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TopicPuja Khedkar

Topic: Puja Khedkar

Not a terrorist, has not committed murder: SC grants anticipatory bail to ex-IAS probationer Puja Khedkar

Khedkar, a former IAS probationer, is accused of cheating, and wrongly availing OBC and disability quota benefits in the civil services examination.

Delhi HC dismisses pre-arrest bail plea of ex-IAS Puja Khedkar. ‘Tried to deceive UPSC’

Khedkar is facing criminal charges for cheating and unlawfully claiming OBC and disability quota benefits in the civil services examination.

UPSC, Delhi cops tell HC Puja Khedkar ‘forged’ name, altered ‘disability’ for extra IAS exam attempts

Challenging ex-IAS trainee Puja Khedkar’s anticipatory bail plea in court, Delhi Police & UPSC alleged she hatched a ‘deep-rooted’ conspiracy, likely involving more people.

UPSC debarring Puja Khedkar isn’t enough. Those who conspired with her must be punished too

Those like us will draw the lesson that while passing executive instructions or quasi-judicial orders, attention should be paid not just ‘to the spirit, but also to the letter of the law’.

New disability quota rules can make life harder for PwDs, burden govt medical systems

If the government decides to go ahead with colour coding in disability certification, it should be based on the level of accreditation instead of the level of disability.

Our take on UPSC aspirants’ death & delay in Tejas jets delivery — in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

UPSC cancels provisional selection of IAS trainee Puja Khedkar, bars her from future exams

Commission said data of over 15k candidates who cleared exam between 2009 & 2023 studied, and barring Khedkar, no other candidate was found to have availed more attempts than permitted.

Hotel brawl, ‘erroneous’ documents. Khedkar case is latest in line of rows involving civil servants

In light of the Puja Khedkar case, ThePrint looks at notable cases of IAS or IPS officers being accused of misusing or flaunting their power, or violating service rules.

‘Puja Khedkar story is the opposite of mine’—they cleared UPSC but didn’t get the job

The 8-year-old legal battle has left such candidates fatigued. Many have had a hard time all these years explaining their non-selection to relatives and society.

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Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.