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NEW DELHI: Two cash collection agents of a private firm, who were carrying around Rs 50 lakh, were robbed in central Delhi after two men posing as traffic policemen stopped them for checking. While the imposters asked the employees to open the car's boot, two others came and fled with the bag containing cash.The police received a complaint around 5pm on Wednesday that two employees of a private firm,...

BHUBANESWAR: As the entire country celebrates India’s gold medal victory in Hangzhou Asian Games hockey, official sponsor Odisha has extra reasons for elation!Chief minister Naveen Patnaik personally congratulated the team, over video call, and announced Rs 5 lakh reward each for the players and support staff.Asian Games 2023: India clinch gold medal in men's hockey event, beat Japan 5-1 in final“My...

THANE: A 44-year-old housewife from Navi Mumbai has been duped of nearly Rs 23 lakh through a "task" fraud.The woman said she first received an offer through the Telegram app saying she would be paid well if she completed a few simple online tasks.An official said on Thursday that in her complaint to the Panvel police on Wednesday, the woman said she lost the money between September 17 and October 4.The...

MUMBAI: A 37-year-old woman from Mumbai was duped of Rs 1.37 lakh by a cyber fraudster in the guise of helping her pay electricity bill online, police said on Monday. The incident came to light when the woman, who stays with her mother, a senior citizen, in suburban Andheri (West), approached the Versova police station with a complaint, said an official. According to the complainant, her mother received...

CHENNAI: Tambaram police arrested a man for cheating two people of 31 lakh under the pretext of getting them a job at Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). He was remanded to judicial custody on Saturday.Police identified the accused as Sathyendra Nair, 50. Nair befriended the complainant Rathna Kumar, 30, when he frequently visited Kumar's hotel in West Tambaram and claimed he was a contract worker with the...

NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, made a visit to the Bhalswa landfill site on Saturday and announced plans to process and reduce approximately 45 lakh tonnes of waste from the site by May next year. During his interaction with reporters at the location, Kejriwal explained that once this significant volume of waste is processed, it will lead to the reclamation of "35 acres of land,"...

MUMBAI: A 50-year-old tuition teacher from Borivali was duped of Rs 1.5 lakh by a fraudster posing as an army man. On Friday, she got a call from one Pravin Kumar who said he was posted at Ladakh and gave her the reference of a teacher known to her. He claimed that his family also lives in Borivli and said he wanted the teacher to coach his three school-going daughters. A day later, he called again to...

CHENNAI: A cinema theatre, which had neither elevators nor ramps, and made a person with a disability climb the staircase to watch actor Udhayanidhi's 'Nenjukku Neethi' movie, has been asked to pay ₹1 lakh as compensation to the aggrieved person.The Thiruvallur District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum passed the order based on a complaint from S Sureshkumar of Kundrathur. He complained that he went...

COIMBATORE: The district crime branch (DCB) of the Coimbatore rural police arrested a 24-year-old woman on Thursday for swindling Rs 73 lakh from the account of a fuel outlet at Chettipalayam from 2019-2022. The woman bought 10 cents of land in Karachery village near Kinathukadavu for Rs 20 lakh and a sports utility vehicle (SUV) worth Rs 19.5 lakh. The police seized land documents, the SUV, Rs 90,000...

THANE: A 75-year-old retired civic engineer trying to recharge his online toll payment wallet was allegedly duped of Rs 3 lakh by a scamster. The accused offered to help him with the process of payment but instead made him download a malicious spyware on his mobile and later drained out his bank account, the Thane police informed on Sunday.The incident was reported on April 4. "The victim probably came...