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Thursday, January 15, 2026
TopicNational Investigation Agency

Topic: National Investigation Agency

Pot boils for another Centre-TMC clash after Sandeshkhali. NIA moves HC in Bengal blast probe

Hearing will take place Wednesday. Bhupatinagar police station had sent notice to NIA officer who filed complaint of attack. Another notice was sent to officer seeking medical report.

Arrested TMC leader’s wife lodges FIR against NIA officers alleging assault

Kolkata: Wife of arrested TMC leader Monobrata Jana has filed an FIR against NIA officials alleging that they tried to outrage her modesty after...

Locals attack NIA officials in West Bengal, pelt stones at vehicle

The team of officials were gheraoed and attacked Saturday by villagers in the Bhupatinagar area of Purba Medinipur district while investigating a 2002 bomb blast.

‘Upright’, 26/11 hero & expert from terror to financial fraud: Who is Sadanand Date, new chief of NIA

From battling terrorists in Mumbai to cracking high-profile cases like Telgi scam and the Shakti Mills gangrape, IPS officer Date is known among his colleagues as an ‘all-rounder’.

Fact Check: NIA survey claiming declining support for BJP, growing opposition from youth fake

Viral image lists several key findings from the 'survey', like diminishing appeal of Ram Mandir issue & support for Modi. Official in NIA says agency doesn't conduct any political surveys.

Rameshwaram Cafe blast: NIA arrests ‘key conspirator’, links 2 accused to Shivamogga ISIS module

Muzammil Shareef arrested following raids in three states. The two other accused are still on the run. NIA links cafe blast to Shivamogga terror graffiti & Mangaluru cooker blast cases.

‘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’.

Sadanand Date appointed NIA director general, NDRF and BPR&D get new chiefs too

Rajeev Kumar appointed chief of Bureau of Police Research and Development, Piyush Anand to head NDRF.

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.

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A new Indian foreign policy consensus is emerging. That India isn’t a great power yet

After exuberance, India must now not only take difficult and costly steps toward industrialisation, but also convert growth into geo-economic leverage and military modernisation.

Geoeconomic confrontation top trigger for global crisis, cyber insecurity biggest risk for India—WEF

WEF report flags growing erosion of multilateralism, long considered stabilising force. 'Declining trust, heightened protectionism are threatening trade, investment.'

The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.