A drunken conversation tipped off Thane Crime Branch detectives to the unprecedented scam targeting unsuspecting Americans from call centres in Thane.
As competition hots up, airlines are doling out freebies to wean away customers.
Sixteen deaths in rain and flood-related incidents have been reported from western Maharashtra in the last seven days, while the toll in Karnataka rose to five since Sunday.
Leading an agitation at the Egmore Railway station in Chennai, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam General Secretary Vaiko and VCK Chief Thol Thirumavalavan, along with several workers including those from the Left parties, blocked an express train.
Komagatu Maru was a Japanese ship that had on board 376 passengers, mostly Sikhs, from India in 1914.
Bids to be evaluated according to guidelines by the civil aviation ministry, following which a buyer will be selected. Transfer of control to the buyer to be effected by June-end.
Businesses have donated nearly $14 billion to cure society's many ills.
American carrier ATA Airlines has named India-born Subodh Karnik as its president and chief executive officer effective from 2007.
Air India on Tuesday announced daily non-stop flights between Mumbai and New York beginning August 1.
There is no denying that the India-US sector is one of the hottest routes for airlines both from India and the United States
The first Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre of India's maiden mission to Mars was on Wednesday carried out successfully by Indian Space Research Organisation scientists on the spacecraft, which is presently travelling some 2.9 million km away from Earth.
Indian allowed Malaysia to a 1-1 draw in women's four-nation Singapore International Hockey Challenge.
In the early hours of Tuesday, 12 Indian Air Force Mirage-2000 fighter jets entered Pakistani airspace and dropped 1,000-kg laser-guided bombs on Jaish-e-Mohammed terror launch pads across the Line of Control.
Stalin, along with cadres of the DMK and other parties, came in a procession in Tiruvarur and was detained in a marriage hall, police said, adding they will be let off later.
Marlyn Dustonwa is suspected to have committed suicide between 9 pm and 10 30 pm on Wednesday.
Takes on UberEats, Swiggy; experts question cash burn.
Britain's special forces have reportedly been given "carte blanche" to launch raids inside IS-held territory and direct airstrikes to kill or capture terrorist leaders who pose a threat to the UK.
Led by a team of scientists of Indian-origin, NASA's Curiosity rover has found new evidence of water on Mars, indicating that the planet most like Earth in the solar system was suitable for microbial life.
Nearly 250 army and paramilitary personnel along with locals were involved in rescue operations, which are likely to stretch for another 24 hours due to heavy rains and breaches on roads.
The firm has started shipping PCs to the neighbouring country and volumes would increase from next month, general manager (sales and marketing, consumer products group), S Rajendran, said.
Pakistan beat archrivals India 4-1 to clinch the four-nation men's Singapore Challenge hockey tournament.
The road will help in transportation of goods and further development of SMEs in North East India
LML Limited recently signed Bollywood heartthrob Shah Rukh Khan as the brand ambassador for its Freedom range of motorcycles.
Broader markets outperformed benchmark indices with BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap up 0.5% and 0.6%.
'I am fighting for my country's land and I am fighting for my people.' 'I am fighting for my country, not against it.'
The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, turned negative from positive
'It is very clear that Air India cannot be managed by the government.' 'Air India should be run as a separate profit entity.'
A Delta II rocket carrying NASA's new Messenger spacecraft took off on Tuesday.
As of now, 1,77,500 people have been housed in over 351 camps, the chief minister said, adding food, and medical amenities were being provided to them by the government.
The mission's findings will help researchers improve their forecasts of space weather events, which have the potential to damage satellites and harm astronauts on orbit, disrupt radio communications and, at their most severe, overwhelm power grids, NASA said.
The AIADMK's Rajya Sabha members will join the DMK-led all-party delegation that will meet the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on June 8 to demand Cauvery water from Karnataka.
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