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Thursday, January 15, 2026
TopicNational Investigation Agency

Topic: National Investigation Agency

NIA links 2021 Mundra drug haul to Lashkar-e-Taiba in SC, with a ‘Pahalgam’ sidenote

Prime accused Harpreet Singh Talwar, has taken strong exception to NIA's argument made in the Supreme Court, informing the bench that his kids were bullied in school as a result.

Hours after Tahawwur Rana’s extradition to India, US calls it a ‘critical step toward justice’

Rana, 64, was brought to India Thursday and sent to 18-day judicial custody of the NIA. The US DoJ referred to him as a Canadian citizen with Pakistani nationality.

NIA to grill Rana on 26/11 chain of events as court awards 18-day custody, mandates medical tests

In post-midnight order after much deliberation, Delhi court handed over Tahawwur Rana to NIA hours after he was formally arrested at airport. Agency had sought 20 days’ custody.

26/11 co-conspirator Tahawwur Rana brought back to India, to appear before Patiala House court

NIA was tasked with bringing Rana to India from US where he was in judicial custody. District Court for Central District of California ordered his extradition in May 2023.

Timeline of events leading up to 26/11 accused Tahawwur Rana’s extradition to India

NIA team accompanying Tahawwur Rana is expected to return to India later Thursday. Rana is named accused in NIA, Mumbai Police chargesheets in 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case.

Government appoints special public prosecutor in 26/11 case with Tahawwur Rana set to face trial

Rana, who is in NIA custody, is arriving in Delhi Thursday. He will be the first of the 9 accused in the case to face trial.

NIA arrives in US to take custody of Tahawwur Rana, over 16 years after 26/11

Rana is set to be flown to India on a special flight soon after Indian officials complete the formalities for his extradition, it is learnt.

NIA’s conviction rate highest among all anti-terror agencies of the world, Shah tells Parliament 

Responding to MP questions & suggestions in the Rajya Sabha, Shah Friday said courts had decided 157 cases brought before them & sentenced the accused in 150 of the cases.

NIA raids 16 places in Tamil Nadu in ISIS radicalisation case

The NIA has been actively investigating cases of radicalisation and recruitment linked to ISIS across various states in India.

A Tiranga yatra & communal clash in Kasganj. As court convicts 28, what is Chandan Gupta murder case

Court found them guilty of charges including rioting & intentional insult to cause breach of peace during R-Day celebrations in 2018. Quantum of punishment will be announced Friday.

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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.