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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
TopicNational Investigation Agency

Topic: National Investigation Agency

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.

NIA files chargesheet against doctor from Pune, 5 others in Maharashtra IS module case

National Investigation Agency says that all 6 were 'Islamic State members' & conspired to further terrorist activities to 'strike fear among people and to threaten country's security'.

NIA files 4,000-page chargesheet against six accused in Maharashtra ISIS terror module case

NIA said all 6 are members of ISIS outfit and hatched conspiracy to further terrorist activities with intention to strike fear and terror among people and threaten India’s security.

On Camera

Move over Ed Sheeran, Rihanna. The only pop star India wants more of is Diljit Dosanjh

Sheeran’s concert in Mumbai on Saturday was a roaring success. But the most viral moment was when Dosanjh joined him, and brought the house down.

Complaints to RBI ombudsman up 68% in FY23, banks biggest cause for customer grievances

Data shows large public sector banks received highest number of complaints in absolute terms, but fared better than several private banks when looked at on complaints-per-branch basis.

Tiger Triumph-24 — India-US tri-services exercise to boost coordination begins

The exercise will be simulated to undertake HADR operations in a ‘friendly island nation’, where troops will execute amphibious landing ops.

CAA comes not with a bang, but with a whimper. Without NRC, it will fade into academic debate

For BJP, CAA was strategic move that did not quite work out because those it would benefit could’ve been accommodated under existing laws, and new entrants would remain excluded.