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Topic: cheating

Iranian woman admits to duping US citizen at airport with absconding husband, similar thefts across Delhi

The 52-yr-old was arrested from a guesthouse in Saket Thursday, while the husband managed to escape. The woman has said that they were struggling with financial crisis.

What’s cheating in the dating apps era? Betrayal now comes in so many flavours

Modern-day Freuds are having meltdowns analysing this one.

What was the 2012 forgery case against Jagdish Tytler & what Delhi court said while acquitting him

Dismissing the allegations under the Prevention of Corruption Act, the Delhi court said that the prosecution had 'miserably failed to prove' the case.

Tamil Nadu’s 2nd richest LS candidate Devanathan arrested in cheating case after ‘over 100 complaints’

T Devanathan Yadav, founder of Indhiya Makkal Kalvi Munnetra Kazhagam, unsuccessfully contested LS polls from Sivaganga on behalf of BJP. He had declared assets worth Rs 206 crore.

More trouble for Puja Khedkar: Delhi Police book trainee IAS over ‘fake disability, OBC certificates’

On complaint filed by UPSC, FIR registered against Khedkar under forgery and cheating charges, as well as sections of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act and IT Act.

OMR sheet filled from answer keys — coaching institute & exam centre nexus in Godhra NEET ‘scam’

At least 16 students allegedly paid Rs 10 lakh each to qualify in NEET. Lid on 'scam' was blown off 5 May after a raid at an exam centre at the Jay Jalaram School in the Parvadi village.

Assam govt tables Bill imposing Rs 10 lakh fine & jail if found cheating in public recruitment exams

Legislation was necessitated after incidents of question paper leaks and unfair practices were reported in state-level recruitment exams. Proposed law got state cabinet’s nod on 23 Jan.

Almost everyone knows Chaithra Kundapura in her hometown — teen activist to ‘fiery’ orator & ‘cheat’

Kundapura, jailed for allegedly duping a Bengaluru businessman of Rs 5 crore on promise of BJP ticket, hails from Kundapura in Udupi. She wrote a book in 2020 linking 'black magic' to 'love jihad'.

Congress’ Suraiyya says she didn’t hide ‘friend’ Kundapura, Hindutva activist held for ‘BJP ticket con’

Chaithra Kundapura was arrested earlier this month from Udupi over allegations she duped a BJP functionary of Rs 5 crore on the promise of a ticket for May assembly polls. 

How Hindutva activist ‘tricked’ man into paying Rs 5-cr for poll ticket with ‘paid actors & a swami’

Self-styled Sangh activist Chaitra Kundapura & 4 others duped BJP worker, promising him ticket to contest May Karnataka polls. Kundapura claimed she had 'connections' in BJP, RSS, PMO.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.