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Thursday, August 21, 2025
TopicNational Investigation Agency

Topic: National Investigation Agency

As Gautam Navlakha gets bail, a look at Bhima Koregaon case & other suspects

New Delhi: While granting bail to human rights activist Gautam Navlakha in the Bhima Koregaon case of 2018, the Supreme Court Tuesday said that...

Delhi L-G recommends NIA probe against Kejriwal over allegation of $16mn funding from ‘Khalistani groups’

In letter to home secy, Saxena cites complaint from World Hindu Federation that also alleged a clandestine meeting took place in 2014 between Kejriwal & 'pro-Khalistan' Sikhs in New York.

UK grocery store owner, Pakistan link — who’s Inderpal Singh Gaba, arrested for Indian mission attack

NIA said this week that Gaba, an Afghan Sikh, was arrested for carrying out 'unlawful activities' as part of a 'larger conspiracy'. However, his lawyer has called the arrest ‘arbitrary’.

NIA freezes assets of key aide of Pakistan-based Sikh separatists in 2021 Jalalabad blast case

The probe agency has identified Surat Singh as an important agent of a terror network involved in smuggling narcotics, explosives, arms and ammunition from Pakistan.

Rameshwaram Cafe blast accused held near Kolkata in joint op but Bengal cops & Amit Malviya lock horns

According to agency, Mussavir Hussain Shazeb placed IED in café while Adbul Matheen Taha is the 'mastermind' who planned blast. Both arrested from Kanthi in Bengal’s East Medinipur.

‘Kicked my father,’ says son of TMC worker held by NIA in Bhupatinagar blast case. NIA version differs

NIA denies allegations, says officials were assaulted by a crowd & 1 suffered minor injury. Meanwhile, Bengal Police says NIA 'provided no opportunity to render assistance for such a raid'.

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’.

On Camera

What a Tamil town tells us about votes, caste, and fraud in medieval India

Nepotism seems to have been a concern in Uttaramerur elections. That's why the drawing of ballots was done by a child and executives' relatives were banned from being elected.

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?