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  UGC releases list of 'fake' universities in India | Check here

  Education | August 26, 2022 16:59 IST

  UGC releases fake university list: According to the data, the maximum number of fake university has been in Delhi.

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  Twitter removes 1 million 'spam accounts' each day

  World | July 08, 2022 7:49 IST

  Twitter news: Elon Musk has argued, without presenting evidence, that Twitter has significantly underestimated the number of these “spam bots”- automated accounts that typically promote scams and misinformation- on its service.

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  Char Dham Yatra: Pilgrims found travelling with fake registration documents

  India | May 28, 2022 19:52 IST

  Fake registration documents were recovered from six pilgrims travelling by bus at the Bhadrakali checkpost. 

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  FIR against Digvijaya for 'fake' post on Khargone violence, BJP wants his Twitter handle suspended

  India | April 13, 2022 11:16 IST

  FIR against Singh was registered at a Bhopal police station on the basis of a complaint lodged by BJP district (Bhopal) president Sumit Pachauri on Apr 12.

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  3 arrested for selling fake 'celestial object' in J&K's Budgam

  Crime | October 02, 2021 12:49 IST

  The police have appealed to people not to get swayed by these tactics of anti-social elements and cooperate with the authorities to identify such elements.

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  Police nabs 12 people on charge of running fake RT-PCR certificate racket in Puri

  Crime | September 11, 2021 12:43 IST

  The police said that stern action will be taken against the accused person and appealed to people to desist from taking help from the racket when coming for the darshan of Lord Jagannath.  

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  Fake 'Tata salt' factory busted, 1 held in outer Delhi's Barwala: Police

  India | July 18, 2021 7:19 IST

  Police seized 2,640 kg of duplicate Tata salt and it is estimated that the accused has sold more than 10,000 kg of the fake product in the last year.

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  MP man forges COVID-19 report to stay away from wife; booked

  Crime | July 05, 2021 14:59 IST

  A 26-year-old man allegedly forged a COVID-19 report to show he was infected in order to stay away from his wife in Indore in Madhya Pradesh, police said on Monday.

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  Kolkata vaccination scam: Another associate of Debanjan Deb gets arrested

  India | July 03, 2021 15:00 IST

  Kolkata Police has arrested another associate of Debanjan Deb, who was apprehended for allegedly masterminding fake vaccination camps in the metropolis.

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  Draft guidelines prepared to prevent fake vaccination drives: BMC tells Bombay HC

  India | July 02, 2021 9:30 IST

  The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has told the Bombay High Court that it has formulated draft guidelines to prevent fake vaccination camps.

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  Man posed as Delhi Police officer to book people for violating Covid rules, arrested

  India | June 07, 2021 13:05 IST

  Delhi Police on Sunday arrested Suneel Kumar, an imposter pretending to be a Sub Inspector at Tigri Police station.

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  Viral Covid prescription by Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital is FAKE, don't fall for it

  Trending | June 12, 2020 22:35 IST

  The truth behind viral medical prescription on Covid treatment. Sir Ganga Ram Hospital official handle tweeted to dismiss the fake prescription on Covid treatment.

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  5 held for running fake Aadhaar card racket in Gurgaon, 195 Aadhaar seized

  Crime | February 08, 2020 6:52 IST

  The Haryana Police on Friday arrested five persons, including a Nepalese man, from Gurgaon and seized 195 fake Aadhaar cards and other material allegedly used to prepare them, a police official said.

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  Bangladeshi arrested with fake Aadhaar, Indian voter cards

  Crime | December 21, 2019 19:34 IST

  He was caught during ticket checking at Dhanbad railway station on Friday, he said. Three Bangladeshi passports, the country's currency and US dollars were also seized from him, GRP Inspector Harinarayan Singh said.

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  One arrested in Noida for using fake number plate

  India | November 20, 2019 19:42 IST

  The accused, Ajay Yadav s/o Bhole Yadav r/o Sarfabad village (Noida), was arrested on the complaint of a woman from Gurugram, who is said to be his relative

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  Two arrested in fake job racket in Maharashtra

  India | November 12, 2019 19:53 IST

    The Unit-1 of the crime branch arrested Akram Sharif Shaikh (47), a resident of Cheeta Camp in Trombay and Dongri resident Mohammed Shabir Akbar Master alias Munna (52) on Monday, an official said.

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  Don't follow these fake Twitter accounts of Indian military leadership

  India | September 19, 2019 19:27 IST

  ​Don't get into Pakistan's trap of fuelling tensions in India via social media. Several fake Twitter handles of senior Indian military leadership are doing the rounds. These are not real Twitter accounts of the persons mentioned. The Indian Army and other security agencies are taking strict action against these fake Twitter handles that are fabricated by Pakistani agencies to spread misinformation about India after the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A.

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  FAKE ALERT: Don't follow K Sivan on Twitter, ISRO clarifies 'Chairman not on social media'

  India | September 09, 2019 16:05 IST

  ISRO Chairman K Sivan has no personal accounts on social media platforms, the Indian Space Research Organisation clarified on Monday. The Indian Space agency's clarification came after several fake social media accounts operating with K Sivan's name emerged in large numbers, more so after the Chandrayaan-2 mission. Several social media users were seen following these fake accounts including on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

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  US to use fake social media to check people entering country

  World | August 31, 2019 7:10 IST

  A USCIS statement explaining the change says fake accounts and identities will make it easier for investigators to search for potential evidence of fraud or security concerns as they decide whether to allow someone entry into the U.S.  

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  Air India detects fake recruitment advertisement, to file FIR

  India | August 28, 2019 15:53 IST

  The airline will soon file an FIR against the person or persons running this fake recruitment scheme, said one of the officials. The national carrier came to know about this fake scheme on Wednesday through social media when a person posted the advertisement and asked Air India whether it is running such a recruitment scheme or not, the official said.