Kolkata: A 67-year-old man from Beleghata was cheated of Rs 95,990 by scammers using AI voice-cloning technology.The victim got a call from an unknown number. The caller sounded exactly like his acquaintance, “Ajoy,” and claimed that a relative had been admitted to a private hospital and needed urgent money for treatment.Believing the voice was real,…
The fellows would provide support to senior officials while gaining first-hand experience of how the country’s largest municipal corporation functions Mumbai: Taking a cue from the Maharashtra government’s Chief Minister Fellowship programme, which brings young professionals into the government to gain hands-on experience in governance and policy-making, the BMC is now set to introduce its…
New Delhi: Police Tuesday claimed to have detained AAP’s Kondli MLA Kuldeep Kumar for allegedly creating a ruckus and attempting to disrupt law and order in east Delhi’s Kalyanpuri over the murder of an on-duty sanitation worker Sunday.However, AAP alleged that cops in plain clothes “kidnapped” Kumar from his residence at 4am and took him…
Chennai: Chennai-based real estate developer GT Bharathi to develop a World Trade Center business in Chengalpattu, it announced on Tuesday that it has been granted a license by the World Trade Centers Association (WTCA).The company plans to develop WTC as the centrepiece of an integrated, IT-centric mixed-use township spread across approximately 150 acres, with a…
HAM(S) founder Jitan Ram Manjhi Patna: Union minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha-Secular (HAM-S) founder Jitan Ram Manjhi on Tuesday took a swipe at RJD national working president Tejashwi Prasad Yadav over his slip of tongue while paying tribute to ‘Mountain Man’ Dashrath Manjhi.At a tribute meeting organised at the RJD office here on Monday to…
Just 2mg of fentanyl — an amount that can fit on a pencil tip — is enough to kill an adult. In Dec 2025, the latest month for which full data is available, over 70,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in US, with authorities saying that “approximately 69% of all overdose deaths involved synthetic opioids, overwhelmingly…
Rampurhat/Kolkata: Police probing the death of former Bengal deputy speaker and Trinamool minister Asish Banerjee are examining whether he faced threats from “unknown quarters” over alleged financial irregularities in the Tarapith Rampurhat Development Authority (TRDA).The probe follows demands for a detailed inquiry into the circumstances surrounding Banerjee’s death, with rebel MP Ritabrata Banerjee urging the…
Mumbai: With nearly 1,500 people inside Aaykar Bhavan on Monday afternoon when a fire broke out in its basement, the presence of floor marshals, staff awareness of emergency exits and a coordinated evacuation helped prevent panic and a possible stampede, ensuring that no injuries were reported, said Mumbai fire brigade officials who were involved in…
New Delhi: Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) has taken cognisance of alleged lapses and misconduct by police personnel while handling the case of a 15-year-old girl rescued at Kashmere Gate after she ran away from her home in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur.In proceedings dated Aug 14, 2026, the commission said it had received…
Chennai: Lotte India, a subsidiary of South Korea’s Lotte Corporation, has clarified that there is no ban on its Choco Pie product following regulatory action by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Durg, Chhattisgarh, over a specific batch of the snack.The company said the independent testing conducted by a third-party NABL-accredited laboratory found that…
