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Thursday, August 21, 2025
TopicNational Investigation Agency

Topic: National Investigation Agency

‘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.

Delhi Police gather evidence in Israel embassy ‘low intensity’ blast case, ‘identify 2 suspects’

Police say experts have 'lifted exhibits that may have evidentiary relevance' & sent them for forensic examination. Sources add group called Sir Allah Resistance has claimed responsibility.

ED arrests 5 ‘key’ PFI members, already in custody in NIA case, to probe money laundering

The five were aware of processes & activities connected with proceeds of crime & were arrested under PMLA, ED informs court. Gets custody for six days.

96% conviction rate in NIA cases in last 5 years, home ministry tells Rajya Sabha

Between December 2018 & November 2023, ministry handed 324 cases to counter-terrorism agency. Out of 84 judgments in cases NIA probed and chargesheeted since 2019, 81 were convictions.

NIA busts ‘Ballari module’ with arrest of 8 ‘IS operatives’ after raids in four states

Arrests made barely a week after similar action carried out in Maharashtra & Karnataka. Accused were circulating documents for 'recruitment of Mujahideen', says anti-terror agency.

FBI director visits NIA, discusses ‘criminal-terrorist nexus, probe into attack on Indian consulate’

Planned ‘in advance’, FBI chief Christopher Wray’s two-day visit to India comes under shadow of Pannun controversy. He had met CBI head a day earlier.

On Camera

Tariffs, chips, and China — how Trump’s trade playbook affects India

Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion

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?