CHANDIGARH:  Aiming to strengthen awareness and equip professionals with advanced knowledge on cybercrime, a workshop on “Cyber Crime, Investigation, and Law” is being organized by Truth Labs, Nasdeep Foundation and Proud Legal on March 2, 2025 at Law Bhawan Hall, Sector 37, Chandigarh.

DHAKA: The crime rate in Bangladesh is increasing at an alarming rate, according to the police data, which shows that in January, cases of murder, abduction, robbery, burglary, and theft have all seen a spike across the country and have been the worst compared to the last six years.

VADODARA: The Vadodara City Police has launched 'Project Shastra' (Campaign to Prevent Physical Crimes) based on crime data analysis.

RAJKOT: A cybercrime scandal has come to light in Rajkot, where an organised racket was found selling hospital CCTV footage for profit, officials said.

SDYNEY: Australian police have charged three men with alleged links to an Iranian organised crime syndicate over a failed plot to import more than 100 kilogrammes of methamphetamine.

LOS ANGELES: Hollywood heavy-weights Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are joining forces to produce a new film based on an original idea from Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt.

MUMBAI: Bollywood actor Saqib Saleem, who is gearing up for the release of his upcoming streaming show ‘Crime Beat’, found himself being washed over by waves of nostalgia as he visited his native, the national capital during the shooting of the show.

MUMBAI: Kathir and Aishwarya Rajesh-starrer crime thriller series ‘Suzhal - The Vortex’ season 2 is set to stream from February 28.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Amid rising complaints from the public about being duped in a massive fake Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund scam, estimated to exceed Rs 1,000 crore, Kerala State Police Chief (SPC) Sheikh Darvesh Sahib has handed over the investigation to the Crime Branch.

CHANDIGARH: Reiterating the firm commitment of the state government to check crime in the state, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Tuesday said that the Police officers will be held accountable for major crimes taking place in the areas under their jurisdiction.

MUMBAI: Actress Rasika Dugal recently opened up about how her role in the critically acclaimed series "Delhi Crime" has significantly contributed to both her professional and personal evolution over the past seven years.

VIJAYAWADA: Harish Kumar Gupta on Friday assumed office as Andhra Pradesh’s new Director General of Police and declared that controlling cybercrimes and action against organised crime and mafia would be his priorities.

PATNA: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav slammed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the "deteriorating" law and order situation in the state, and questioned his "inaction and silence" on the increasing crime rate.

MELBOURNE: The victim of a fatal shooting in Melbourne's northern suburbs on Tuesday morning has been identified as an Australian underworld figure known as "The Punisher."

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi has approved two landmark bills aimed at imposing stricter punishments for crimes against women and children. The Bills -- Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women (Amendment) Bill, 2025 and the Criminal Laws (Tamil Nadu) amendments Bill 2025 -- will now be sent to the President for final approval.

MUMBAI: The Mumbai Police have recovered a piece of cloth from actor Safi Ali Khan's apartment which belongs to accused Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad, the Bangladeshi national arrested in the attack case.

MUMBAI: The Mumbai Police on Tuesday took the accused, Mohammad Shariful Islam Shehzad, to Saif Ali Khan's house to recreate the crime scene.

BENGALURU: Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara said on Thursday that crime against women cannot be stopped with mere police action and suggested that people need to change to check the social evil.

MUMBAI: Actor Riya Deepsi, who will be seen in “Swipe Crime”, said that her character in the series is practical, studious, and focused on her life.

PHAGWARA: In a major crackdown on street crime, the Kapurthala Police, headed by Senior Superintendent of the Police Gaurav Toora, has launched a rigorous campaign to curb thefts and other criminal activities across the district. While giving the details SSP Toora told This Correspondent here on Thursday that over the past week, the police successfully busted multiple theft rackets, arresting 11 suspects and taking decisive steps to dismantle organized street crime networks.

GUWAHATI: All Assam Students Union (AASU) advisor Samujjal Bhattacharya has alleged that the cybercrime awareness caller tune has been “butchering” Assamese pronunciation.

PHAGWARA: In a series of successful operations, the Jalandhar Rural Police have achieved significant breakthroughs by arresting drug smugglers and busting a highway robbery gang in Phillaur area within a span of two days.

BHUHBANESWAR: The Commissionerate Police witnessed a significant rise in the reporting of cybercrime-related incidents in 2024. The information was revealed by the Commissionerate police in the annual crime statistics-2024 shared with media persons here on Wednesday.

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu BJP spokesperson and senior party leader A.N.S. Prasad has called for appointing a dedicated home minister to curtail the rising crimes in the state.

KOLKATA: A report submitted by the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has created doubts over the “scene of the crime” in the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata in August.

ISLAMABAD: The United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and several other Gulf countries have imposed an indefinite ban on granting visas to people from at least 30 different cities of Pakistan, following an alarming rise in number of cases where Pakistani nationals have been caught begging or being involved in smuggling, drug trafficking, human trafficking and other criminal offences abroad.

MUMBAI: Actor Sanyam Sharma has opened up about the challenges he faced while portraying the character of Vicky Bhaiyya in the series “Swipe Crime.”

MUMBAI: Actor Hardik Thakkar said that it was the name “Swipe Crime” that caught his attention that made him join the show.

PATNA: The Bihar Police which comes under the Home Department on Friday claimed a decline in crime rates across the state for 2024.

SYDNEY: A Sydney police task force targeting organised crime syndicates has arrested 33 people and seized drugs worth millions of US dollars.

MUMBAI: Actor Faisal Malik, who is known for his role of Prahladcha in the fan favourite series ‘Panchayat’, will be next seen essaying the role of a professor in the upcoming streaming series ‘Swipe Crime’.

BHOPAL: Senior BJP leader and former Madhya Pradesh cabinet minister Bhupendra Singh cornered his government over the rising crimes against female students in the state and asked the government to address the issue on priority during the Assembly winter session which began on Monday.

THRIUVANANTHAPURAM: Days after the alleged leak of question papers for the second-term Christmas examinations in Kerala's state-run schools, the government on Monday announced a Crime Branch probe into the matter.

NEW DELHI: Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday questioned the ‘silence’ of Union Home Minister Amit Shah over spurt in incidents of crimes in the national Capital, stating that the onus for security of Delhiites lies with him.

NEW DELHI: Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, Vijender Gupta, has criticised the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government for failing to curb criminal activities and drug trade in the national capital during a discussion on the city's law and order situation in the Assembly session.

LONDON: The English Premier League has welcomed the 'Online Safety Bill', which it hopes will receive strong support from MPs during this week's Second Reading in the House of Commons, so that online abuse -- a serious issue in football -- can be curbed.

NEW DELHI: The case of communal clashes in northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri will be investigated by the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police, an official said here on Monday.

NEW DELHI: Apple Maps and Weathers apps are now showing Crimea as part of Ukraine for users outside of Russia, the media reported.

CHANDIGARH:Cyber Crime Wing of the Punjab Police on Wednesday arrested an accused involved in circulating the sexually explicit morphed images of the faculty members of a reputed Private University in Punjab by using hi-Tech hacking Tools.

MUMBAI: The trailer of the upcoming crime-action-comedy 'Bachchhan Paandey', which released on Friday, gives a glimpse of strong performances, experimental spaghetti background score and sleek action.

GURUGRAM:Kala Ramachandran, a 1994-batch IPS officer, on Tuesday took charge as the first woman police commissioner of Gurugram.
The focus areas of the newly-appointed police chief are traffic management, curbing cybercrime, vehicle theft and burglaries.

NEW DELHI: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has raised concerns over the rising number of cyber crimes in the country in its latest report submitted on February 10 in Parliament.

NEW DELHI:The ED has claimed in its document accessed by IANS that Bhupinder Singh Honey, the nephew of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, allegedly used to take money from officials in lieu of their choice of transfer and posting.

 LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) is all set to establish a state-of-the-art centre in Noida aimed at successfully facing cybercrime challenges and tackle drone sabotage operations.

NEW DELHI: The government said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that there has been a substantial decrease in hinterland and cyber crimes in the country and adequate infrastructure has recently been provided to the national anti-terror probe agency National Investigation Agency (NIA).

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana on Sunday said that of all the people arrested for various crimes every year in the national capital, 85 per cent are first-time offenders.

JAIPUR: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's OSD Lokesh Sharma has been interrogated for about two and a half hours by the Delhi Crime Branch in the famous case of phone tapping.

WELLINGTON: A major operation against organised crime by the New Zealand police has resulted in the seizure of more than 50 kg of cocaine and NZ$300,000 ($211,389) in cash, cocaine, and cryptocurrency wallets, while nine people were arrested, Police Minister Poto Williams said on Thursday.

ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu said on Wednesday that cybercrime is an emerging field of crime, which is beginning to take dangerous proportions, especially in a tribal state like Arunachal.

MUMBAI: The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) has not only helped to broaden the scope of financial inclusion providing banking services to the remotest corner of the country, but it has also enabled an environment that has reduced the incidence of crime.

LUCKNOW:  Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav said that Uttar Pradesh has topped the "ease of committing crime" graph.

LAKHIMPUR: The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, on Thursday, recreated the crime scene in the presence of four accused, including Union Minister's son Ashish Mishra and his friend Ankit Das, gunman Latif and driver Shekhar Bharti.

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana on Sunday visited the Rohini court which on Friday saw the dramatic killing of top gangster Jitender Singh Mann, alias Gogi, by two members of a rival gang, before they were, in their turn, shot dead by police.

NEW DELHI: In a bid to tackle the rising menace of organised crime in the national capital, the Delhi Police is going to have a meeting with security agencies of union territories (UTs) and various states of the northern region in October, a senior police official said here on Sunday.

SAN FRANCISCO:  San Francisco Mayor London Breed has announced details from San Francisco's Organized Retail Crime Initiative, a new initiative led by the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) in partnership with local retailers and regional law enforcement agencies.

TOKYO: Japanese Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa said on Tuesday that the country is considering the introduction of a tougher jail sentence as part of penalties for cyber crimes.

CHANDIGARH:  Liberal incumbent MP, Sonia Sidhu, who is re-contesting from Canada's Brampton South, on Thursday condemned a hate crime against a 23-year-old Sikh man, saying they must continue their fight to eradicate it.

CHANDIGARH/SANGRUR:  Alarmed by steep rise in cases involving petty crimes in the district, the Sangrur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP)-led investigation on Monday busted a well organised racket engaged in inflicting fake injuries on the supposed victims to mislead police and attract harsher penal provisions against the accused.

WASHINGTON: A recent Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) report has revealed that hate crimes in the US have increased to the highest level in 12 years, triggered largely by a surge in assaults on Black and Asian Americans.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a plea by self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, who sought suspension of his sentence, in the rape case of a minor girl, to avail ayurvedic treatment.

PATNA: Bihar's opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal on Wednesday accused the NDA government, led by Nitish Kumar, of retaining power in the state for the last 16 yearsby misleading people on the crime situation.

NEW DELHI: Taliban forces that have taken control of districts in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province have detained hundreds of residents whom they accuse of association with the government.

MUMBAI: Businessman Raj Kundra and his IT head Ryan Thorpe will remain in police custody till July 27, a magistrate ruled here on Friday.
The day was also marked by much drama at the Juhu residence of Kundra and his wife, actress and businesswoman Shilpa Shetty, after Crime Branch sleuths came calling.

CANBERRA: A report published by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) on Tuesday said citizens were losing billions of dollars every year to cyber crime.
The report put the total economic cost of cyber crime at A$3.5 billion ($2 billion) per year, including A$1.9 billion ($1 billion) lost by individual victims. reports Xinhua news agency.

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has launched a new crime prevention strategy amid soaring gun violence across the country, focusing on illegal sale of firearms, law-breaking dealers and better community support.

CHANDIGARH: If begging is a common crime, it also is the least punishable. Laws do exist in this regard but these laws often get flouted with impunity and the beggary has now criminalized. One can spot beggars in almost every nook and cranny despite several government drives to eliminate begging.

Bollywood and television shows are often blamed for inspiring real-life crimes. But actor Anup Soni, who has for long been anchoring the reality-based "Crime Patrol" TV show, says it is "stupid" on an individual's part to be influenced by reel drama.

BJP cadre disappointed by role of state and national leaders
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CHANDIGARH: The BJP cadres in Punjab including the district unit of party feel disappointed by the role of  state and national party leaders on key issues effecting the common people and normal life in Punjab.

NEW DELHI:The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed High Courts and the state governments to amend the existing procedures as it framed detailed draft rules to streamline investigation and expedite trials in criminal cases.

NEW YORK: The New York Police Department (NYPD) will begin using undercover officers as decoys in an attempt to combat a rise in hate crimes targeting Asian-Americans in New York City, according to media reports.

LUCKNOW: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati has targeted the Yogi Adityanath government of Uttar Pradesh over increasing crime against women.

PHAGWARA:The Department of Government and Public Administration at LPU organised an important webinar on ‘Cyber Crime in India and its Socio-economic Consequences’. Renowned academician and columnist from Logistics Division, Ministry of Commerce & Industry (Government of India) Dr Sameer Shekhar was the resource person.

MUMBAI: There is only one difference between us and the world of crime, which is of possible and impossible. What we think is impossible is invariably possible in the world of crime. And when we come across stories of impossible crimes, it often makes us think, how can this even happen? Presenting extraordinary tales of impossible crimes which challenge your imagination and leave you speechless, is &TV's latest show, 'Mauka-E-Vardaat', a riveting weekday crime series. 

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that law enforcement forces have prevented 72 terrorist crimes in the country in 2020, up from 57 a year earlier.

CHANDIGARH: To ensure the safe and secure cyber world, the Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Dinkar Gupta on Wednesday, announced slew of measures including recruitment of around 200 cyber crime and digital forensic experts and setting-up of Cyber Crime Units in all the districts to deal with rising cybercrimes.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government has decided to amend the Prison Act 1894 to strengthen security across the state’s prison and curb criminal acts by inmates through more stringent punishment for major offences like rioting, escape from prison, and other violations of prison discipline and rules.

Beijing: China's top procuratorate has pledged intensified crackdowns on crimes related to Covid-19 vaccines, following the emergence of cases including sales of counterfeit vaccines.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police Crime Branch, probing the Red Fort violence on Republic Day, took the arrested accused Deep Sidhu and Ikbal Singh to Red Fort on Saturday to recreate the crime scene.

NEW DELHI: Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management organized an awareness webinar on Cyberlaw and Cybercrime against women in collaboration with National Commission for Women (NCW), Delhi. The webinar aims to create awareness about Cyber Crimes and cyber laws issues in India. In the current digital time, cybercrime has increased drastically against women. The webinar was a culmination of the idea to make every woman know the basics of Cyberlaw and her rights to complain against the mishappenings under different sections of law.

AMARAVATI: In the run up to the forthcoming rural local body polls in Andhra Pradesh, the state police are busy seizing liquor and destroying arrack production facilities after deferring the administration of coronavirus vaccine jab on police personnel.

CHANDIGARH: In a major breakthrough, the Cyber Crime cell of the Punjab Police on Tuesday, arrested six hackers from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh for hacking the Facebook account of the Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Punjab Suresh Kumar.

PATNA:Taking a dig at the Nitish Kumar-led government in Bihar, state Congress MLC Prem Chandra Mishra said on Thursday that the surging crime rates in the state shows the failure of the ruling dispensation.

MUMBAI:Actress Shefali Shah is ecstatic over her web series Delhi Crime winning the Best Drama Series award at the 48th International Emmy Awards, and says the honour is like a cherry on the sundae.

MUMBAI:Indo-Canadian filmmaker Richie Mehta is humbled by the International Emmy win for his web series, Delhi Crime, and says it is the culmination of years of work by hundreds of people.

JALANDHAR: In a major success, the commissionerate Police on Saturday solved a murder case within a few hours of the incident by arresting the accused along with the hammer, a crime weapon used in the crime.

LUCKNOW:Samajwadi Party Chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday mounted a blistering attack on the Yogi Adityanath government over the rise of crime against women.

CHANDIGARH: If begging is a common crime, it also is the least punishable. Laws do exist in this regard but these laws often get flouted with impunity and the beggary has now criminalized. One can spot beggars in almost every nook and cranny despite several government drives to eliminate begging.

NEW DELHI:The Supreme Court on Monday asked Attorney General KK Venugopal and other lawyers to recommend ways to improve gender sensitivity and the kind of bail conditions that need to be set while giving bail to those accused of sexual crimes.

MATHURA(Uttar Pradesh):In a shocking incident, a 17-year-old killed his father in a fit of rage and took cues from TV serial 'Crime Patrol' to destroy the evidence.

CHENNAI:The Cyber Crime Wing of Chennai police has registered a case against the retired High Court Justice C.S. Karnan, said his lawyer.

NEW DELHI:The Delhi High Court has recently ordered that there shall be no further extension of the interim bails granted to the 2,318 undertrial prisoners who were involved in heinous crimes.

HYDERABAD:Telangana's Home Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali on Wednesday said that Telangana has lower crime rate than other states of the country.

MUMBAI:Alarmed by cases of rapes and molestations reported at Covid-19 centres in Maharashtra, the National Council for Women on Tuesday asked the state government to ensure that standard operating procedures are strengthened to prevent such crimes.

NEW DELHI:The Delhi High Court was informed by the jail authorities on Tuesday that 2,318 prisoners involved in heinous crimes are out on interim bail.
It was submitted before the Court that 2,907 prisoners involved in minor crimes have also been granted interim bail.

KABUL: At least 14 people have been killed and 10 others injured in crime and security-related incidents in Kabul over the last 10 days, according to a survey by an Afghan news outlet.

JAIPUR:A total of 37 dignitaries including vice chancellors, former IAS, IPS and Army officers, income tax commissioners and many chairpersons of various commissions have submitted a memorandum to Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra demanding his intervention in checking the sudden spurt in kidnapping, rape and gang rape cases in the state.

NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW:Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday criticised Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the rising crime graph in the state.

NEW DELHI:Taking cognizance of recent crimes against women in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras and other states, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued an advisory to all states and Union Territories (UTs) directing them for "mandatory" police action in such cases with compulsory registration of First Information Report (FIR).

NEW DELHI:Taking cognizance of recent crimes against women in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras and other states, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued an advisory to all states and Union Territories (UTs) directing them for "mandatory" police action in such cases with compulsory registration of First Information Report (FIR).

NEW DELHI:  The web series Delhi Crime has been nominated for International Emmy Awards 2020 and actress Rasika Dugal, who features in the hit show, feels it has won recognition by striking balance between being interesting and sensitive.

CHANDIGARH : The DITAC of Punjab Police State Cyber Crime Cell has warned the citizens not to click on a URL message being circulated via instant messaging services like SMS or WhatsApp which depicts the free Covid relief package of Rs. 2,000 given by the Government to each citizen.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Police is set to move the Punjab and Haryana High Court for cancelation of the anticipatory bail granted in an Arms Act case to controversial singer Sidhu Moosewala, against whom the Crime Branch booked another case on charges of promoting violence and gun culture with his latest song “Sanju”, released on the social media a couple of days ago.

GHAZIABAD:The prime accused in the murder of a 19-year-old nursing student has been arrested by Ghaziabad Police on Monday. The prime accused, Sheru Khan (22), had gone into hiding after the incident. He was caught while changing his location of hiding, police said. "He was moving from Harsh Vihar to Panchsheel Colony when we arrested him," Kalanidhi Naithani, SSP Ghaziabad, told IANS. The police have also arrested Sherus brother Rizwan and brother in law Imran for providing shelter to the prime accused.