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TopicNational Investigation Agency

Topic: National Investigation Agency

EXCLUSIVE: Pakistan-made Nokia phone is NIA’s smoking gun tying Shahzad Bhatti to Ambala blast

A low-intensity blast tore through Baldev Nagar police station in Ambala on the afternoon of 10 January this year. It was traced to a Maruti 800 parked on the premises.

US national in Tihar on ‘hunger strike’ over ‘spicy, oily’ jail food, moves court for pasta & olive oil

Matthew VanDyke, arrested in terror conspiracy case this March, has sought court permission to bring certain cooking & food items to prison, and for provision of mosquito repellent.

NIA now has proof of LeT boss Hafiz Saeed’s role in Pahalgam, names him in supplementary charge sheet

NIA has charged Hafiz Saeed both as LeT boss and individually. Supplementary charge sheet has details of Pakistan’s conspiracy, Hafeez Saeed’s role, and supporting evidence.

Probing digital footprint of terror outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir, NIA seeks help from Switzerland & Germany

THEPRINT EXCLUSIVE: With HuT operatives believed to be using encrypted communication platforms, NIA has sought assistance regarding Geneva-based Proton Mail & Germany-based Tuta Mail.

3 Kashmiri students sentenced, Zakir Musa ‘kingpin’ acquitted. Court rap to NIA for ‘miserable failures’

The court sentenced three for waging war against the govt, possession of prohibited arms and ammunition, and conspiracy as members of a terrorist gang.

Bhima Koregaon: Why NIA cited Mumbai Press Club meet to seek cancellation of Sudha Bharadwaj, Varavara Rao’s bail

Duo violated bail conditions by attending a gathering with Bhima Koregaon co-accused at the 19 January event, it submitted to special court.

Terror module behind Red Fort blast took shape in 2022 under codename ‘Op Heavenly Hind’, says NIA

Module members were inspired by Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind and were aspiring to revive the now-defunct outfit, it adds. TATP was used to carry out the deadly blast.

Mira Road stabbing: Accused asked guards directions to mosque, ‘forced to recite kalma’. What FIR says

CM Fadnavis has called for NIA to probe Monday’s stabbing of two security guards in Thane district, to probe if the accused has links with more radicalised persons.

20 years after 2006 Malegaon blasts, ‘diagonally opposite’ probes lead nowhere & leave nobody on trial

Bombay High Court discharged the 4 accused in 2006 Malegaon blasts case this week, saying there was insufficient evidence to proceed with trial. 31 people lost their lives in the blasts.

Prashant Bose, one of Maoists’ oldest leaders, dies in Ranchi 5 years after arrest

Bose was lodged at the Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi along with his wife Sheela Marandi and other aides who were arrested by the Jharkhand Police in November 2021.

On Camera

Why Asim Munir may be softening on Imran Khan

Asim Munir's biggest gripe since the conflict with India in 2025 is that while he has made geo-political gains, there is no comfort for the general at home.

NITI Aayog wants India to reimagine skilling, pitches ‘skills not degree’, training from Class 6

Federal think tank in its latest report maps India’s workforce and learners across five segments, reveals that fewer than one in 12 secondary schools currently offer vocational subjects.

India, Japan look at joint naval shipbuilding, technology transfer with pact to deepen defence ties

Maritime security agreement opens avenues for joint development of naval ships and design, greater use of Indian shipbuilding and repair facilities by Japan.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman