New Delhi: Police arrested a 19-year-old youth from Kalirawan village in Hisar, Haryana, on Oct 23 for running a nationwide scam through social media selling fake Apple iPhones. Victims paid up to Rs 65,782 in multiple UPI transactions for fake warranties and shipping. Aman admitted earning Rs 8-9 lakh through several fraudulent accounts. Police are…
Pune: The Baner police on Saturday arrested Shriram Vikas Hanwate (33), a criminal on police records from Yamunanagar, on the charge of threatening a construction worker with a toy gun and robbing him of Rs 13,000 cash on Oct 19.The suspect robbed construction worker Kisankumar Dhruv (27) near the passport office in Baner.“Dhruv received his…
Mumbai: Two men were arrested by Gamdevi police on Saturday for allegedly extorting Rs 1 lakh from the manager of a private bank after posing as detectives hired by her estranged husband to keep tabs on her.Police have recovered Rs 95,000 and have lodged an FIR against the two under BNS for impersonation, threats, stalking…
New Delhi: Seven months after a hotelier was kidnapped from west Delhi’s Tilak Nagar and shot dead in Shamli, UP, police arrested one of the main accused in the case. The accused was identified as Amit (27), a resident of Sonipat. The victim, Sagar Chauhan, operated a leased hotel in Tilak Nagar. Police discovered that…
Pune: Bavdhan police have registered a case pertaining to cheating and criminal breach of trust against Amit Andre, founder and CEO of city-based IT firm, The Data Tech Labs, and an outside job consultant over Rs9.75 lakh unpaid salary dues of five employees.One of these employees, Abhishek Belekar, lodged the complaint on Oct 15 and…
Mumbai: Within 12 hours, Aarey police arrested a father-son duo responsible for a burglary at Royal Palms Estate, Aarey Colony, Goregaon East, Mumbai. The suspects, Niyamatullah Khan alias Julie (38), and his son Shahid (19), were apprehended with gold, silver, diamond ornaments and brass idols valued at Rs 47.65 lakhs from Bungalow No. 31.The case…
New Delhi: An innovation challenge, aimed at cleaning the city’s air, has received 48 entries so far, including 30 from Delhi-NCR and the rest from other states, such as Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana and Kerala. The initiative, led by environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa, has seen 68% of the entries focusing on ways to…
Pune: Several highways and the expressway leading to the city witnessed severe traffic congestion on Sunday as a large number of people headed back to Pune after the Diwali vacation.According to the State Highway Safety Patrol (HSP), Pune, vehicles heading towards Pune on the Pune-Mumbai expressway moved at a snail’s pace. The old Pune-Mumbai highway,…
Mumbai: Tata Power entered into multiple power purchase agreements (PPAs) in the past couple of weeks to bring renewable energy to Mumbai and ensure that peak power demand from city consumers, especially in the hot and sultry weather, is catered to, announced a senior official on Sunday. Tata Power has nearly 800,000 electricity consumers in…
Navi Mumbai: A 55-year-old widow was found murdered by strangulation in her ground floor room in Kundevahal village, Panvel taluka, on Saturday. Nitin Thakare, senior inspector of Panvel City said, “As there was no forcible entry into the house, it seems like the accused was known to the victim and she allowed entry to her…
