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Kochi, March 17 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached immovable property worth Rs 10.90 crore in Kerala in connection with a case of fraud and forgery involving hotel project investments, officials said on Tuesday.According to the agency, the action was taken by the...

Jammu, March 17 – The J&K Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a meter reader from the electricity department on Tuesday while accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 in the Rajouri district.An ACB spokesperson said the meter reader, who was stationed with the PDD in Rajouri, was caught red-handed...

Belagavi (Karnataka), March 17 A group promising to quadruple investors' money has been busted in this district with the arrest of seven people, including two police officers from Maharashtra, officials said on Tuesday.Those arrested have been identified as Parashuram Bhimshi Badakari, Imran...

Thane, March 17 A 42-year-old insurance consultant from Mumbra in the Thane district of Maharashtra was allegedly cheated of over Rs 71 lakh by cyber fraudsters who lured him into investing in cryptocurrency trading, police said on Tuesday.A case has been registered against six individuals at...

New Delhi, March 17 The Delhi Police have arrested three members of a robbery gang who posed as government officials to defraud and rob unsuspecting passengers near the New Delhi railway station, officials said on Tuesday.The accused have been identified as Krishan Kumar (50), an auto driver...

Mumbai, March 17 – The Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill-2026 was passed after a heated debate late Monday night in the state Legislative Assembly. The ruling Mahayuti government strongly defended the necessity of the Bill to curb unlawful and forced conversion, while cracks appeared within...

Washington, March 17 – The US Republican party has advanced two bills focused on immigration that would tighten deportation rules for fraud and for crimes involving harm to law enforcement animals, strengthening enforcement measures and expanding grounds for removal.The House Rules Committee...

Mumbai, March 16 – The Maharashtra Assembly on Monday passed the Freedom of Religion Bill 2026, which includes strict provisions to prohibit religious conversions carried out through coercion, fraud, inducement, or marriage, by voice vote.According to the Bill, individuals involved in unlawful...

Mumbai, March 16 The Maharashtra assembly on Monday night passed the Freedom of Religion Bill 2026, which contains stringent provisions to prohibit religious conversions carried out through coercion, fraud, inducement, or marriage, by voice vote.According to the Bill, those involved in...

Mumbai, March 16 – Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis clarified on Monday that the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026, is not directed against any specific religion. He emphasized that the Bill is being introduced solely to prevent religious conversions carried out through coercion, fraud...

Jammu, March 16 The Jammu and Kashmir Police's Crime Branch has registered a case against officials of the revenue department and others for their alleged involvement in irregularities in 20 land acquisition matters in the Ramban district.Officials said a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has...

Raipur, March 16 – The ED has attached movable and immovable properties worth Rs 23.35 crore in connection with a land acquisition compensation fraud related to the Raipur-Visakhapatnam National Highway project under the Bharatmala Pariyojana, an official said on Monday.An investigation by the...

Gadag (Karnataka), March 16 Five men were arrested for allegedly luring students with false promises of scholarship money and other incentives to open mule bank accounts in their names for illegal transactions, police said on Monday.The accused were identified as Vakdoth Vakeel (24), Raju...

Raipur, March 16 – The Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) Raipur Zonal Office has provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth Rs 23.35 crore under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with alleged fraud in land acquisition compensation for the...

Lucknow, March 16 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a medical officer stationed at the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) and an executive from a private hospital in connection with an alleged bribery case involving undue favours to a hospital in Uttar...

New Delhi, March 16 The Supreme Court said on Monday that it would hear next week a suo motu case concerning victims of digital extortion.Digital extortion is a growing form of cybercrime in which fraudsters pose as law enforcement officers, court officials, or personnel from government...

New Delhi, March 15 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a man from Kanpur who recruited Indian nationals to carry out organized cyber fraud operations from Cambodia, an official said on Sunday.Krishna Kumar Lakhwani, a resident of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, was working as an...

New Delhi, March 15 Police have arrested a 33-year-old man for allegedly manufacturing and storing counterfeit automobile parts and packaging materials at a warehouse in west Delhi, an officer said on Sunday.The accused, identified as Manas Hurria, a resident of Punjabi Bagh, was arrested...

New Delhi, March 15 A 40-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly defrauding a Delhi resident of Rs 20,000 by pretending to arrange an easy loan through a social media platform, an official said on Sunday.The accused, identified as Satvinder Kaur, a resident of Tilak Nagar in west Delhi...

Thane, March 15 A 45-year-old man died by suicide in the Thane district of Maharashtra after allegedly being blackmailed by cyber criminals who threatened to circulate doctored, obscene photographs of him on social media, police said on Sunday.An investigation has revealed that the victim, a...