Digital arrests, fake QR codes, deepfakes and more: 6 devastating financial scams robbing innocent victims and how to fight backIndia's digital boom is fueling a sophisticated criminal ecosystem, with cybercrime surging by 890% to over Rs 22,845 crore in 2024 from 20...
31 Dec, 2025, 10.13 AM IST
Crime against women highest in Delhi; 13,366 cases in 2023: NCRB data showsDelhi led metropolitan cities in crimes against women during 2023. The capital recorded the most dowry deaths and rape cases. Overall cases...
30 Sep, 2025, 07.47 PM IST
Dip in murders; cybercrimes, crimes against STs spiked: NCRB 2023India recorded a 2.8% decrease in murders in 2023, but new NCRB data reveals a concerning 28.8% surge in crimes against Scheduled Tribes. C...
30 Sep, 2025, 10.57 AM IST
Kidnapped father of crypto-millionaire freed in French police raidFrench police mounted a weekend raid to free a man who had been kidnapped in Paris to force his crypto-millionaire son to pay a ransom, pro...
04 May, 2025, 05.38 PM IST
Thailand mandates Digital Arrival Card for all foreign visitors starting May 1Thailand will implement a mandatory digital arrival card for all foreign visitors starting May 1st to combat human trafficking and cybercri...
28 Apr, 2025, 12.20 PM IST
Kidnapped by 'friends': How a gang used social media to trap victims and extort lakhsIn Jaipur's Pratap Nagar, four gang members were arrested for kidnapping and extortion via a social networking app. They lured a young man,...
21 Mar, 2025, 11.34 AM IST
Maharashtra opens Rs 800 crore centre to fight cybercrimeThe Rs 800 crore facility, located in Navi Mumbai, will house over 150 experts to protect the state's residents. The center will leverage a...
12 Oct, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
The man who escaped the scam rings of CambodiaThousands of workers are trafficked to Southeast Asia to commit cyber fraud on their fellow citizens over social media. Ex-serviceman Botch...
02 Jun, 2024, 12.31 AM IST
Nearly 2 women targeted by criminals every hour in Delhi in 2022: NCRBThe cases included the sensational murder of Shradha Walkar whose live-in partner, Aaftab Amin Poonawala, allegedly strangled her on May 18...
04 Dec, 2023, 10.08 PM IST
Overall crime in Mumbai rose by 9 % in 2022 but detection rate fell by 14%: PolicePost the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of cases of thefts swelled three-fold to 14,818 the previous year compared to 4,534 such cases regis...
18 Jan, 2023, 06.16 PM IST
Crime rate plunges amid Covid lockdown, cybercrime goes upWhile overall crime seems to have fallen during the lockdown, cybercrimes are going up in some states.
02 May, 2020, 11.49 PM IST
In online clean-up, Home Ministry gets sites to take off 71 videosA list of 500 key words used in searching such videos was compiled and shared with Internet service providers such as Google, Yahoo, Facebo...
29 Oct, 2019, 07.16 AM IST
Cybercrime is the sexiest risk in the corporate world right now: Bertrand MonnetThe most obvious risks — the sexiest risk — right now are the ones generated by cybercrimes, says Bertrand Monnet, an associate professor a...
05 May, 2018, 11.15 PM IST
Shahrukh Khan is Ambassador of Interpol's 'Turn Back Crime' campaignThe 'Turn Back Crime' campaign is aimed at raising public awareness that organised crime is often involved in seemingly unrelated crimes.
28 Aug, 2014, 12.13 PM IST