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In recent years India has witnessed a sharp increase in the number of cybercrime cases. Cybercriminals find innovative ways to scam people out of their hard-earned money. However, in an unexpected turn of events in Kerala, a scammer posing as a police officer received the shock of his life when his victim turned out to be a real cop. The Thrissur City Police shared a video of the entire conversation on social media with a dash of humour. “The tiger who caught the tiger,” the department wrote while sharing the clip on Instagram.  The video opens to show the scammer, dressed in a police uniform, introducing himself as an officer from Mumbai. At first, the… Read More »Scammer Pretending To Be Police Officer Calls Real Cop, This Happens Next

Jagdish Singh Patani, retired deputy SP and father of actor Disha Patani, was allegedly defrauded of Rs 25 lakh by a group of five individuals who promised him a high-ranking position in a government commission, police here said on Friday. An FIR was registered at Bareilly Kotwali police station on Friday evening. Kotwali police station in-charge D K Sharma said, “A case has been registered against Shivendra Pratap Singh, Diwakar Garg, Acharya Jayaprakash from Juna Akhara, Preeti Garg, and one unidentified person for cheating, criminal intimidation, and extortion.” “Efforts are underway to arrest the accused and take strict action,” Sharma added. Jagdish Patani, a resident of Bareilly’s Civil Lines area, alleged that Shivendra Pratap Singh,… Read More »Actor Disha Patani’s Father Duped Of Rs 25 Lakh; Case Filed

President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that 27-year-old campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt will serve as his White House press secretary. Leavitt “is smart, tough, and has proven to be a highly effective communicator. I have the utmost confidence she will excel at the podium, and help deliver our message to the American People,” Trump said in a statement. Leavitt will become one of the youngest people to take the key position, acting as the face of the White House and fielding questions from the media.  She acted as national press secretary for Trump during his campaign, giving birth in July to her first child ahead of the election, she told a Fox News podcast posted online… Read More »Trump Names Karoline Leavitt, 27, As White House Press Secretary

Scary footage has emerged from a Miami-bound Scandinavian Airlines flight that had to make a U-turn on Thursday (Nov 14) and return to Europe after encountering severe turbulence over Greenland. The video clip going viral on social media shows passengers screaming as the plane violently shakes, ejecting the fliers from their seats. Food and carry-on bags could also be seen lining the aisles before the pilots took the call to return to a base in Copenhagen with 254 passengers and crew members onboard. “Look at her feet touching the [ceiling]!” one passenger wrote alongside a clip that has gone viral on social media. “Thought we would die.” The flight had taken off from Stockholm around 12:55… Read More »Watch: Passengers Fly Off Their Seats As Miami-Bound Flight Faces Severe Turbulence

As part of an ongoing initiative to repatriate stolen art from countries across South and Southeast Asia, the United States on Wednesday announced that it has returned more than 1,400 looted artefacts worth $10 million to India. According to CNN, the recovered trafficked goods include items that were recently on view at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Among them is a sandstone sculpture of a celestial dancer that was smuggled from central India to London, before being illegally sold to one of the Met’s patrons and donated to the museum.  In a press release, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said that the reparations resulted from “several ongoing investigations” into looting networks, including those operated… Read More »US Returns Over 1,400 Looted Artefacts Worth $10 Million To India