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Topic: NIA

Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya & 5 others set to go on trial for 2008 Malegaon blast

A special NIA court has framed charges against Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya in the 2008 Malegaon blast, which killed six people.

Militants kidnap family members of 7 policemen in south Kashmir

The kidnappings came on the same day when NIA arrested the second son of terrorist Syed Salahuddin.

Telegram app and ‘girlfriends’: How 8 IS suspects kept in touch, planned meetings

NIA says the 8 men apprehended from Hyderabad had girlfriends across the world and used their accounts communicate.

Modi goes to Indonesia and gets stuck in traffic jams

Pre-Truth - snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

Five get life imprisonment for 2013 Bodh Gaya blasts

The five accused are also facing trial in 2013 Patna blasts, which killed six people and left 80 injured. 

How the Khalistan Liberation Force ‘planned and executed’ the murder of an RSS activist

The NIA, in its chargesheet, has accused two sharpshooters, multiple NRIs operatives of the KLF, as well as British national Jagtar Singh Johal alias Jaggi.

Terrorism, like the Mecca Masjid blast, is too serious a business to leave Ram and Rahim ‘bharosa’

Be it Kathua and Unnao rape – or Mecca Masjid the core issue has got diverted from the crime to the religio-political dimensions of it.

Last Laughs: What the acquittals in the Mecca Masjid blast case say about justice in India

The best Indian cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Mecca masjid acquittals show that the NIA is a caged, blind and deaf parrot

In our present system, miscarriage of justice happens when Muslims are the victims and when the Muslims are the accused. For Monday’s acquittal of the...

All accused in 2007 Hyderabad Mecca Masjid case acquitted by special court

A special NIA court acquitted all five accused citing lack of evidence in the 2007 blast which killed 9 people and injured 53 others.

On Camera

Skin cancer is no more an ‘old person’s disease’

The sun isn’t acting alone—it has an accomplice in pollution. Environmental toxins weaken our skin’s natural barrier.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.