Unmasking the lending mafia: India's battle against Chinese scams

By Shekhar Singh | July 29, 2023 6:30 PM

New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology had, on February 5, banned 232 lending and betting apps based on recommendations from the Ministry of Home Affairs as India grapples with the issue of predatory lending by Chinese nationals operating from locations in the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, or Southeast Asia.

The Chinese are on the prowl to scam Indians using fake loan apps

By Shekhar Singh | July 29, 2023 5:51 PM

New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) In June this year, a complaint was lodged at the IFSO unit of the Delhi Police's Special Cell by a woman alleging that some persons were extorting and blackmailing the public at large on the pretext of providing instant loans by getting access to their mobile data illegally through a Chinese loan app called “Cash Advance”.

Kolkata: Trinamool mayor-in-council slaps man in public

IANS | July 29, 2023 4:18 PM

Kolkata, July 29 (IANS) In a shocking incident, Trinamool Congress councilor and member (mayor-in-council) of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Tarak Singh slapped a man in broad daylight on Saturday for waterlogging in front of the latter’s residence.

MP minor gang-rape: Houses of accused razed

IANS | July 29, 2023 12:53 PM

Bhopal, July 29 (IANS) A day after an 11-year-old girl was brutally gang-raped in Madhya Pradesh's Satna, the district administration bulldozed the houses of the two accused on Saturday morning.