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Khandeshwar cops probe extortion calls to Panvel corporator’s husband

Panvel corporator’s husband gets four calls demanding protection money for ₹75 lakh. The caller said he was part of Deshmukh gang. The police suspect the callers may be copying Deshmukh gang modus

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Updated on Apr 12, 2023 10:23 AM IST

ByRaina Assainar

MP: Man dies by suicide after killing friend, says police; one held

Police said they recovered the chainsaw and six pieces of the victim’s body parts stuffed in a bag and are looking for four other parts

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Updated on Apr 10, 2023 08:57 PM IST

ByShruti Tomar, Monika Pandey

Panchkula: Retd banker clicks on link to update PAN, loses ₹8.27 lakh

The victim, a resident of Sector 16, Panchkula, clicked on the link that took him to the SBI Yono App; when he was asked to share his PAN card details, he got suspicious and immediately closed the app

Acting on his complaint, Panchkula police on Friday registered a case under Sections 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code at the Cyber Crime police station in Sector 12. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Updated on Apr 08, 2023 03:51 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Panchkula

Chandigarh man falls prey to India Post fee scam, loses ₹1 lakh

The victim’s wife got a phone call that they need to pay ₹5 to receive the passport via India Post speed post and shared a link

The victim said after he made the payment through his bank account, the passport was received the same day. But on March 25, <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1.04 lakh were withdrawn from his SBI bank account. (Shutterstock)

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Updated on Apr 07, 2023 01:58 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Bhosari MLA Landge, former corporator Bagwe get death threats, extortion call

According to information, cases against unknown persons were filed in this regard at the Bhosari and Samarth police stations respectively

Landge (left) recently launched the Parivartan Helpline service to provide people with various types of assistance. According to police, on Tuesday evening, an unknown person sent a message to the helpline number. (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Apr 05, 2023 11:44 PM IST

ByShrinivas Deshpande

Centre to issue forex cards for 1.4 lakh Hajj pilgrims

The Ministry of Minority Affairs has taken several initiatives to make Haj 2023 more comfortable, convenient and affordable for Indian Muslims.

Hajj Pilgrimage: Muslim pilgrims pray around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque, in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca. (AFP)(Photo by Christina ASSI / AFP )

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Published on Apr 04, 2023 05:55 AM IST

PTI |

Maharashtra prepares to vaccinate 3.25 crore people in six months

Maharashtra is preparing to administer Covid-19 vaccine shots to 3.25 crore people over three phases in six months, according to officials. However, it is still unclear whether it will be free or not.

The vaccination drive is going to be conducted in a systematic manner with people having to register online and they will be asked to be present at a vaccination camp on a specific date and time, the officials revealed.

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Published on Dec 13, 2020 12:37 AM IST

ByFaisal Malik, Mumbai

Four of family found burnt to death in Punjab’s Faridkot district, suicide note blames Covid lockdown

Police said a three-page suicide note signed by the head of the family, a supervisor at a brick-kiln at Kaler village, blamed hardships faced due to the Covid-19 lockdown for their taking the extreme step

Police said a three-page suicide note signed by the 40-year-old head of the family was recovered from near the bodies and it blamed the hardships faced due to the Covid-19 lockdown as the reason behind their taking the extreme step.(Representational photo)

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Published on Oct 17, 2020 06:30 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByParteek Singh Mahal

Parents’ consent a must for children attending school from Sept 21

Students of classes 9 to 12 can go to school voluntarily for guidance from their teachers, subject to the written consent of their parents/guardians

Latest Union home ministry guidelines permit states and UTs to call 50% of teaching and non-teaching staff for online teaching, tele-counselling and related work from September 21.(HT Photo)

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Published on Sep 11, 2020 10:31 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Humour: From text to text messages, the lost signs of letters

From delayed replies to awkward sign-offs, personal correspondence can be challenging

The struggle to make communication glitch-free continues, even today(Photo Imaging: Parth Garg)

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Updated on Jul 26, 2020 08:00 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByRehana Munir

iPad-generation kids good at reading facial emotions too

In some good news for parents who are worried at their kids spending too much time with screens, researchers report that today’s children are not bad at reading emotions and picking up cues from people’s faces than children who didn’t grow up with tablets and smartphones.

With the ubiquitous use of tablets and other devices today among toddlers as well as parents, the psychologists wanted to know: Have younger children missed the opportunity to understand social cues?(Unsplash)

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Updated on May 09, 2020 06:04 PM IST

Indo Asian News Service | ByIndo Asian News Service| Posted by Kabir Bhandari

Mismanagement to the fore as migrants miss train to Bareilly in Ludhiana

What followed was a war of words between the district administration and the railways, as officials blamed each other for the lapse.

Social distancing goes for a toss as migrant workers swarmed the civil hospital to get themselves medically screened before leaving for their home states in Shramik Special trains in Amritsar on Wednesday.(SAMIR SEHGAL/HT)

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Updated on May 07, 2020 12:36 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByAmarpal Singh, Ludhiana

Easing of lockdown begs the question: Who’s family in Italy?

When Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte said the government would relax some parts of a nationwide lockdown, residents entering an eighth week of home confinement to inhibit the coronavirus dove for their dictionaries.

Under the lockdown, Italians only have been able to leave home for essential jobs or vital tasks such as grocery shopping.(Unsplash)

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Updated on May 03, 2020 11:02 AM IST

Milan | ByPress Trust of India

Missed childhood vaccinations trigger worry

IMR, which is the number deaths per 1,000 live births in the first year of life, is a crude indicator of the overall health of a country.

India is inching closer towards the Sustainable Development Goal of bringing IMR down to 25 or fewer by 2030.(AFP)

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Updated on Apr 29, 2020 12:33 AM IST

BySanchita Sharma

Kirron Kher’s private secy among 3 duped in cyber fraud

Jyoti, a resident of Maloya, alleged that last year in September someone called on her mobile, claiming that he is from the customer care centre in Delhi

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Updated on Feb 21, 2020 01:02 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Scamsters dupe Manimajra man of ₹10 lakh via online transactions

Unidentified accused fraudulently withdrew ₹10 lakh from the account of a Manimajra man on the pretext of updating his Paytm know your customer (KYC) details. The complainant, Vijay Kumar Kak, a resident of Modern Housing Complex (MHC), Manimajra, told the police that the received a text message on his mobile phone on December 23, 2019, informing him that his Paytm KYC had expired and his account will be blocked within 24 hours.

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Published on Feb 07, 2020 01:02 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

65-year-old Panchkula man loses ₹25,000 to online fraud

Fraudsters called Sector 20 resident, offering him help to update his Paytm KYC

On January 16, MS Walia received a text message on his mobile number, stating his Paytm account will be blocked in 24 hours.(HT FILE PHOTO)

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Updated on Feb 07, 2020 02:05 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Panchkula | ByHT Correspondent, Panchkula

18 months on, no sign of state’s school edu policy

The Capt Amarinder Singh-led Congress government is about to complete three years in power, but its new school education policy remains a work in progress. The 12-member committee headed by Punjabi University vice-chancellor Professor BS Ghuman constituted by the state government in June 2018 is still to give the blueprint for the new school education policy.

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Published on Feb 04, 2020 09:56 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByNavneet Sharma, Chandigarh

Chandigarh admn to switch to smart streetlighting system

Bids invited for ₹4.7-cr project which will begin from IT Park on trial basis

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Updated on Nov 03, 2019 07:05 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh

HT Picks: The most interesting books of the week

On the reading list this week are two very different memoirs and a guide to a country that’s both foreign and familiar

This week’s picks feature two memoirs and a guide to a nation.(HT Team)

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Updated on Sep 27, 2019 10:47 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Team

Since Sept 1, virtual courts received 42,503 traffic fine cases

The fines, which also include those for both compoundable and non-compoundable offences, were received by the recently inaugurated virtual courts, where an offender can pay the fine without physically visiting the court.

According to a senior court official, all fines are reaching the court because the Delhi government is yet to decide on compoundable and non-compoundable offences and issue a notification listing offences under both categories.(HT image)

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Updated on Sep 13, 2019 03:32 AM IST

New Delhi | ByRicha Banka

Woman sexually harassed, blackmailed by neighbour

According to the police, the woman, a resident of Farrukhnagar, is a government employee. She alleged that the man, who is married and has a daughter, contacted her about four years ago.

On August 1 this year, the suspect and two of his accomplices allegedly tried to kidnap the victim, police said.(HT image)

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Updated on Aug 19, 2019 10:06 AM IST

Gurugram | ByHT Correspondent

Chinese man gets death for killing wife, hiding body in freezer for over 100 days

Zhu Xiaodong, 30, spent nearly 150,000 yuan (USD 21,800) from his wife Yang Liping’s credit card on travelling with another woman for “trying to forget about the killing”, state-run China Daily reported.

A court in China’s Shanghai on Friday upheld the death sentence given to a man for killing his wife and hiding her body in a deep freezer for over 100 days.

world news

Updated on Jul 05, 2019 11:01 AM IST

Beijing | ByPress Trust of India

Fighting fake news is our collective responsibility

We asked 3000-odd persons in Tier II and Tier III cities across 11 states who they thought should be blamed for misinformation. 39% said it is the people using the technology, 14% blamed the technology platforms,and 46% said both need to share the blame

Can we blame the knife for a murder? Is it then fair to blame social media or messaging platforms alone for the problems of hate messaging, propaganda and misinformation?(Shutterstock)

analysis

Published on Jun 22, 2019 08:58 PM IST

ByOsama Manzar

Delhi court judge falls victim to ‘card cloning’, loses ₹35,000: Police

The fraud comes just days after RM Lodha, the former Chief Justice of India, reported losing ₹1 lakh to an online fraud.

In his complaint to the police, the magistrate quoted the bank executive as telling him that his card had been ‘hacked’. But the DCP said since more number of victims have emerged, it appears to be a case of card cloning.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 05, 2019 07:35 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Congress, BJP go all out in mega publicity drive

The BJP sent out more than 90 million text messages and 110 million audio messages to voters and had its workers place phone calls to nearly 250 million as part of their campaign, according to a party spokesperson on condition of anonymity.

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Updated on May 23, 2019 04:46 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByAmrita Madhukalya

North corp writes to Delhi govt, asks for ₹385 crore first quarter tax dues

The civic body officials said that the money should have come in April. As per the Non-Plan Budget provisions for financial year 2019-2020 allocated by the Delhi government to the north corporation

The monthly salary bill of the north corporation amounts to around <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>300 crore. Its budget deficit is <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>5,200 crore.(Arvind Yadav/HT PHOTO)

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Published on May 18, 2019 07:51 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Quit my job to feed people: Rahul Verma of the Uday Foundation

While grappling with his newborn son’s medical condition, Rahul Verma decided to make a difference to the thousands waiting outside hospitals

Rahul Verma aims to tackle mental health and the well-being of the old after the #Udayfightshunger campaign.

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Published on Apr 22, 2019 02:08 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAditya Dogra, New Delhi

Once-counterculture 420 marijuana holiday goes mainstream

Those in the marijuana marketplace also are ramping up advertising around 420. Much of the marketing about cannabis or related products takes the form of online ads, emails, text messages and social media.

FILE - In this April 3, 2019, file photo, Oswaldo Barrientos picks dead leaves from marijuana plants at the grow facility where he works near downtown Denver. Immigration authorities on Friday, April 19, 2019 said that anyone with any involvement with marijuana, regardless of whether it's legal in the state they live in, can be denied from citizenship because the drug is still outlawed by federal law. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert, File)(AP)

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Updated on Apr 20, 2019 03:42 PM IST

ByAssociated Press, Los Angeles

Student duped on pretext of updating debit card details

A case was registered against the accused person under IPC and IT Act.

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Published on Apr 13, 2019 12:49 AM IST

Gurugram | ByHT Correspondent

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Panvel corporator’s husband gets four calls demanding protection money for ₹75 lakh. The caller said he was part of Deshmukh gang. The police suspect the callers may be copying Deshmukh gang modus

Police said they recovered the chainsaw and six pieces of the victim’s body parts stuffed in a bag and are looking for four other parts

The victim, a resident of Sector 16, Panchkula, clicked on the link that took him to the SBI Yono App; when he was asked to share his PAN card details, he got suspicious and immediately closed the app

The victim’s wife got a phone call that they need to pay ₹5 to receive the passport via India Post speed post and shared a link

According to information, cases against unknown persons were filed in this regard at the Bhosari and Samarth police stations respectively

The Ministry of Minority Affairs has taken several initiatives to make Haj 2023 more comfortable, convenient and affordable for Indian Muslims.

Maharashtra is preparing to administer Covid-19 vaccine shots to 3.25 crore people over three phases in six months, according to officials. However, it is still unclear whether it will be free or not.

Police said a three-page suicide note signed by the head of the family, a supervisor at a brick-kiln at Kaler village, blamed hardships faced due to the Covid-19 lockdown for their taking the extreme step

Students of classes 9 to 12 can go to school voluntarily for guidance from their teachers, subject to the written consent of their parents/guardians

From delayed replies to awkward sign-offs, personal correspondence can be challenging

In some good news for parents who are worried at their kids spending too much time with screens, researchers report that today’s children are not bad at reading emotions and picking up cues from people’s faces than children who didn’t grow up with tablets and smartphones.

What followed was a war of words between the district administration and the railways, as officials blamed each other for the lapse.

When Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte said the government would relax some parts of a nationwide lockdown, residents entering an eighth week of home confinement to inhibit the coronavirus dove for their dictionaries.

IMR, which is the number deaths per 1,000 live births in the first year of life, is a crude indicator of the overall health of a country.

Jyoti, a resident of Maloya, alleged that last year in September someone called on her mobile, claiming that he is from the customer care centre in Delhi

Fraudsters called Sector 20 resident, offering him help to update his Paytm KYC

Bids invited for ₹4.7-cr project which will begin from IT Park on trial basis

On the reading list this week are two very different memoirs and a guide to a country that’s both foreign and familiar

The fines, which also include those for both compoundable and non-compoundable offences, were received by the recently inaugurated virtual courts, where an offender can pay the fine without physically visiting the court.

According to the police, the woman, a resident of Farrukhnagar, is a government employee. She alleged that the man, who is married and has a daughter, contacted her about four years ago.

Zhu Xiaodong, 30, spent nearly 150,000 yuan (USD 21,800) from his wife Yang Liping’s credit card on travelling with another woman for “trying to forget about the killing”, state-run China Daily reported.

We asked 3000-odd persons in Tier II and Tier III cities across 11 states who they thought should be blamed for misinformation. 39% said it is the people using the technology, 14% blamed the technology platforms,and 46% said both need to share the blame

The fraud comes just days after RM Lodha, the former Chief Justice of India, reported losing ₹1 lakh to an online fraud.

The BJP sent out more than 90 million text messages and 110 million audio messages to voters and had its workers place phone calls to nearly 250 million as part of their campaign, according to a party spokesperson on condition of anonymity.

The civic body officials said that the money should have come in April. As per the Non-Plan Budget provisions for financial year 2019-2020 allocated by the Delhi government to the north corporation

While grappling with his newborn son’s medical condition, Rahul Verma decided to make a difference to the thousands waiting outside hospitals

Those in the marijuana marketplace also are ramping up advertising around 420. Much of the marketing about cannabis or related products takes the form of online ads, emails, text messages and social media.

A case was registered against the accused person under IPC and IT Act.

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