Operation Octopus: Trapping the tentacles of India’s cyber fraud networkAmidst the alarming increase in cyber scams, the Hyderabad Police have initiated Operation Octopus, a mission aimed at dismantling the enti...
31 May, 2026, 03.28 PM IST
Bengal: Security tightened at 'jhalmuri' stall, which PM visited, after owner gets death threatsSecurity has been increased at a jhalmuri stall in Jhargram. The owner, Bikram Kumar Sau, reported receiving death threats and bomb threats...
23 May, 2026, 05.36 PM IST
Four Chhattisgarh Police personnel detained in Guwahati following bribery allegationsFour Chhattisgarh Police personnel, including an inspector, were detained and questioned in Guwahati following bribery allegations in a cyb...
29 Apr, 2026, 11.06 PM IST
How to spot an investment scam before it spots youIndia's digital investment boom is fueling a surge in cybercrime, with financial fraud leading the charge. Criminals are increasingly using...
29 Apr, 2026, 10.44 AM IST
Mangaluru man gets call about SIM card misuse; one mistake makes him lose Rs 2,07,04,600 in a few weeksA 61-year-old man in Mangaluru was allegedly duped of over Rs 2 crore in a sophisticated digital arrest scam, where fraudsters posing as of...
26 Apr, 2026, 07.39 PM IST
Hyderabad police crackdown on pan-India cyber fraud network, 32 bank officials among 52 heldUnder 'Operation Octopus 2.O', as many as 32 bank officials, 15 mule account holders and five middlemen were apprehended for complicity, Hy...
19 Apr, 2026, 08.12 PM IST
Cybercrimes spike in Karnataka, CM Siddaramaiah pushes for tech-savvy policingKarnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has warned police about increasing cybercrimes and drug-related offences. He stressed the need for st...
02 Apr, 2026, 03.25 PM IST
UP deploys cyber commandos, Yogi Adityanath urges vigilance as state steps up fight against cyber fraudChief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday personally appealed to the people of the state through his ‘Paati’, urging them to remain vigilant...
05 Jan, 2026, 10.04 PM IST
New e-Zero FIR: Govt launches pilot project for swift action against cybercrimes; how it can help youThe initiative, which was launched as a pilot project in Delhi, will automatically convert eligible cybercrime complaints into FIRs and is ...
22 May, 2025, 05.08 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
Modi government committed to deal with cyber crime, says Home Minister Amit Shah"In the last seven years, the work of setting up the infrastructure to deal with cyber crimes in the country has been completed fully up to...
21 Dec, 2021, 11.30 PM IST
Sloppy probes, poor training blamed for low conviction rate in KarnatakaOnly one conviction has been achieved in September 2018, when Shivaprasad Sajjan, a techieturned lawyer, was sentenced to two years’ impris...
04 Mar, 2019, 05.24 PM IST
Bengaluru is India’s cybercrime capitalIn Bengaluru, the high reportage of cases coupled with a lone and understaffed cybercrime police station has led to poor disposal rate of s...
01 Feb, 2019, 07.15 PM IST
Cybercrimes rise in Bengaluru, but not chargesheetsA total of 5,036 cases were filed in 2018, or 13.8 cases per day, as opposed to 2,023 cases in about nine months of 2017.
09 Jan, 2019, 11.29 AM IST
Bengaluru police go high-tech: City to Get Stronger Cybercrime UnitIts remit is restricted to registering complaints of credit and debit card misuse if the fraud amount exceeds Rs 5 lakh and cases of fraudu...
25 Jan, 2017, 12.12 PM IST
Small cybercrime team no match for complaint spikeBengaluru's first exclusive cybercrime police station has not been able to solve not even one of the 26 complaints it has received since it...
20 Jan, 2016, 10.42 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