dharmesh thakkar

#sigma - Independent media & advocacy professional. Crisis Management, Reputation Protection, Business Intelligence, CSR

[Veena @veenavenugopal]

I have a cautionary tale for users of @theniyo 's forex card with @DCBBank. I used the card in a tube station (St Paul's) in London to top up my Oyster card. The tap did not work on the machine, it asked me to insert the card and enter the pin. Which I did, the transaction was declined. I then tried the same with my American Express. That too was declined. So I moved to the next machine, and tried the tap on the DCB card, it worked. A few minutes later, I get a message from Niyo congratulating me on activating international ATM transactions. And a few seconds after that, a message saying Rs 64,594 has been withdrawn from my account.
I reached out to Niyo customer support, who basically said I should write to DCB Bank. I did that. The customer support of the bank insisted a fraudulent ATM withdrawal cannot occur if the physical card is with me. They then said they will take three months to investigate this. But now, two weeks later, they have closed the case saying customer is at fault. Their assertion is that either I am lying about not making the transaction or that I have shared my card with someone. Neither is true. Their security systems are at fault, which is why there was no fraud on my Amex, even though the exact sequence of events happened with it.
I will file a cybercrime report when I back in India later this week. But quite disappointed that @theniyo 's and @DCBBank's response has been to wash their hands off the matter and blame the customer.

[dharmesh thakkar @newzhit]

young charismatic union minister @mofpi_goi @ichiragpaswan admires private art collection of masters including MF Hussain painting of nightangle Lata Mangeshkar in Mumbai

[dharmesh thakkar @newzhit]

https://t.co/2imLWLaC4C
my exclusive report on narcotics and human trafficking network run by illegal Bangladeshi nationals in Mumbai recruiting kinnars (transgender) to peddle drugs and prostitution rackets @NewDelhiPost @NIA_India @PMOIndia

[dharmesh thakkar @newzhit]

Union Minister @ichiragpaswan on judicial reforms and PM @narendramodi efforts to update the colonial laws to be relevant in the new digital age of global business #law #judicialreforms #ipc #bnhs

[dharmesh thakkar @newzhit]

union minister @chiragpaswan inaugurates law firm Kumar Legal Research Mumbai office

[मुंबई पोलीस Mumbai Police @MumbaiPolice]

🔸Mumbaikars, please take note:

A misleading post is being circulated on social media alleging that a person was stabbed or murdered near Haji Ali Dargah.

Upon verification by @TardeoPS, it has been confirmed that the video being circulated is from May 2025 and relates to an altercation between a visitor and security personnel during high tide. No murder has been reported in connection with this incident. The three individuals involved have been identified.

Citizens are requested not to forward or circulate unverified information and to rely only on credible government or official sources for authentic updates.

🔸मुंबईकर, कृपया नोंद घ्या:

हाजी अली दर्ग्याजवळ एका व्यक्तीवर वार/खून झाल्याचा आरोप करणारी एक दिशाभूल करणारी पोस्ट सध्या सोशल मीडियावर प्रसारित करण्यात येत आहे.

@TardeoPS तर्फे करण्यात आलेल्या चौकशीनुसार प्रसारित होत असलेला व्हिडीओ हा मे २०२५ मधील असून भरतीच्या वेळी एक पर्यटक आणि सुरक्षा रक्षकांमध्ये झालेल्या वादाचा आहे. या घटनेत कोणचाही खुन झालेला नाही. या घटनेत सामील असलेल्या तीन व्यक्तींची ओळख पटली आहे.

नागरिकांना विनंती आहे की, त्यांनी कोणतीही शहानिशा न करता माहिती पुढे पाठवू नये आणि अधिकृत माहितीसाठी फक्त विश्वसनीय सरकारी किंवा अधिकृत स्रोतांवरच विश्वास ठेवावा.

#MisleadingNewsAlert
#MumbaiPolice4All

[dharmesh thakkar @newzhit]

#flamingos #pinkwave #NatureVibes

[dharmesh thakkar @newzhit]

@MumbaiPolice thank you for prompt response. reporting to police station asap

[dharmesh thakkar @newzhit]

request @RBI @MumbaiPolice to kindly take legal action against illegal loan apps Milega Loan accessing confidential financial data illegally and making CIBIL credit enquiries without my consent to process for educational loans that was never applied @MahaCyber1 @Cyberdost

[dharmesh thakkar @newzhit]

The 25 Bangladeshi including 21 transgenders arrested exposed mastermind Bangladeshi national acquiring a new identity of Tushie Khan after a gender transition procedure and subsequently get Aadhaar to open bank accounts operatinv a network of kinnars and transgenders peddling MD

[dharmesh thakkar @newzhit]

An absconding Bangladeshi narcotics trafficker Tushie
Khan was arrested @MumbaiPolice from suburban Mumbai on Saturday. A network of kinnars peddling MD drugs in Mumbai for over two years was detected during raids by Versova Police ATS unit in the first week of February.

[Harsh Goenka @hvgoenka]

Why are newspapers so big? I bet you didn’t know

[Ministry of Finance @FinMinIndia]

The Ministry of Finance @FinMinIndia releases Monthly Economic Review #MER for May 2026.

For full report ➡️ https://t.co/KfoH60EKrP

Key highlights 👇

[dharmesh thakkar @newzhit]

my exclusive news report for @NewDelhiPost on innocuous
international
peace conclave in Mumbai under
intel agencies radar
after officials
flagged the presence of certain participants and organisations allegedly linked to controversial international financial and crime syndicate

[dharmesh thakkar @newzhit]

report traffic violations @mumbaipolice

[Ricardo @Ric_RTP]

Asia’s richest man just bought himself $300 billion worth of political cover from the US president.

The first new US oil refinery in 50 YEARS is being built in Texas - backed by India’s Reliance Industries.

Everyone's celebrating it as "energy dominance."

But when you dig into who's involved, the timing, and where the money's really going, this story makes NO sense...

Let's start with the $300 billion number.

It makes zero sense for a single refinery.

Reliance's own Jamnagar facility in India, the world's largest refinery complex, cost roughly $6 billion to build. It processes 1.4 million barrels per day. The Brownsville project is permitted for 160,000 barrels per day.

That's 1/9th the capacity. A realistic cost? $5-15 billion max.

$300 billion is the GDP of Ireland.

So where's the other $280+ billion going? Nobody knows.

The company building it is called America First Refining.

Until very recently, they were Element Fuels Holdings. A Dallas startup that's been trying to build this exact refinery since 2015.

Nearly a decade of permits, environmental filings, and pre-construction on 240 acres at the Port of Brownsville.

They rebranded to "America First Refining" right before this announcement.

The timing is almost too perfect.

Now let's talk about Reliance:

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries isn't just India's biggest energy company. It's India's biggest EVERYTHING company.

Telecom, retail, media, petrochemicals, AI. Market cap over $230 billion. Ambani is Asia's richest person.

The man isn't building refineries because he's passionate about Texas gasoline.

He's building political capital.

India is under massive US pressure to stop buying Russian oil. Reliance's Jamnagar refinery has been one of the biggest processors of sanctioned Russian crude. The US has been leaning on Ambani hard to cut those purchases.

So what does Ambani do?

Shows up with a massive investment branded "America First," timed exactly when the president needs an energy win.

Oil just spiked past $100 a barrel because of the Iran war. Gas prices jumped 50 cents in a week. Trump's facing political heat over energy costs heading into midterms.

And suddenly here's this $300 billion headline.

Ambani gets goodwill. Trump gets a headline. The refinery might get built in 2027. Maybe.

This isn't just a deal.

Ambani invests in American energy PR. In exchange, the US eases pressure on Reliance's Russian oil imports, which generate billions in profit because sanctioned crude trades at massive discounts.

A $300 billion headline buys a LOT of political cover.

The refinery itself is actually smart regardless of the politics.

Brownsville sits on the US-Mexico border. Deepwater port. Direct Permian Basin pipeline access. Free trade zone. Hydrogen-powered processing that would make it one of the cleanest refineries ever built.

IF they build it, it transforms one of the most economically distressed regions in Texas.

But one thing's certain, $300 billion is a political number, not an engineering number.

And the timing, with oil doing what it's doing, Iran disrupting 20% of global supply, gas prices surging, and midterms approaching, tells you everything about why this was announced TODAY.

This is a handshake between the richest man in Asia and the most powerful man in America. Both get exactly what they need.

The question is whether American consumers get anything out of it. Or whether this becomes another announcement that sounds incredible on paper but disappears after a few months.

[DGCA @DGCAIndia]

Press Note on Special Safety Audit of M/s VSR Ventures Pvt Ltd

[dharmesh thakkar @newzhit]

#AI alcohol intelligence

[dharmesh thakkar @newzhit]

my latest investigative news report on sanctioned Iranian oil smuggled into India using fleet of ghost ships using forged documents to evade scrutiny

https://t.co/fyUxPKLEk5

[dharmesh thakkar @newzhit]

The elaborate fraudulent availment and passing
of ineligible input tax credit (ITC), without actual receipt and supply of goods revealed non-existent and cancelled orders indicating fake transaction leading to arrest of mastermind Bhaumik Gandhi

[dharmesh thakkar @newzhit]

Anti-Evasion wing of CGST, Thane Commissionerate
busted a major fake GST credit fraud, involving goods valued at ₹952 Crore and
fraudulent Input Tax Credit (ITC) of about ₹172 Crores orchestrated by mastermind Bhaumik Girishbhai Gandhi, Director of M/s Florida Solvent Pvt Ltd