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Hyderabad: The Cyberabad police’s Jagruthi Kalabrundam conducted an awareness programme at Rajiv Gruhakalpa Colony in Jagadgirigutta here on Friday. The Kalabrundam team through their performances sought to create awareness among the residents, particularly youngsters and students, on the negative effects of social media, laws, social evils, the role of students, She Teams, drug abuse, cybercrime, […]

TS DGP said the police had successfully foiled the desperate attempts by Maoists to regain a foothold in the State, besides ensuring that all the festivals passed off peacefully

Hyderabad: Cybercrime is one area where cases are increasing exponentially every year. In the Cyberabad Police limits, while 293 cases were reported in 2018, 477 were reported in 2019 and 1,119 in 2020. Of the cases reported this year, 75 cases were detected with a mere seven per cent detection rate. “The number of cybercrime […]

There was a decrease of 22.7% in fatal road accidents and a drop of 18.66% in crime against women along with a 12.24% decrease in cases related to crime against children, informed Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar

Hyderabad: Just as in the Hyderabad Police limits, cybercrime in the Rachakonda Police limits too saw a surge in the year of Covid-19, registering a rather disturbing 200 percent jump. According to figures made available here on Monday, there were 704 cases registered in 2020 against the 334 cases registered last year. The highest number […]

The arrested persons were identified as Parshuram Lahu Takve (31), his wife Liang Tian Tian (35), a Chinese national, and Shaik Aaqib (2), of Pune

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad City Police will soon have one cybercrime police station each in all the five zones. City Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar said there was an increase in the cases of cybercrime across the globe and Hyderabad was no exemption. “Citizens have to be on alert and follow the advice issued by the City […]

From the angle of road safety too, the city saw a dip with 237 persons being killed in road accidents as against 271 in 2019.

Hyderabad: A software engineer from the city lost Rs 5 lakh to cyber crooks who cheated him after befriending him on a matrimonial portal. The victim, a resident of Himayatnagar, had registered with a matrimonial portal a month ago. Around 20 days ago, he got a message from one person who introduced to him as […]

Tracked by the Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team as Bismuth, the Vietnamese group has been active since 2012 and is more widely known as APT32 and OceanLotus.

The occasions on which police had to open fire after communal violence in areas in the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh, which are now part of Telangana, were many.

Hyderabad: A city-based businessman lost Rs 19 lakh to cyber criminals who fraudulently transferred the amount from his bank account to different accounts in Jharkhand after they reportedly hacked his email account. According to the police, the businessman, who runs an electrical goods company on RP Road in Secunderabad, had approached a local telecom service […]

Cops will provide basic training to the enrollees to take their assistance during natural calamities

Cyberabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar said Nanku asked the victims to add a nominal amount to their Paytm accounts using their credit and debit cards.

“It is very hard to tell how effective it will be but we are confident it will have a very long-lasting effect.”