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Thursday, April 30, 2026
TopicNational Investigation Agency

Topic: National Investigation Agency

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.

The Myanmar ‘plot’: 6 Ukrainians, 1 American arrested for ‘aiding insurgents, direct link to terrorists’

NIA also told Delhi court the 7 had entered Mizoram illegally before crossing over to Myanmar. The 7 foreign nationals were taken into custody Friday & booked under UAPA.

7 foreigners in NIA custody under UAPA for ‘meeting ethnic groups in Myanmar, drone delivery from Europe’

The foreign nationals—6 Ukrainians & 1 American—are said to have been arrested at the airports of Lucknow, Delhi and Kolkata.

GoPro used to recce Pahalgam before terror attack ‘traced to Chinese distributor’. NIA to approach China

GoPro camera used by terrorists to recce terror attack site was activated at Dongguan, China, a year before the terror attack. NIA now set to seek records via a Letter Rogatory.

NIA drops human trafficking charge in US deportation case, 2 Karnal ‘agents’ get bail

Ravi Kumar and Gopal Singh were arrested in August last year by NIA, which took over the case from the Haryana Police on the order of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

‘Chacha Chaudhary’ for peers, oversaw CBI’s Delhi excise probe—new NIA chief Rakesh Aggarwal

An IPS officer from the 1994 batch of the Himachal Pradesh cadre, Rakesh Aggarwal will head the NIA until his retirement in August 2028.

NIA court junks plea by Dubai-based ‘sponsor’ of Khalistan outfit. ‘Accused can’t seek fresh probe’

The court was deciding a plea filed by Jasmeet Singh Hakimzada, allegedly a close associate of Harmeet Singh, the head of the Pakistan-based outfit KLF.

Decade after FBI exposed US-based Kashmir lobbyist was on ISI payroll, NIA court cracks down on assets

US-based Ghulam Nabi Shah alias Fai has been in legal trouble in both India and US, which convicted him of conspiracy & tax evasion. FBI laid bare his links with Pakistan’s ISI.

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Adani’s giant copper plant hits technical setbacks in first year

The 500,000 tonne-per-year plant produced just 94,000 tonnes of refined copper from April 2025 to February this year.

Indian drone tech company ideaForge signs MoU with Japanese firm to develop next-gen AI powered drones

By pairing Indian drone engineering with Japanese semiconductor expertise, the two firms aim to develop more advanced autonomous systems tailored to both defence & commercial use.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.