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Rajkot: The Morbi Cybercrime Police arrested a serial cybercriminal accused of hacking into the WhatsApp accounts of school parents and beauty parlour professionals to extort money.The accused, Pritesh alias Gogi Prajapati, employed a deceptive modus operandi that primarily targeted women. Utilising a caller identification app to gather contact details, he would call his people — often parents of children attending schools in Morbi — pretending to be a school administrator. He would then trick them into sharing a one-time password (OTP) by claiming it had been sent to their phones by mistake.Once the OTP was provided, Prajapati gained control of…

Ranchi: Police officers heard 193 grievances during the ‘Jan Shikayat Samadhan’ programme organised across all police stations and outposts in Ranchi district on Wednesday. Of these, 89 complaints were resolved on the spot, while the remaining cases were taken up for further inquiry and action, a statement said.Seven complaints, related to crimes against women, harassment, theft and assault, were considered serious enough for immediate legal action, leading to the registration of FIRs and the start of investigation.SSP Rakesh Ranjan attended the grievance hearing at Doranda police station, while other senior officers visited 49 police stations in the district as per…

Surat: As Surat’s traders, industrial units and small businesses count the cost of recent flooding, the Gujarat govt’s rehabilitation package has won strong backing from industry. The Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI) says the measures will accelerate recovery and help restore economic activity across the flood-hit region.The SGCCI welcomed the Gujarat govt’s rehabilitation assistance package announced for business and commercial establishments affected by the recent floods in Surat city and district.SGCCI president Ashok Jirawala and other office-bearers expressed gratitude to chief minister Bhupendra Patel and minister of state for home Harsh Sanghavi for the relief measures.Jirawala said…

Vadodara: Anyone attempting to create trouble during the Jagannath Yatra in Vadodara on Thursday will be under the watch of an extensive surveillance network, with city police deploying eight high-resolution drones to monitor the procession from the air.The drones, capable of capturing clear images over long distances, will keep a close watch on the entire route and sensitive locations. “The drones can even capture vehicle registration numbers. Besides drones, CCTV cameras and body-worn cameras will also be used to monitor the yatra,” police commissioner Narasimha Komar said.“Our priority is to ensure the procession passes off peacefully and devotees have adequate…

Varanasi: Heavy traffic load, especially of vehicles carrying pilgrims, will ease on Varanasi roads in a couple of years as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gifted two elevlated roads worth Rs 25,000 crore to his constituency.A meeting of cabinet committee on economic affairs, chaired by PM Modi in New Delhi, gave its approval to a six-lane Greenfield Elevated Corridor & Ramps/Loops & Foot Over Bridge between National Highway-19 (Varanasi-Prayagraj) and Varanasi Ring Road project worth Rs 14,447.64 crore and 6/4 lane Elevated Corridor project along Varuna bank worth Rs 10,998.32 crore.Providing details of both the projects on Wednesday, divisional commissioner…

T’puram: Health minister K Muraleedharan sought a detailed probe into alleged financial irregularities in functioning of Hospital Development Society (HDS) at Govt Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram. He has written in this regard to home minister Ramesh Chennithala urging to initiate an inquiry.The minister’s intervention follows serious findings in the audit report of HDS for 2021, which allegedly detected financial irregularities amounting to Rs 46 lakh.According to health department, the audit report was forwarded to govt by medical superintendent of MCH for further action.Among the irregularities highlighted in the audit report are the alleged failure to deposit collected funds in bank…

Sleep loss for warm nights Kolkata: Kolkata: Rising nighttime temperatures are robbing Kolkatans of sleep, with the city ranking as India’s third most sleep-deprived megacity, according to a new global study by Climate Central.The study found that the average Kolkatan loses 80 hours of sleep a year because of warm nights, compared with 93 hours for the average Chennai resident and 84 hours for the average Mumbaikar. Of Kolkata’s annual sleep loss, five hours are attributable to climate change, accounting for about 7% of all temperature-related sleep deprivation between 2020 and 2025.The findings assume significance for Bengal, where prolonged heatwaves,…

Jammu, Jul 15: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday extended his heartiest congratulations to the Rajouri District Administration and the Department of Culture, J&K, on the inclusion of the historic Bhairav Yatra of Rajouri in the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of India.In a post on X, the Lieutenant Governor said: “Proud moment for Rajouri! The district’s historic Bhairav Yatra has officially been added to the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage of India. Congratulations to the Rajouri District Administration and the J&K’s Department of Culture for turning this dream into a reality. This prestigious recognition will go…

US launches fresh strikes on Iran (File photo) The United States carried out another round of airstrikes against Iran on Wednesday (local time), targeting coastal defence systems and missile infrastructure linked to attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, as Washington intensified military operations for the fifth straight day.US Central Command (Centcom) said the latest strikes were aimed at degrading Iranian military capabilities used to threaten vessels transiting through the strategic waterway.”At 3 pm ET today, US Central Command forces began launching an additional round of strikes against Iran,” Centcom said in a post on X.”The new strikes…

Mumbai: Just three weeks ago, 26-year-old Kurla resident Vinu (name changed) was a healthy young man who believed liver failure was something that happened to others. Careful about what he ate and drank, he had no reason to imagine that a casual lunch with office colleagues would trigger a chain of events that would leave him with barely 24 to 36 hours to live.What began as stomach pain soon turned into jaundice. Within a week, after treatment at two local nursing homes, Vinu was referred to Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital in Juhu, where doctors diagnosed hyperacute liver failure. An…