police shut down Kolkata call centres in major online fraud probe
London: British Police service on Monday said it had shut down two sophisticated criminal call centres in Kolkata, instrumental in defrauding thousands of victims in the UK alone, with the cooperation of Indian police. The call centres were raided by 50 officers from the Cyber Division of Kolkata Police last week as part of a […]
Bachchan Sahab discharged from hospital after 4 days
Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan was discharged from Mumbai’s Nanavati hospital on Friday night. The veteran actor has reportedly been admitted to the hospital since Tuesday. Sources said Bachchan had been hospitalised for a check-up and is doing fine now. He is expected to resume shooting for the quiz show, ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’, on Tuesday. On […]
Mexicans outraged after gunmen force release of El Chapo’s son
The decision by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s security cabinet to release the captured son of the world’s most notorious drug lord left him struggling to contain the damage amid public outrage. AMLO, as the president is known, said the government took the decision after Mexican forces were overpowered Thursday as they attempted to […]
South Korean Students Break Into U.S. Ambassador’s Residence
A group of South Korean students broke into the residence of American ambassador Harry Harris on Friday, in a protest against Donald Trump’s campaign to get the Asian nation to pay more for US military support. Nineteen students, who described themselves as members of a liberal university students’ group, were detained by police after staging a […]
Pakistan Man Sentenced To 5 Years In Jail For Blasphemous Facebook
A Pakistani court Friday sentenced a man to five years “rigorous imprisonment” jail and hard labour for a blasphemous Facebook post, in what is believed to be one of the first such cases under controversial cybercrime laws. Sajid Ali was charged with posting blasphemous and derogatory content against revered Islamic figures on the social network […]
PMC Bank Customer Dies After Heart Attack
Mumbai: An 83-year-old depositor of the troubled Punjab & Maharashtra Co-operative Bank (PMC Bank) died on Friday, with his family claiming that it could not raise money for his heart surgery after restrictions were imposed on fund withdrawals. This is a fourth incident of the death of a depositor with funds locked in the Punjab […]
They took turns to rape my wife
Hyderabad: Hyderabad city police have arrested two sorcerers for allegedly raping a housewife at the behest of her husband and in-laws. They were among the eight sorcerers who had raped the woman at her home, police said. The shocking incident, which had occurred last year, came to light after the victim’s father returned to the […]
Mexico deports 300 Indian nationals in ‘unprecedented’ move
NEW DELHI: More than 300 Indian nationals who paid tens of thousands of dollars each trying to get into the United States arrived in New Delhi Friday after an “unprecedented” mass deportation by Mexico. The move, which saw those deported flown back to the capital on a charter flight, follows a deal on illegal migration […]
Cartel gunmen free El Chapo’s son from Mexican police while terrorizing city
MEXICO CITY: Heavily armed fighters surrounded security forces in a Mexican city on Thursday and made them free one of drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s sons, after his capture triggered gunbattles and a prison break that sent civilians scurrying for cover. Security Minister Alfonso Durazo said a patrol by National Guard militarized police first […]
Instagram Gives Users More Control Over Data Shared With Third-Party Apps
Instagram has introduced a new option that gives users more control over the data the photo-sharing platform shares with third-party apps, it announced in a blog post late Tuesday. The Facebook-owned social media company emphasised that it wished to “protect the data people share with us” and said it was “introducing new in-app features to help you […]
