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New Delhi, March 22 – The Press Information Bureau (PIB) has flagged a fake message circulating on social media that claims State Bank of India’s (SBI) YONO app accounts will be blocked if users do not update their Aadhaar details immediately.The purported message instructs recipients to...

Latur, March 17 A 32-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself inside a tempo in the Latur district of Maharashtra, police said on Tuesday.The victim, Gajanan Marwadi, a resident of the Mukhed tehsil in the Nanded district, posted a suicide note on his WhatsApp status before...

Jamshedpur, March 17 A family in Jharkhand's Jamshedpur breathed a sigh of relief after learning that the Indian-flagged LPG vessel Shivalik, on which their son was working, had safely reached Gujarat's Mundra port after crossing the Strait of Hormuz amid the conflict in West Asia.Mithilesh...

New Delhi, March 16 – The Ghaziabad Police, which has arrested six people in connection with an espionage case, has learned that the racket was being managed by operatives from Pakistan. The police have learned that the accused focused primarily on targets in Mumbai and the National Capital...

New Delhi, March 12 Meta-owned WhatsApp has unveiled a new "parent-managed" account model, effectively opening the messaging platform to pre-teens (children under the age of 13) under strict guardian oversight.This move marks a strategic shift for the messaging app, which has historically...

Mangaluru (Karnataka), March 11 – The Cyber Crime Police in Mangaluru have arrested two individuals for allegedly collecting bank account details from the public under the pretense of using them for a trading business and later using those accounts for cyber fraud linked to foreign operators...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 7 The Kerala police on Saturday warned the public against cyber fraudsters sending fake notices in the name of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre to extort money from individuals and institutions.In a statement, the police said that the fraudulent notices are...

Bettiah (Bihar), March 5 Bihar Police arrested a man from Majhaulia in West Champaran district on Thursday after discovering WhatsApp chats with Pakistani phone numbers on his mobile phones, officials said.The arrested man has been identified as Khurshed Alam (25).According to a statement by...

New Delhi, March 5 – The conflict between Israel, the US, and Iran has been ongoing for nearly a week. The operation began with the assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after which Iran retaliated and targeted US and Israeli interests in various parts of West Asia.As...

New Delhi, March 5 AI-powered customer engagement platform Cheerio AI has raised ₹8 crore in a seed funding round led by Artha Venture Fund II (AVF II), with participation from Hyderabad Angels, TiE Angels, LetsVenture, Invention Engine, along with angel investors Arjun Vaidya, Anand Shahni...

Bhopal, March 4 Amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia, a control room has been established at the Madhya Pradesh Bhavan in New Delhi to provide round-the-clock assistance to the state's citizens living in Gulf countries, an official said on Wednesday.This control room will provide necessary...

Mumbai, March 4 A 62-year-old stockbroker from Mumbai received a death threat from an unidentified caller using an international number, who demanded Rs 5 crore in extortion money from him, police said on Wednesday.The complainant received the threat message on WhatsApp.The sender allegedly...

Hyderabad, March 4 – The Hyderabad city police, in a joint operation with the Hyderabad Narcotic Enforcement Wing (H-NEW), arrested a foreign drug peddler and his associate and seized MDMA from them.Acting on credible information, the police and H-NEW conducted the joint operation and arrested...

Noida (UP), February 28 – A tragic and disturbing incident has come to light from the Phase 3 police station area of Noida in Uttar Pradesh. A 19-year-old woman is alleged to have committed suicide after being subjected to continuous blackmail and threats of having objectionable videos and...

Bhubaneswar, February 27 – The Crime Branch of the Odisha Police has arrested a 31-year-old cybercriminal from Bihar for his alleged involvement in a Rs 2.06 crore investment fraud case, a senior police official informed on Friday.The accused, identified as Prins Raj of Ratanapur in Begusarai...

New Delhi, February 27 – The Broadband India Forum (BIF), a group representing major tech firms like Meta, Google, and others, has raised concerns about the legal validity of the government's mandate requiring SIM binding, citing a legal opinion that deems the directive "ultra vires" and...

Palghar, February 27 A 24-year-old man was killed by stabbing in front of his wife in Nalasopara East, Maharashtra, on Friday, reportedly due to a dispute over a WhatsApp profile picture, according to a police official.The incident occurred at 4:30 am in the Hanuman Nagar area, the official...

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has directed all entities it regulates to prominently disclose their registered name and registration number when posting content related to the securities market on social media platforms. This directive was issued through a circular yesterday...

New Delhi, February 25 The Railway Board has cautioned its employees against falling prey to cyber criminals who have contacted some junior staff through phone calls and WhatsApp messages, posing as senior officials, to obtain their personal and financial details with the intent to defraud them...

Mumbai, February 25 – Actor Rohit Roy is reminiscing about the past. On Wednesday, the actor posted a throwback picture with Sudhanshu Pandey on his Instagram.He also wrote a caption, stating, "Only God knows what we were celebrating, or why I was on his lap, but it must have been a special...