Jealous boyfriend turns cyber villain: How a petty feud over a girl dragged Delhi & Bengaluru police into terror panicA personal grudge between two young men escalated into a national security alarm, involving the Delhi and Bengaluru Police Commissioners. A...
10 Dec, 2025, 12.15 PM IST
ET Graphics: Bengaluru is cybercrime hub with 50%+ big city casesCybercrime in India’s major metros has risen sharply, showing both concentration and divergence, according to the National Crime Records Bu...
10 Oct, 2025, 05.37 PM IST
Karnataka 'naxal-free', anti-naxal force to be disbanded: CM SiddaramaiahKarnataka's Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced the disbanding of the Anti-Naxal Force as the state is now naxal-free. He allocated resou...
07 Mar, 2025, 02.39 PM IST
Hotlines meant for cyber crimes not going through in BengaluruThe cybercrime hotlines in Bengaluru are often found switched off or unanswered. This affects the reporting of cybercrimes despite the city...
24 Dec, 2024, 09.54 AM IST
Bengaluru Police bust Rs 854 crore cyber investment fraud, arrest six peopleThe Bengaluru Police have arrested six individuals in connection with a Rs 854 crore cyber fraud scam. The accused allegedly cheated thousa...
30 Sep, 2023, 03.02 PM IST
Cash, crime & the city: The growing challenge of economic crimes in India's Tier-II cities and how to deal with itWhile Delhi and Mumbai log the highest number of economic offences, the recent crime data show that cities such as Jaipur, Lucknow & Patna ...
03 Oct, 2021, 03.18 PM IST
Crimes too went digital in the pandemic, up 12%Uttar Pradesh pipped Karnataka to emerge as the state with the highest number of cybercrimes reported in 2020 - constituting over a fifth o...
29 Sep, 2021, 02.41 PM IST
Man held for creating fake Facebook page in the name of Bengaluru policeAccording to police, he is a resident of Malleswaram in the city and had created the page recently.
26 Aug, 2020, 03.01 PM IST
Praveen Sood appointed as chief of Karnataka policeAn alumnus of IIT Delhi, Sood has previously served as the commissioner of police, Bengaluru.
31 Jan, 2020, 09.02 PM IST
In cyber crime capital, there’s a lone plaint stopEight new police stations for cyber crime, economic offences and narcotics (CEN stations) were announced in December 2018 to handle the gro...
03 Jul, 2019, 11.58 AM IST
Cyber criminals hide in the ‘dark web’ to remain anonymousThe most significant feature of this world is that the identity of its users is hidden and cannot be tracked
02 May, 2019, 10.59 AM IST
Karnataka CM's office moves Police against fake twitter accountAccording to the complaint lodged with the cyber crime cell, some miscreants first opened a fake twitter account @CMofKarnataka, and posted...
29 Dec, 2016, 03.58 PM IST
Business rivals commit most cyber crimesFrom just 3% in 2014, the number of business competitors committing cyber crimes has seen a massive jump to 20% in 2015.
05 Sep, 2016, 11.17 AM IST
Bengaluru to get cyber crime police station in a weekCitizens can directly approach the station if they have a complaint related to a cyber crime incident.The new station will be opened in a w...
16 Sep, 2015, 09.57 AM IST
India's tech capital Bengaluru has no cyber crime police stationPolice has infrastructure for cyber-crime station ready in new commissioner's building but has no officials to handle cases.
05 Mar, 2015, 10.57 AM IST
NLSIU wants cyber security lessons in schools, collegesThe recommendation is part of the law school's 9-point guideline submitted to the Ministry of Information Technology in Jan to beef up cybe...
29 Jan, 2015, 12.37 PM IST
Need to work out modalities to increase cyber reportingWith India being one of the most vulnerable countries to cyber crimes & hacking activities, there was need to work out modalities to increa...
18 Dec, 2013, 02.03 PM IST