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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
TopicSpecial NIA court

Topic: Special NIA court

NIA court junks plea by Dubai-based ‘sponsor’ of Khalistan outfit. ‘Accused can’t seek fresh probe’

The court was deciding a plea filed by Jasmeet Singh Hakimzada, allegedly a close associate of Harmeet Singh, the head of the Pakistan-based outfit KLF.

Centre considers appointing retired judges to speed up NIA trials

Justice Secy Niraj Verma & Add'l Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati made the proposal in October, citing shortage of at least 4,000 judges in trial courts & long list of undertrials.

‘Grave suspicion but not enough proof’—what NIA court said as it acquitted Malegaon blast accused

'Prosecution proved that a blast occurred in Malegaon but failed to prove that the bomb was placed in that motorcycle,' the judge said.

Malegaon blast verdict deferred, NIA court to decide case against Pragya Thakur & 6 others on 31 July

Special judge AK Lahoti said that though 8 May was to be judgment day, the records & evidence in the Malegaon blast case were voluminous & that he required more time.

Close aide of Rinda, Pak-based pro-Khalistan ‘terrorist’, nabbed by NIA

Khanpuriya was detained at the Delhi airport after he reached here from Pakistan via Thailand, and then arrested. He has been taken to Mohali for questioning, say intelligence sources.

On Camera

Free gas to waivers, govt-owned gas firms roll out incentives to push households from LPG to PNG

IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.