4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (158+ words) The Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has ruled out an immediate increase in the minimum monthly pension under the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS), 1995. Addressing the Lok Sabha on 10 August, Minister of State for Labour and Employment Shobha Karandlaje confirmed…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (235+ words) More than 15 crore senior citizens across India continue to await the restoration of the Indian Railways' fare concession scheme, which has remained suspended since the Covid-19 pandemic. With the ongoing Parliament session, elderly passengers are hoping the Centre will announce…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (340+ words) The Supreme Court on Monday adopted a strict approach towards accused involved in digital arrest scams, making it clear that bail should not be granted unless there are exceptional circumstances. Calling such frauds the “worst kind of crime” against senior…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (224+ words) A surging, leaderless youth movement led by Gujarat's Gen Z has sent shockwaves through the state administration, with hundreds of young protesters rallying at Gandhinagar's Satyagrah Chhavni. Driven almost entirely through social media calls without political backing, the spontaneous statewide…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (488+ words) Summarized by AI; it may make mistakes. Check important info Senior citizens lose ₹43.69 lakh in cyber and ATM fraud cases in Ahmedabad. A 70-year-old pensioner from Chandkheda lost ₹39.70 lakh after cyber fraudsters allegedly tricked him into downloading a fake pension…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (349+ words) The Sanand police have arrested a gang of four persons three men and one woman who had been systematically targeting and robbing senior citizens by luring them into a CNG rickshaw under the guise of being fellow passengers, before assaulting…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (325+ words) Gujarat has emerged as a major target for international cyber fraudsters, with nearly 1.5 lakh people falling victim to online scams over the past year, according to recent estimates. Around 45% of the victims are senior citizens, underlining their growing vulnerability in…...

6+ mon, 4+ week ago   (344+ words) The Cyber Crime Branch of the Ahmedabad City Police has arrested a man accused of cheating elderly persons by posing as a physiotherapist and extracting large sums of money under the pretext of home-based treatment. According to a press note…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (723+ words) In one of the largest cases of ‘digital arrest’ fraud reported in the city, an 82-year-old Ahmedabad resident was allegedly duped of ₹7.12 crore after being held under round-the-clock virtual surveillance for over three weeks by cyber fraudsters posing as senior…...