Now, You Will be Able to Block & Track Your Lost Mobile With Govt Help: Read How
1 year, 7 months ago

Now, You Will be Able to Block & Track Your Lost Mobile With Govt Help: Read How

News 18  

People will be now able to block and track their lost or stolen mobile phones across India via the Sanchar Saathi portal launched by the Department of Telecom on Tuesday. Union telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that through Sanchar Saathi Portal, people will be able to block, track and check the genuineness of a used device before buying them. There will be some identity verification, requirement of undertaking and immediately after this the portal will interact with law enforcement agencies and telecom service providers and block your lost mobile phone,” Vaishnaw said. ‘Know Your Mobile’ The minister said that there is Know Your Mobile facility Sanchar Saathi which help users verify genuineness of second-hand mobile phone before buying them.

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Cyberabad police recover 1,100 stolen mobile phones worth Rs.3.30 Cr
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Cyberabad police recover 1,100 stolen mobile phones worth Rs.3.30 Cr

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Cyberabad police recovered 1,100 stolen and lost mobile phones over the past 45 days. Speaking on the occasion, DCP Crimes, K. Narasimha, said “With mobile phones playing an essential role in our daily lives, the recovery drive underscores the Cyberabad police commitment to protecting citizens from cybercrimes.” Mobile theft remains a persistent issue, often exploited by cybercriminals to …

Police Seek Custody of Two Accused in Mumbai Mobile Phone Theft Case
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Police Seek Custody of Two Accused in Mumbai Mobile Phone Theft Case

The Hindu  

Two Uttar Pradesh natives arrested in Mumbai in Kochi mobile phone theft case were remanded in judicial custody on Thursday. The investigation team will submit an application for their custody on Friday, and their interrogation is required to get further leads about the gang involved in the theft and to recover the mobile phones.

What can phone makers and users do to combat device theft?
4 months ago

What can phone makers and users do to combat device theft?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In response, the Home Office said it will call a summit of tech companies and phone makers …

Supreme Court: Deleting messages from mobile phones not a crime
4 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court: Deleting messages from mobile phones not a crime

India TV News  

The use of mobile phones has become integral to our daily lives. In the event of a crime, law enforcement authorities often look to the mobile phones of suspects to gather evidence such as call history, messages, web history, photos, videos, and social media posts. The rapid turnover of mobile phones due to upgrades often leads to the deletion of …

Rajanna Sircilla Police Achieve Top Recovery Rate for Lost Mobile Phones
5 months, 1 week ago

Rajanna Sircilla Police Achieve Top Recovery Rate for Lost Mobile Phones

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar: Rajanna Sircilla police officials have topped the charts in Telangana by recovering 84 percent of mobile phones lost between 20 April 2023 and July 2024, thanks to the Central Equipment Identity Register. Compared to other districts, excluding police commissionerates, Rajanna Sircilla police have achieved the highest recovery rate of lost mobile phones using the advanced CEIR technology. The SP …

Telangana tops in recovery of lost mobiles
5 months, 1 week ago

Telangana tops in recovery of lost mobiles

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana police have topped the chart in the country in terms of the recovery of stolen or lost mobile phones using the CEIR portal. The state police department has recovered 21,193 stolen or lost mobiles this year. The efforts made by the Telangana cybercrime department and CID using the CEIR portal led to the recovery of 1,000 stolen …

Shahdara police recover 215 stolen mobile phones worth ₹40L
7 months, 1 week ago

Shahdara police recover 215 stolen mobile phones worth ₹40L

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi The operation to recover stolen phones was launched after technical surveillance mounted in multiple cases revealed that some stolen phones were active in other states. In a special operation, Shahdara police recovered 215 stolen mobile phones worth around ₹40 lakh, in multiple raids by 11 teams across Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar, senior police officers …

Government of India Blocks 372 Mobiles, Suspends 906 for Fraud
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Government of India Blocks 372 Mobiles, Suspends 906 for Fraud

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: With prompt approach of citizens to the department of telecommunications on cyber or financial frauds, the government on Tuesday blocked 372 mobile handsets within 24 hours linked to these mobile numbers on a pan-India basis. Expressing gratitude to those who are coming forward and reporting about cyber frauds, the DoT, however, said in a statement that this collaborative …

Over 20,000 lost/stolen mobile phones in T.N. blocked through Central portal, police on track of over 8,000
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Over 20,000 lost/stolen mobile phones in T.N. blocked through Central portal, police on track of over 8,000

The Hindu  

As many as 1,580 lost or stolen mobile phones have been successfully recovered, bringing relief to their owners, thanks to the Central Equipment Identity Register System which was introduced last year. Sanjay Kumar said both law enforcement agencies and the public can request the blocking of IMEI numbers associated with stolen or lost devices. The Department of Telecommunication has successfully …

Citizen can track, recover their lost/stolen phones quickly now: C-DOT
1 year, 1 month ago

Citizen can track, recover their lost/stolen phones quickly now: C-DOT

The Hindu  

Citizens can now block, track down and recover their lost or stolen mobile phones easily if they promptly reported such incidents on the right channel! The Centre for Development of Telematics, a telecommunications technology development centre under the Department of Telecom claims that its citizen centric portal, Sanchar Saathi, has received impressive responses from citizens who lost their mobile devices …

Vizag: Cops recover 200 lost mobile phones worth Rs 50 lakhs
1 year, 4 months ago

Vizag: Cops recover 200 lost mobile phones worth Rs 50 lakhs

Deccan Chronicle  

VISAKHAPATNAM: The Central Crime Station police have recovered around 200 lost mobiles worth Rs.50 lakhs and handed them over to the owners as a part of the mobile phones recovery programme. Visakhapatnam police commissioner C. M. Trivikram said a portal has been launched for registration of complaints of lost phones within the city limits. Speaking at a press conference, the …

Cyber crime wing to use CEIR portal for tracing stolen or lost mobile phones
1 year, 4 months ago

Cyber crime wing to use CEIR portal for tracing stolen or lost mobile phones

The Hindu  

August 15, 2023 09:06 pm | Updated 09:06 pm IST - CHENNAI Tracing stolen and lost mobile phones could become easier in future in the State. The Tamil Nadu Cyber Crime Wing along with the Department of Telecommunications shall be using the Central Equipment Identity Register portal to facilitate people report their lost or stolen mobile devices. A senior police …

300 Stolen Mobiles Supplied to IMEI Tampering Gangs
1 year, 4 months ago

300 Stolen Mobiles Supplied to IMEI Tampering Gangs

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Cyberabad police have arrested a former RTC employee Garadi Ramanji, a habitual offender. The police found that a few days before he landed in the police net, has disposed of around 300 mobile phones including high end mobile phones belonging to reputed brands. He was involved in buying stolen mobile phones at cheap rates and selling them to gangs …

CEIR-tech helps TS police recover 2,219 missing mobile devices
1 year, 6 months ago

CEIR-tech helps TS police recover 2,219 missing mobile devices

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana police, with the assistance of the telecommunications department, have traced 2,219 mobile phones that were lost or went missing, by using the Central Equipment Identity Register technology, in the last two months. Nearly 60 personnel were provided training and CEIR user IDs were distributed to all 780 police stations under 31 police units. Police officials said that …

CEIR portal helps trace over 1k lost phones
1 year, 7 months ago

CEIR portal helps trace over 1k lost phones

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: A mobile phone of Cheedella Sravanthi, a techie residing at Madhapur, was stolen from the hostel where she was residing, in April 2023. Thanks to the Central Equipment Identity Register, a new application to trace lost and stolen mobiles, Sravanthi’s mobile phone was traced in less than an hour of reporting it to the police and Vinod’s was traced …

GoI to soon launch CEIR tracking system for lost or stolen phones, but privacy remains a concern
1 year, 7 months ago

GoI to soon launch CEIR tracking system for lost or stolen phones, but privacy remains a concern

Firstpost  

There’s nothing more upsetting than losing your mobile phone or having it stolen and then dealing with getting a SIM reissued, and worrying that your phone may be used for nefarious purposes. At the core of this system lies the IMEI number, a distinct identifier assigned to each phone and registered with telecom providers in India as soon as the …

IT Minister unveils portal for tracking and recovering lost mobile phones
1 year, 7 months ago

IT Minister unveils portal for tracking and recovering lost mobile phones

India TV News  

Communications and Electronics & IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday launched the Sanchar Saathi portal with the aim to help millions of people track their lost or stolen mobile phones. The CEIR is for blocking stolen/lost mobiles while knowing your mobile connections is to know mobile connections registered in your name and the ASTR will help to identify fraudulent subscribers. …

Government To Launch CEIR Portal For Lost Mobile Blocking, Tracking System on May 17
1 year, 7 months ago

Government To Launch CEIR Portal For Lost Mobile Blocking, Tracking System on May 17

News 18  

People will be able to block and track their lost or stolen mobile phones across India with the rollout of a tracking system by the government this week, a senior government official said. WATCH VIDEO: CEIR Mobile Tracker: Block Your Stolen Phone with IMEI | Government CEIR Portal Launch “The system is ready and now it will be deployed across …

Govt to roll out lost mobile blocking, tracking system pan-India on May 17
1 year, 7 months ago

Govt to roll out lost mobile blocking, tracking system pan-India on May 17

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: People will be able to block and track their lost or stolen mobile phones across India with the rollout of a tracking system by the government this week, a senior government official said. The CEIR will be able to block any cloned mobile phones on the network with the help of various databases," Upadhyay said. Recently, Karnataka Police …

Govt. to roll out lost mobile blocking, tracking system pan-India on May 17
1 year, 7 months ago

Govt. to roll out lost mobile blocking, tracking system pan-India on May 17

The Hindu  

People will be able to block and track their lost or stolen mobile phones across India with the rollout of a tracking system by the government this week, a senior government official said. The CEIR will be able to block any cloned mobile phones on the network with the help of various databases," Mr. Upadhyay said. Recently, Karnataka Police recovered …

Govt to roll out lost mobile blocking, tracking system pan-India
1 year, 7 months ago

Govt to roll out lost mobile blocking, tracking system pan-India

India TV News  

People will be able to block and track their lost or stolen mobile phones across India with the rollout of a tracking system by the government this week, a senior government official said. The CEIR will be able to block any cloned mobile phones on the network with the help of various databases," Upadhyay said. Recently, Karnataka Police recovered and …

142 mobile phones traced, handed over to owners
1 year, 7 months ago

142 mobile phones traced, handed over to owners

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The district police in Prakasam have traced and restored 142 mobile phones after they lost these in recent times. So far, the police recovered 3447 mobile phones lost in the district and handed these over to the owners. Around 7564 missing mobile complaints have been received across the district since the inception of the Missing Mobile Tracing programme from …

State police to introduce CEIR equipment to track lost mobile phones
1 year, 8 months ago

State police to introduce CEIR equipment to track lost mobile phones

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Director General of Police Anjani Kumar, on Tuesday announced that a tracking system called Central Equipment Identity Register would be introduced to trace lost or stolen cell phones. Additional DGP Mahesh Bhagwat said that police officers were being trained on this system in 750 police stations. If someone comes to the police station regarding a lost cell phone, the …

Lost your mobile phone? Here’s how the Mysuru police traced 15 lost devices and returned it to their owners
1 year, 9 months ago

Lost your mobile phone? Here’s how the Mysuru police traced 15 lost devices and returned it to their owners

The Hindu  

A total of 15 mobile phones, which had either been stolen or lost in Mysuru city during the last one month, were returned to their owners at a function in the City Police Commissioner’s office on Saturday. Launch of CEIR portal City Police Commissioner Ramesh B said mobile phones, either stolen or lost, can now be traced quickly thanks to …

Police set to use central register to track, block missing phones
1 year, 9 months ago

Police set to use central register to track, block missing phones

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana Police is introducing the central equipment identity register, a recent technology that enables people who have lost their phones to report the same at their nearest police station, to block or trace it. The move comes days after the Andhra Pradesh Police initiated a novel initiative of tracing missing or stolen phones and couriering the same to …

Govt making it easier for everyone in India to find their lost or stolen phones, here are the details
1 year, 9 months ago

Govt making it easier for everyone in India to find their lost or stolen phones, here are the details

India Today  

Central Equipment Identity Registry, the central system to curtail the counterfeit mobile phone market and managed by the Department of Telecommunications, is now available in all states and Union Territories in India. It's free to use, though users need to submit to keep their phone's IMEI number handy. CEIR essentially blocks or blacklists the phone via the IMEI number and …

CEIR portal helps tracking of lost or stolen mobile phones within 24 hours of the report
1 year, 10 months ago

CEIR portal helps tracking of lost or stolen mobile phones within 24 hours of the report

The Hindu  

The Dakshina Kannada district police were able to recover a total of 10 mobile phones within 24 hours of their loss on Thursday and Friday, February 23 and 24 through the Central Equipment Identity Register Portal, ceir.gov.in, of the Union Department of Telecommunications. On Thursday, seven mobile phones were recovered through CEIR portal by the Cybercrime, Economic Offences and Narcotics …

Registration of IMEI number of all mobile phones must before sale in India from next year
2 years, 3 months ago

Registration of IMEI number of all mobile phones must before sale in India from next year

India TV News  

The government has made the registration of IMEI number of all mobile phones mandatory before their sale in India on its anti-counterfeit and lost handset blocking portal from January 1, 2023. According to a notification dated September 26, all mobile phones, whether made locally or imported, will need to be registered and get IMEI certificates from the Indian Counterfeited Device …

Lost your smartphone? This app developed by Govt will help you locate it easily - Details
2 years, 3 months ago

Lost your smartphone? This app developed by Govt will help you locate it easily - Details

India TV News  

Our mobile handset is our extended arm, which does nearly everything for us- from handling our bank details, accounts, payments, photographs, gaming and calling of course. Many of you might buy a new mobile phone after the device is lost or stolen, but do you know that any person can misuse your lost device in several ways? Note: The most …

Gurugram Police return 130 stolen mobiles worth Rs 26 lakh to owners
2 years, 4 months ago

Gurugram Police return 130 stolen mobiles worth Rs 26 lakh to owners

India TV News  

Gurugram police have traced and returned 130 stolen/lost mobile phones worth around Rs 26 lakh to their owners, an official said on Monday. The mobile phones were handed over to their owners at the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police, West, Deepak Saharan. In view of the inconvenience caused to the mobile phone users due to the loss of …

Students develop tool for quick recovery of stolen phones
2 years, 4 months ago

Students develop tool for quick recovery of stolen phones

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: The Andhra Pradesh Police in Vizianagaram district along with a four-member team of information technology students have developed a new web portal called vzmmobiletracker.in to track 'missing mobiles'. In the past few days, we have successfully recovered 103 missing mobiles worth Rs 16.45 lakh.” The police department earlier used to take complaints from people about missing mobile phones in …

Centre launches portal to help recover stolen phones
5 years ago

Centre launches portal to help recover stolen phones

The Hindu  

The Centre on Monday launched a new portal that will help consumers in the city in blocking as well as tracing lost or stolen cell phones. With the portal — www.ceir.gov.in — the users will be able to requests for blocking of stolen or lost mobile phones, share traceability data with the police and also unblock recovered phones. “Delhi telecom …

Web portal launched for Delhi-NCR residents to track or block their lost/stolen phones
5 years ago

Web portal launched for Delhi-NCR residents to track or block their lost/stolen phones

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Phones users in Delhi-NCR who lose their handsets will now have some respite, with the government launching a portal that will enable blocking and tracing of stolen or lost mobile phones. The launch of the portal, www.ceir.gov.in, for Delhi-NCR subscribers will facilitate requests for blocking of stolen or lost mobile phones by customers, blocking of such mobile phones …

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