Ankita Deshkar
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Jul 31, 2026
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- Jul 8, 2026
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The Safe Side: How Consumer Commissions can help cyber fraud victims recover losses (opens the original)
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A recent order by the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in Nagpur has highlighted an often-overlooked legal remedy for cyber fraud victims. In a significant ruling, the Commission directed ICICI Bank to refund over Rs 5.18 lakh to a woman who lost Rs 6.93 lakh in a FedEx parcel scam, holding the bank guilty of deficiency in service, negligence and unfair trade practices. The judgment has renewed attention on the role Consumer Commissions can play in awarding compensation where bank
Looking for love, finding fraud: How AI makes matrimony scams harder to spot (opens the original)
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When a 35-year-old software engineer received an interest request from a seemingly well-qualified architect on a matrimonial platform, it felt routine. The woman’s profile featured professionally shot photographs, verified documents, and regular social media activity. Over weeks of conversations, she spoke about work, family, and plans for marriage, even joining calls that appeared genuine. Then came a casual mention of how she had been earning ‘safe returns’ through forex trading—and an offer t
Ethanol row: Influencer apologises as 3 accounts go offline after BJP FIR; another digs in heels (opens the original)
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Two days after Nagpur Police registered an FIR against four content creators over videos critical of the government’s ethanol-blended fuel policy, three Instagram accounts named in the case were no longer accessible on Wednesday morning. While one influencer apologised for the language used in his videos and deleted his profile, YouTuber Manish Kashyap continued to defend his claims and refused to take his videos down. The FIR was registered on July 13 on a complaint filed by Bharatiya Janata Pa
Ethanol row escalates: BJP seeks police action over Gadkari-related social media posts (opens the original)
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The controversy over ethanol-blended fuel has spilled into the legal arena, with the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Nagpur city social media cell chief, Shishir Tripathi, filing a complaint against several social media influencers and content creators, seeking legal action over posts allegedly targeting Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari. Based on the complaint, the Nagpur Cyber Police have registered a case under Sections 356 (defamation), 352 (intentional insult with intent to
He spent 22 days in jail for his daughter’s ‘murder’. Then she walked into a police station, alive (opens the original)
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For 22 days, Bapuram Kalmekar sat in jail for murdering his daughter. Then his daughter, Shivani, walked into a police station, alive. This week, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis admitted in the Maharashtra Assembly that the police had committed a “serious mistake”, arresting the 55-year-old daily-wage labourer and his son without scientifically establishing that the burnt, headless body they had found was Shivani’s. He announced the suspension of the investigating officers, directed that crimin
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