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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
TopicNational Investigation Agency

Topic: National Investigation Agency

‘Engineer & teacher’, a ‘govt servant’ — who are Haris Farooqui & Rehan, arrested for being part of ISIS

Farooqui is accused of being India head of radical group Islamic State. He was arrested last week by NIA, along with Rehan, for ‘handling ISIS’s India operations’.

NIA names CPI(maoist) cadre in third supplementary chargesheet in 2022 Jharkhand ex-MLA attack case

Fourteen people were charge-sheeted by the NIA in December 2022 in the first, and two in the second supplementary charge sheet in May 2023.

Bengaluru cafe blast suspect still untraced, NIA announces Rs 10 lakh reward for info

Link with old IS module surfaces. Congress government believes Friday’s blast is linked to Mangaluru cooker explosion last November.

Home ministry hands over investigation in Rameshwaram cafe blast to NIA

Low intensity blast took place on 1 March in the popular eatery in Bengaluru's Whitefield area leaving many injured. Police found a suspect in CCTV footage, keeping a bag inside the cafe.

‘Links between explosion at Bengaluru’s Rameshwaram cafe & 2023 Mangaluru blast,’ says Shivakumar

Photos of suspect wearing cap, mask & carrying a bag being circulated on social media along with CCTV footage of the blast. Bengaluru Central Crime Branch forms 8 teams for probe.

NIA raids homes of slain singer Moose Wala’s ‘sharpshooters’, questions families

Ankit Sersa and Priyavrat are among the six 'shooters' accused of killing the singer and Congress leader on 29 May, 2022.

13 years later, NIA catches main accused in Kerala professor hand-chopping case 

Savad was arrested after NIA received tip-off about his location in Kerala. Professor T.J. Joseph, whose hand was chopped off, says main conspirators still at large.

‘No headway’ but 2021 Israel Embassy blast is ‘sword hanging’ over 4 Ladakh men

The four Muslim men then in their 20s were released on bail in July 2021 owing to lack of ‘incriminating’ evidence against them & haven’t been called in for questioning since.

NIA arrests suspected Godara aide from Jhunjhunu in connection with Karni Sena chief murder

Agency says it recovered cache of arms & ammunition from home of suspect Ashok Kumar in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu.

Surge in arrests, 94.7% conviction rate, focus on terrorist-gangster nexus — NIA’s 2023 report card

NIA Sunday said that among its most notable successes in 2023 were operations against 'ISIS, Kashmiri and other Jihadis'. Another focus of agency this yr was Left wing extremism in India.

On Camera

BJP is going after AAP not because it’s opposed to it but because they’re too similar

Jealousy between political parties arises from close competition in their goals, strategies, or voter bases. It's a reaction to perceived threats to a party's influence.

Why Tamil Nadu’s women make up nearly half of India’s female factory workforce

With an educated & skilled workforce, Tamil Nadu has a burgeoning industrial sector which has scored massive investments in automobiles, electronics, and even footwear.

Taiwan reports Chinese military activity around the island

Taiwan has detected a total of 301 Chinese military aircraft and 165 Chinese naval vessels so far in 2024.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.