Five persons have been detained, including a GMADA employee, on charges of scamming a land deal valued at crores of rupees. According to reports, the accused are con artists who stole a sizable sum of money that belonged to a real estate broker. Prakash Thakur, the complainant, who is also a property dealer from Chandigarh, […]
In the Chandigarh district court complex on Saturday, a retired Punjab Police Assistant Inspector General (AIG), Malvinder Singh Sidhu, shot his son-in-law, Harprit Singh, an Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) officer, dead. According to Chandigarh police, the act was premeditated. The killing happened in the course of a mediation meant to resolve Harprit’s bitter divorce […]
India has advised its people to be very careful and avoid or limit their travel following the recent violence in Bangladesh. Due to this unrest, during which at least 98 lives were lost and hundreds more injured, India has released a travel warning against visiting the country until everything calms down. On Sunday, there was […]
Sri Lanka stunned the cricketing world by defeating India by 32 runs to win the second One-Day International and take a decisive 1-0 lead in the three-match series. The hosts defeated the Indian batting order and took home a remarkable victory with a clinical display of the game. With notable scores from Avishka Fernando, Dunith […]
India’s journey at the 2024 Paris Olympics has been an emotional rollercoaster filled with both thrilling victories and painful near-misses. The country saw history unfold as its athletes proved their extraordinary talent and tenacity in the international arena. The 22-year-old prodigy Manu Bhaker, a shooting wonder, once again proved her extraordinary skill by making it […]
Cybercriminals tricked former Army Captain Rakesh Kumar out of Rs 85,000 in a complex employment scam by posing as recruiters for a security services firm. Living in Una, Himachal Pradesh, Captain Kumar answered a job posting in the newspaper that offered retired junior commissioned officers (JCOs) chances. The ad, placed three to four months ago, […]
The government of Bangladesh has introduced an entire ban on several major social media apps and communication channels. Starting this Friday, August 2, the ban restricts access to some popular sites such as WhatsApp, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, among others. This move comes after Turkey took the same stance earlier in the day, announcing a […]
On Friday, for the first time ever, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) searched the Union Territory of Ladakh as part of an investigation into money laundering related to a scammers’ network in cryptocurrency. According to this probe itself, over Rs 7 crore had already been taken from over 2500 people. Six sites in Sonipat, Haryana, Jammu […]
The enormous Rs 32,403 crore GST notice that the Karnataka GST authorities had sent to the IT behemoth Infosys has been rescinded, which is a noteworthy step. The notification said that Infosys owed this sum for services obtained from its foreign operations between July 2017 and March 2022. It had generated a great deal of […]