A 39-year-old software engineer became a victim to a "digital arrest" scam and lost Rs 11.8 crore when fraudsters impersonating police officials claimed that his Aadhaar card was being misused to......
The Central Bureau of Investigation, police, customs, the Enforcement Directorate or judges do not arrest people through video calls, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) said in a......
Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and a few other South East Asian countries have become a hub of transnational organised gangs which are increasingly carrying out cyber crimes like financial frauds, digital......
A woman lawyer in Bengaluru fell prey to cyber criminals and during 'video arrest' for two days she not only lost money to the tune of Rs 14.57 lakh but also posed nude on camera for them, police......
The Madras high court has perhaps for the first time taken recourse to video chat site facility Skype to hear an urgent petition seeking protection for a marriage at a church in Ramanathapuram......
UPI-related frauds have accounted for a cumulative loss of Rs 2,145 crore across 2.7 million reported incidents. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com With incidents of online frauds,......
Tech and startup industry bodies have again pushed back against calls by telecom operators to bring over-the-top (OTT) services under a licensing regime similar to telcos, and open them up to......
I've just signed off from a video call. I am on Skype on my iPad in Gurgaon, my friend on his iPhone in Boston. Most of our chat was about what would happen to the Estonia-born, Luxembourg-based,......
BlackBerry users had a clear disadvantage when they discussed apps with other smartphone users. No, it had nothing to do with the number of apps available on their respective app stores. Rather,......
Instant messaging application Viber on Tuesday took on popular internet calling application Skype with Viber Out, which offers calling over Internet at much cheaper rates. “Not only is our......
Four Years Later shines in various moments that instantly resonate with you, thanks to Shahana Goswami, observes Divya Nair. We all can agree that love can get complicated, maybe even......
Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting. Abhishek Bachchan, who is currently shooting for Umesh Shukla's upcoming film Mere Apne in Bangkok, celebrated Karva Chauth with his......
Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone will soon be going on a multi-city tour to promote their upcoming release, Bajirao Mastani. However, their spunky co-star Priyanka Chopra won't be joining......
'Jeetenge Hum is a thank you to the frontline workers and to show our country how beautiful it is.' Singing sensation Dhvani Bhanushali has released a new music video, Jeetenge Hum. The Dilbar......
Last Wednesday I took a 24-hour trip to Washington, DC. The next day I was a guest on Al Jazeera’s talk show The Stream and they wanted me to be in the city the night before. The show......
'You are an instrument at the hands of one man with one ambition -- to resurrect the Soviet Union... For ambitions of one man, we are paying a very high price.' IMAGE: The boxing brothers,......
IMAGE: Sourav Ganguly at the BCCI Headquarters in Mumbai. Photograph: ANI/Twitter The naming of India’s new coach deferred with the Board of Control for Cricket in India's Cricket Advisory......
IMAGE: The 49-year-old Jonty Rhodes was the fielding coach of Indian Premier League side Mumbai Indians for a long time before parting ways with the franchise.. Photograph: BCCI The high-profile......
'There are some genuine difficulties which our cricketers face. We may not agree to certain things but certain things we have to agree.' IMAGE: Committee of Administrators (CoA) member Diana......
IMAGE: BCCI acting president C K Khanna, IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla and BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary. Photograph: BCCI The three-member probe panel has summoned acting the Board of......