NEW DELHI: Citizens who fall victim to cyber fraud will soon save valuable time spent in figuring out how and where to file an FIR, enabling law enforcement to quickly track down the fraudsters and recover the siphoned money.Home minister Amit Shah Monday said the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) has introduced the new…
RAJKOT: Authorities in Gujarat‘s Rajkot Monday pulled down over 60 properties linked to 38 “history-sheeters“, describing them as unauthorised as they stood on govt land.The demolitions came over seven months after SC last Nov imposed a pan-India ban on “bulldozer justice”. The court held that such demolition of a citizen’s house without following due process…
NEW DELHI: SC Monday confirmed the life sentence and Rs 1 lakh fine imposed on an advocate found guilty of throwing acid on a woman, but reduced the sentence of his 73-year-old army officer father to 10 years’ imprisonment, given his age and illness.Giving final verdict on a 2014 incident that took place in Govind…
NEW DELHI: To mark the success of ‘Operation Sindoor’ and honour war heroes and the armed forces, the railways will play patriotic jingles after announcements at stations as well as ‘earmark’ seats for defence personnel in all reserved coaches and waiting areas. The initiative also includes having exterior wraps on coaches to showcase the operation’s…
JAMMU: A joint team of security forces launched a search operation in the border belt of J&K’s Rajouri district on Monday after a Nowshera resident alerted local police about three suspects spotted the night before. Officials said a similar operation was also underway in the forest belt of Poonch district.“In view of the prevailing situation,…
SRINAGAR: Authorities in Kargil have questioned five local residents in connection with the disappearance of a 43-year-old woman from Nagpur, Sunita Bholewshwar Jamgade, who is suspected to have either crossed the Line of Control (LoC) from Hunderman village in Ladakh amid heightened tension between India and Pakistan, or drowned in the Suru River, which flows…
JAMMU: J&K State Investigation Agency (SIA) filed a chargesheet against two terrorists — a Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen operative and his relative, a Jammu Kashmir Ghaznavi Force (JKGF) affiliate — in connection with the grenade attack on a temple in Poonch’s Surankote belt on Nov 15, 2023.The accused were identified as Nazir Ahmed and Abdul Aziz,…
NEW DELHI: Wheat procurement during the current Rabi marketing season (RMS) has crossed 296 lakh tonne till Sunday, 11% more than the entire purchase of the cereal by govt agencies last year. This puts the govt in a comfortable position to meet the statutory food security requirement and for market intervention to check price rise.As…
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami is leading discussions with the 16th Finance Commission team, including Chairman Arvind Panagariya, to determine state’s share of grants and taxes for the next five years.The meeting is taking place at the Secretariat, where key state officials are outlining Uttarakhand’s financial needs and priorities.The Finance Commission’s visit is crucial…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Monday launched the revamped portal for overseas citizens of India (OCI), which will offer the existing 5 million OCI cardholders as well as fresh applicants, a user-friendly experience in accessing OCI services and facilitate their comfortable stay in India.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a post on X, hailed…
