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The accused was arrested in Bengaluru Mumbai: MIDC police in Mumbai arrested a 44-year-old chartered accountant from Bengaluru, Pankaj Gupta, on Aug 15 in connection with an FIR that alleged he embezzled Rs 1.19 crore from an investment management firm in Mumbai where he worked as CFO for almost two years. Gupta allegedly deleted his past history on social media and contact details and dumped his old mobile handset after he fled the city with his family on learning about the FIR.Gupta escaped from his rented home in Kandivli in Sept 2025 after he received a summons from MIDC police…
New Delhi: Exploiting the financial strain faced by families grappling with cancer treatment, a nationwide racket allegedly peddled stolen and counterfeit medicines at heavily discounted rates, offering costly drugs for a fraction of their market price.Investigators said medicines worth lakhs of rupees were allegedly sold at discounts of 60-70%. In one instance, a cancer drug priced at about Rs 2 lakh per vial was allegedly sold for Rs 70,000-Rs 75,000, luring families burdened by treatment costs.According to police, the gang used business-to-business online marketplaces to advertise cancer medicines at unusually low prices. The accused also promoted the drugs through WhatsApp…
Illustration of cyber fraud showing a hooded hacker targeting a laptop user amid digital code and security warnings, highlighting online scams, identity theft, and data breaches. Nasdaq-listed Cognizant has notified affected individuals of a data security breach that occurred around April 21 this year.In a notification letter, Cognizant’s US entity informed individuals about a breach involving their personal information and expressed regret over the incident. The company did not specify the number of people affected or the nature or volume of personal information involved. It said it has no reason to believe that compromised information was misused.Cognizant offered affected individuals…
Hyderabad: The state govt has informed the Telangana high court that food adulteration has become a serious issue and a grave health hazard and that, to curb the menace, police are taking strict action against those involved in such activities.The submissions were made before Justice J Sreenivas Rao, who was hearing a petition filed by businessman Vikas Agarwal seeking to quash a food adulteration case registered against him in Balapur, Hyderabad.Public prosecutor Palle Nageshwar Rao, opposing the petition, said spices and other food products adulterated by such persons were entering homes across the state, including those of judges, and that…
Chennai: DMK MLA P H Manoj Pandian on Friday questioned the Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation’s (TNMSC) role in procuring gold rings for newborns, asking whether the corporation had the mandate or expertise to scrutinise tender bids for gold for the Thaimaman Thanga Modhiram scheme.Participating in the Assembly discussion, Pandian said the procurement should have been handled by the social welfare department. “You cannot bring gold under the medical equipment category. You have made gold into equipment and are allowing TNMSC to procure it,” he said.Health minister K G Arunraj responded stating the govt was seeking to reduce the out-of-pocket…
Ahmedabad: Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and Gujarat Forest Department have identified a 150-km lion movement corridor from Shetrunji through Hingolgadh to Rampara after an Asiatic lion’s solo dispersal from Hingolgadh in Rajkot district to Rampara in Surendranagar brought attention to the landscape’s connectivity and potential as an expansion route beyond Gir.The corridor’s importance dates to Nov 2019, when an isolated lion was tracked after moving nearly 100 km outside its traditional Gir range towards Rampara. Though it did not establish a permanent territory, officials said the movement indicated lions could traverse the region in search of new territory, prey…
Elderly being honoured with saplings in Pratapgarh Prayagraj: On the occasion of World Senior Citizens’ Day, the volunteers of the ‘Paryavaran Sena’ in collaboration with the Social Welfare Department of Pratapgarh, on Friday organized a ‘Green Honour’ event for senior citizens at Bojhi village in Mandhata block of the district. During the event, Ajay Krantikari, head of Paryavaran Sena, an organisation working for environment conservation honoured senior citizens including Bhaiyaram Prajapati (85), Sitaram Patel (78), and Salik Ram Prajapati (81) by presenting them with a tree sapling. Source link
Police charge protesters with batons at Master Canteen in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday Bhubaneswar: Hours after he released a video message expressing regret over Wednesday’s violence along Mahatma Gandhi Marg in Bhubaneswar and urging authorities to release the seized autorickshaws, Dinabandhu Nayak, president of an app-based vehicle drivers’ association in the city, was arrested from Puri outskirts on Friday for his alleged role in the rampage.He had taken shelter in a driver’s house, a senior police officer said.Nayak had mobilised members of the app-based transport unions and orchestrated road blockades, pressing unresolved demands over cab‑aggregator fare regulation. The agitation spiralled into…
The CM said the govt was working continuously to improve civic amenities and resolve residents’ grievances Gurgaon: Chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday warned the developer of Pioneer Industrial Park of criminal action if it failed to immediately provide land for a proposed 33kV substation, and ordered FIRs against firms developing unauthorised colonies in the district.Saini issued the directions while chairing a meeting of the district public relations and grievance redressal committee, where 17 complaints were taken up. Fourteen cases were resolved on the spot, while three were kept pending until the next meeting, with officials directed to submit…
Patients came from across the region, including Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Tezpur, Sipajhar, Guwahati and Nagaon, while one patient travelled from Tripura Dibrugarh: Assam Medical College & Hospital (AMCH), Dibrugarh, on Friday began providing medicines to rare disease patients after being designated a Centre of Excellence (CoE).The hospital was designated a CoE for rare diseases under the National Policy for Rare Diseases (NPRD), 2021. Sixteen patients aged between 1.5 and 25 years visited AMCH on Friday. They came from across the region, including Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Tezpur, Sipajhar, Guwahati and Nagaon, while one patient travelled from Tripura.Medicines were provided for two conditions —…