Chandigarh, Sep 5 (IANS) The Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Tuesday arrested Dharmendra Sandhu, one of the directors, in connection with Pearls Agrotech Corporation Ltd (PACL Ltd) scam in which five crore investors were defrauded of around Rs 50,000 crore by the company.
Kochi, Sep 5 (IANS) A Kerala youth on Tuesday committed suicide in his house, an hour after stabbing a 19-year-old nursing student and her parents, said police.
Lucknow, Sep 5 (IANS) What began as a seemingly simple domestic dispute has now snowballed into a murky tale that is making its way to police stations and courts.
Mumbai, Sep 5 (IANS) In a bizarre development, a woman on Tuesday called up the Mumbai Police Control Room to inform about a bomb allegedly planted at the posh Napean Sea Road, which later turned out to be a hoax.
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The art of cybercrime often lies in its power to deceive, with scammers constantly evolving tactics to ensnare unsuspecting victims. In a recent case, a philanthropic professional found herself swindled of nearly Rs three lakh in just five hours, in an operation that displayed a higher level of sophistication by cyber thugs.
Kolkata, Sep 5 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday summoned Trinamool Congress MP Nusrat Jahan for questioning on her past association as a director with a shady financial entity which duped senior citizens of several crores of rupees by promising them residential flats at reasonable rates.
Kochi, Sept 4 ( IANS) The Kerala High Court on Monday witnessed high drama as a married man slashed his wrist after he heard his lover expressing her wish to return to her parents.
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 4 (IANS) A couple of days after K. Harshina, the victim in an alleged case of medical negligence at the Government Medical College Hospital (MCH), Kozhikode, called off her sit-in protest, the action council supporting her in her protest, on Monday, demanded a compensation of Rs five million to her.
Kolkata, Sep 4 (IANS) Kolkata Police on Monday said they have arrested a professor accused of sending a threat letter to the registrar of Kolkata’s Jadavpur University (JU), Snehomonju Basu, warning the latter of dire consequences if Saurav Chowdhury, the prime accused in the August 10 ragging-related death of a fresher, was harmed.
Canberra, Sep 3 (IANS) Employers, who deliberately underpay workers, will face jail time and heavy fines under new laws proposed by the Australian government.
