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Topic: Impersonation

RPI (A) link, sports director—the many faces of Assam woman held in Delhi for posing as diplomat

Ashma Begum, it is learnt, was primarily engaged in liaison work and had prima facie no association with any embassy or diplomatic mission.

Refusing to junk FIR against lawyer who ‘posed’ as judge, HC says trial must to determine ‘truth’

Quashing of FIRs should happen only in ‘rarest of rare cases’, Punjab & Haryana HC says, adding that police should be allowed to investigate & courts shouldn't jump in too early.

Posing as PMO official, Delhi man sought Tirupati darshan, Symbiosis admission. CBI now on lookout

Man booked based on 3 complaints from PMO, which also alerted CBI that accused contacted tehsildar in Mysuru & introduced himself as joint secy, seeking documents related to a plot.

Sonu Nigam vs Sonu Nigam: How singer invoked personality rights to win impersonation case

Singer says posts by ‘Sonu Nigam’ Singh—who writes just 'Sonu Nigam' on X—harmed his reputation & caused backlash. HC asks man, who claims to be lawyer in Bihar, to use his full name.

SC settled decades-old property feud last yr. Bihar man now says he never hired lawyer who struck deal

Second complaint of alleged impersonation in top court after similar allegations made against lawyers in case related to Ajay Katara, a prime witness in Nitish Katara murder.

Curious case of ‘impersonation’ in SC: Ghost plea to reopen rape case, link to Nitish Katara murder

Supreme Court pulls up notary advocate after UP man says he did not file appeal against HC's quashing of rape case lodged on daughter's complaint. Case to be heard today.

5 criminal cases, extortion charges & more — ‘complex’ past of ex-Punjab AIG who ‘killed’ son-in-law

Malwinder Singh Sidhu faces charges ranging from misusing official position to organising paid-protest to get favourable judgment in ‘fake’ SC certificate row involving son-in-law.

On Camera

Mark Tully was a colossus on the Indian subcontinent. He had sources at all levels

I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

IAF achieved air superiority in Op Sindoor, forced Pakistan to seek ceasefire—Swiss think tank

Authored by military historian Adrien Fontanellaz, the study reveals the drone strategy used by Pakistan & how they tried to hit S-400 air defence system, both of which failed.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.