Punjab, has convicted and sentenced 11 individuals, including Rajesh Ranjan, the then District Manager of the Food Corporation of India (FCI), to three years of rigorous imprisonment with a total fine of ₹3.3 lakh...

Mumbai, April 7 Air India CEO & MD Campbell Wilson has resigned after leading the Tata Group-owned airline for four years, a period marked by multiple challenges, including the fatal AI171 crash in June last year.The Air India board has formed a committee that will identify a successor in the...

Nashik, April 5 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Sunday that his government will provide all assistance to farmers who have suffered crop damage and financial losses due to unseasonal rains in several parts of the state over the past few days. Unseasonal rains accompanied by...

Bhubaneswar, March 31 – The opposition Congress claimed on Tuesday that it had exposed a massive scam in the paddy procurement system in Odisha during the Kharif season, which was allegedly costing farmers their fair earnings due to collusion between millers, government officials, and the state...

Bhubaneswar, March 31 Seven companies and corporations run by the Odisha government incurred a loss of Rs 794.98 crore during the 2022-23 financial year, the CAG said in a report.The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) audited the financial performance of the State Public Sector...

Kochi, March 31 – Senior Congress legislator Ramesh Chennithala demanded an apology from Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and State Cooperation Minister V.N. Vasavan on Tuesday, following the Kerala High Court's stay of proceedings related to a controversial software deal in the...

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...