One Female Con Artist Donned Multiple Roles To Trick Over 200 Men + 5 Other Stories From Today

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For you, she is Kushboo, for another she is Smriti, then Ishita for yet another, a 28-year old IAS officer, a Supreme Court advocate, and even an entrepreneur owning a multi-crore company as well. Talk about multi-tasking, and this woman defines it. But for all the wrong reasons. A charge-sheet filed a few days ago in which she is accused finally says she is a cheat who has conned a minimum of 200 people claiming to be an IAS officer and an advocate. Her ¡®business¡¯ was transacted at all five-star hotels in the city, and all these victims are men who have fallen for her charms, thereby losing a lot of their money.

This woman has a notorious past where she even managed to rob a car from a businessman in Delhi. ¡°In the Aadarsh Nagar car theft case in Delhi that took place in May 2015, she took a lift from a man from DCM near Ajmer Road. Later, she asked the man to take her to Raja Park. Read more here

Here are 5 more stories for you:

1. Crorepati Candidate Hits Himself With Shoe To Atone For Mistakes, Begs For Votes

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The SP-Congress candidate from Bulandshahr has triggered a laugh riot after a video of him, in which he is hitting himself repeatedly with a shoe even as he begs for votes, went viral on social media.

Shujat Alam got so carried away as he "atoned" for mistakes that he may have inadvertently made that supporters had to rush towards him in an attempt to stop the leader from hurting himself.

A 'crorepati' worth worth Rs 7.32 crore as per his affidavit, Alam, who belongs to a family of zamindars, in his desperation for votes later raised the ends of his kurta as he asked voters to put something in his "jholi".Read more here

2. Delhi University To Launch Mobile App To Keep A Tab On Students' Attendance

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After the admission process, the mechanism for marking and tracking attendance of students at Delhi University is set to go online with the varsity planning to launch a mobile application for the purpose.

The University had last year set up a seven-member committee which has been working on a mobile application to ensure accountability and transparency.

"The project has been going on for around six months now and the app is expected to be launched next month. This will help teachers keep a tab on daily class strength and show the percentage of attendance to help them inform the students about the shortage in advance," a senior DU official told PTI. Read more here

3. 10-Year-Old Girl Saves 6-Year-Old Sister From Sexual Assault By Neighbour

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As sexual violence against women continues to rise in the city, including minors, help sometimes occurs from the most unlikely places and extreme courage. The stellar presence of mind by a ten-year-old girl helped to avert sexual assault on her six-year-old sister by a 54-year-old neighbour in Pimpri on Thursday. Luring the six-year- old with chocolates, the man had taken her to his house. The ten-year- old followed and raised the alarm when the man tried to assault her sister.

Based on the complaint by the victim¡¯s mother, the Pimpri police arrested the attacker, identified as Yashodharan Gopal. Gopal originally hails from Kerala but is currently living in Pimpri, close to the victim¡¯s residence. Read more here

4. Despite 30,000+ Unsolved Cases, Bengaluru Police¡¯s Hunting For A Cow Who Attacked Constable's Mother

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The Adugodi police have launched a bovine hunt to nab a cow that attacked a 55-year-old woman near her house inside the police quarters on Hosur-Lashkar Road. The woman, whose son is a head constable in the city police commissionerate, had to undergo surgery for a dislocated shoulder.

Adugodi and its adjoining areas ¡ª Lalji Nagar, Lakkasandra, Vinayakanagar, Jalakanteshwara Nagar, Ayyappa Garden, and Mahalingeshwara Layout ¡ª have many domestic cows. The police are now looking to identify the one that attacked Bhagyamma, who is yet to recover and help with the identification.Read more here

5. Casteism Breaches Species Barrier In UP, Cows May Be Holy But Those Of Dalits Are Untouchable

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As the chorus on 'gau raksha' (cow protection) gets shriller with every passing day, a village in Mehsana district has different standards of treatment for cows. The cow is considered holy according to got Hindu tradition, but cows belong to Dalit families have been facing the wrath of casteist elements.

In Nandali village of Kheralu taluka of Mehsana district, five Dalit families have been facing a 'social' boycott, since April last year. Supply of essential commodities like milk and vegetables to them had been stopped by other villagers. Three families fled the village but two have stayed on. Now, their five cows are not allowed to graze on the village pasture land. This has forced the victims to travel some 15km for cattle feed every day. Read more here