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Thursday, August 21, 2025
TopicNational Investigation Agency

Topic: National Investigation Agency

A history-sheeter from Bengal’s Malda facing 50 cases, who is Assadullah Biswas arrested in Delhi

Biswas was picked up Thursday night from a Paharganj hotel in connection with a murder case. He is also wanted in connection with fake currency racket and financing terror activities.

Spies, ISI & Navy secrets, why NIA is digging deeper into 2021 Visakhapatnam espionage case

NIA's espionage case stemmed from a 2021 case lodged by Counter Intelligence Cell of Andhra Pradesh Police. Agency carried out raids in 7 states this week, even after 3 chargesheets.

10 chargesheeted by NIA in 2022 Mizoram arms & explosives case ‘linked to Myanmar-based insurgents’

NIA probe found 'conspiracy by Myanmar insurgents along with associates in Mizoram', and that consignment was supplied by a Guwahati-based explosives firm.

‘Planned Punjab RPG attack, provided funds’ — who is Tarsem Singh, member of banned BKI, extradited from UAE

Tarsem, said to be a key aide to both Landa and another designated terrorist, Harwinder Singh alias Rinda, was extradited from UAE to India Friday and arrested by NIA.

Asif Merchant, Pakistani arrested for assassination plot in US, part of new Iranian covert campaign

Merchant began travelling to Iran in 2017, married a woman in Tehran last year, then shuttled between the city and Karachi several times. He went to US in Nov 2023, and again in April.

ED raids man posing as agency official after he is accused of cheating an ex-NIA officer of Rs 5,000

Accused Manoj Kumar was claiming to be 2017 batch officer of IRS who was serving as additional director in ED. He also claimed to run a coaching centre for civil services in Delhi.

Bail must be given if prosecuting agency can’t offer speedy trial, rules Supreme Court

Top court gave bail to Mumbai-based Javed Gulam Nabi Shaikh, who was arrested four years ago for allegedly carrying counterfeit Rs 2,000 notes.

NIA’s latest arrest in Rameshwaram Cafe blast is ex-convict in 2012 LeT conspiracy case

Shoaib Ahmed Mirza was in touch with prime accused in Rameshwaram Cafe blast case since 2018 & was allegedly facilitating his communication with a ‘foreign handler’, it is learnt.

SC sends 8 PFI men back to jail, points to ‘manifest error’ in Madras HC order granting them bail

The bench held in the garb of fighting for rights of minorities, PFI pursued ‘strong communal and anti-national agenda to establish an Islamic rule in India’.

NIA says NSCN-IM sent Myanmar groups to ‘destabilise’ Manipur, outfit counters with ‘proxy war’ claim

NIA has said a ‘China-Myanmar module’ of Naga group NSCN-IM sent Meitei insurgents to stir trouble in Manipur. Now NSCN-IM claims Indian support for Kuki rebels in Myanmar.

On Camera

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?