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A shade of OLO, e-waste wisdom, and Airtel’s silent recalibration
For years, we were told by tech companies that the traditional hard disk drive (HDDs) were slow and therefore obsolete.
Published on Apr 24, 2025 07:00 AM IST
Nigerian national named in 2019 drug trafficking case discharged by Goa court
Lucky was given the SIM card by the Nigerian high commission in his capacity as president of the All India Nigerian Students and Community Association
Updated on Apr 08, 2025 07:33 PM IST
Gerard de Souza
Thane: Loan recovery agents arrested for harassing film director’s wife
The wife of a film director residing in Thane received persistent calls from a call center attempting to recover a loan belonging to a former resident of their building who had left the place around 10 years ago
Updated on Jul 10, 2024 09:20 AM IST
Now, wait for 7 days to port after replacing SIM
The Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability (Ninth Amendment) Regulations, 2024, aim to prevent fraudsters from porting to new service providers under new names
Updated on Jul 01, 2024 05:16 AM IST
Mobile number porting after SIM swap to take 7 days to crack down SIM swap scams
Mobile number porting will now happen only 7 days after a SIM card swap to improve user convenience while also keeping SIM swap scams at bay.
Published on Jun 29, 2024 03:34 PM IST
HT News Desk | Edited by Abhyjith K. Ashokan
Sim-swap fraud: Retd PWD official loses ₹3.6 lakh, 1 arrested
Complainant Ram Dhani of Maloya told police that he had retired from PWD, Chandigarh and he did not get his pension in the bank account so he took the help of the accused, as he used to buy grocery items from his shop
Updated on Dec 21, 2023 09:02 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Centre makes police verification mandatory for SIM card dealers
Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, the government detected and deactivated 52 lakh connections which were fraudulently obtained.
Updated on Aug 17, 2023 03:54 PM IST
HT News Desk | Edited by Aryan Prakash
Man tries ‘to fix’ cousin with terror hoax call, arrested
A man in Ahmednagar has been arrested for making a hoax call to Mumbai police control room, claiming that three Pakistani terrorists had landed in the city via Dubai. The man made the call to "fix" his cousin over a property dispute, according to police.
Updated on Apr 15, 2023 12:25 AM IST
Manish K Pathak
Delhi woman suspect in murder left a ‘nice man’ note on victim’s bed
The officers said the woman had checked in with the victim but left with his cash, jewellery and other belongings, after he fell unconscious in the room
Updated on Apr 08, 2023 04:52 AM IST
Yerawada police launch probe after mobile phone was found in jail toilet
Mobile phone was found during an inspection of the toilets in circle number one and barrack number three by jail officers
Updated on Apr 04, 2023 11:33 PM IST
Nadeem Inamdar
New tech boosting recovery of stolen phones
As per an RTI, in 2019, out of 43,397 mobile handsets that were reported stolen or lost in the city, only 2,088 phones were recovered. In 2020, 39,819 phones were reported missing or stolen, out of which, 1,916 were recovered. Similarly, in 2021, out of 51,030 missing phones, only 3,230 was recovered.
Updated on Apr 03, 2023 12:47 AM IST
Vinay Dalvi
2 men who helped Amritpal escape detained, say police
The developments came days after the Waris Punjab De chief was spottedby a police party of Counter Intelligence Wingin Hoshiarpur on Tuesday evening.
Updated on Mar 31, 2023 11:58 PM IST
Ravinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh
Check all SIM cards issued under a single Aadhaar: All you need to know
The Department of Telecom (DoT) recently launched a portal called Telecom Analytics for Fraud Management and Consumer Protection (TAFCOP).
Published on Aug 26, 2021 04:09 PM IST
hindustantimes.com, New Delhi