NEW DELHI: This was not a case of international espionage or organised cybercrime; it was a deeply personal feud that metastasised into a national security scare. The motive was as old as time, but the method was chillingly modern.The Delhi crime branch recently cracked a multi-city cyber threat case where the targets were the commissioners…
Mumbai: Police arrested a 42-year-old woman, who is a housing agent by profession, for allegedly cheating a 48-year-old man by falsely claiming ownership of his two inherited flats in an SRA project and collecting heavy deposits from new occupants without the owner’s knowledge. Complainant Santosh Kamble said the accused, Subhangi Gaikwad, had collected deposits of…
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday granted bail to 10 of the 12 accused in the Kartavya Path case, observing that “nothing has been discovered against the accused related to the membership of radical organisations linked to Naxalites,” even 15 days after their arrest for allegedly raising pro-Naxalite slogans during a protest at India…
Thane: A 54-year-old woman died after she “accidentally” consumed a highly toxic poison kept at her home in Thane for grain protection, police said. Cops have registered a case of accidental death.“Preliminary inquiry indicates the substance was kept for fumigation of stored grains. The woman consumed it unknowingly. We are conducting a detailed probe to…
NEW DELHI: Multiple schools in Delhi received bomb threat emails on Wednesday, prompting police to launch an investigation.The schools issued notices to parents requesting them to collect their children in a phased manner to prevent panic, while authorities launched investigations into the threats, according to news agency ANI.The Indian School sent a detailed notice to…
Pune: The city experienced its coldest morning of the season on Tuesday, with minimum temperatures dropping to single digits in Pashan (8.4°C) and Shivajinagar (8.9°C) — a sharp decline as compared to last week. With this, Met department has issued a coldwave warning for several Maharashtra districts, including Pune, over the coming days.According to India…
Navi Mumbai: Two youths were killed in two separate mishaps on Monday. In the first accident a Kirvali villager, Pramod Patil (35), riding a two wheeler, was fatally dashed by a car on the Mumbai-Pune highway in Taloja. In the second mishap, a speeding trailer driver dashed a biker, Amol Thakur (38), on the Bhendkhal-Khopta…
NEW DELHI: Multiple schools including the Indian School in south Delhi’s Sadiq Nagar and another private school in east Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar received hoax bomb threats on Wednesday.Delhi Fire Services received information about a hoax bomb call at Lovely Public School in east Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar at 10.39am. “Standard procedure was followed and a fire…
Pune: Custom officers at the Pune airport, amid the IndiGo fiasco, foiled a smuggling attempt and seized hydroponic weed (marijuana) worth Rs 2.29 crore from a passenger, who was arrested.Based on profiling, officers from the Air Intelligence Unit at the Pune International Airport intercepted the passenger arriving from Bangkok on IndiGo flight 6E-1096 on Dec…
A 14-year-old boy has filed a police complaint alleging sodomy, assault, and threats by his grandparents, both in their 70s. Police have registered a case under Pocso, but suspect a property dispute may be the underlying motive. The boy is currently receiving medical treatment. MUMBAI: A 14-year-old boy has lodged a police complaint of sodomy…
