Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested 15 more accused in connection with the April 1 incident in which seven judicial officers were held hostage during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) phase at Mothabari in the minority-dominated Malda district of West Bengal.According to sources, the arrests of these 15 accused took place following a massive raid and search operations by NIA sleuths in different locations in Malda district that started on Monday night a…
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New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Investigations by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the Faridabad terror module and the Red Fort blast case have revealed a larger plot for multiple bomb making factories and high-intensity blasts across India.The Faridabad module mainly comprising of doctors, is one of the most sophisticated terror modules that the country has ever seen. Had this module not been busted and 2,900 kilograms of fertiliser meant for bomb making not been seized, then…
Srinagar, May 25 (IANS) Sleuths of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday carried out raids at multiple places across Kashmir in connection with the ongoing terror-related investigation.Official sources said the NIA carried out raids simultaneously in several areas of Srinagar and other districts of the Valley as part of a crackdown on terror networks, overground workers (OGWs) and suspected terror-funding activities.“NIA raids are underway at the banned Jamaat-e-Islami-linked Siraj…
Srinagar, May 25 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday carried out raids at multiple locations across parts of Kashmir in connection with an ongoing investigation, official sources said. According to sources, searches are being conducted in several areas of Srinagar and Shopian districts as part of the agency’s continued crackdown linked to alleged terror activities and anti-national networks.One of the raids was conducted at Jamia Siraj Ul Uloom in Imamsahib. The Centre had e…
Imphal, May 23 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Saturday announced that the case relating to the abduction of six Naga villagers would be handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).A senior official of the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said that a six-member delegation of the United Naga Council (UNC) met the Chief Minister and his cabinet colleagues at the CM’s Secretariat to discuss the prevailing law and order situation in the state.During the meeting, the…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Operation Mahadev, which led to the elimination of three Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorists from Pakistan, did not just serve justice to the victims of the Pahalgam attack but also to those who lost their lives in the October 20, 2024, Gagangir terror attack. While probing the Pahalgam attack, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) was able to establish a link to the Gagangir attack in which seven lives were lost. The ballistic analysis revealed that the cartridges, which were…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Kerala BJP President, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, on Saturday alleged that the so-called Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) was part of a “cross-border influence operation” aimed at destabilising India, as the BJP demanded an investigation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the satirical social media campaign. In a post on X, Chandrasekhar described the emergence of the CJP as a coordinated influence campaign targeting both India and the government led by Prime Minister…
Mumbai, May 22 (IANS) Shiv Sena Spokesperson Krishna Hegde, on Friday, demanded that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) should conduct a probe into the rise of the digital-only political satire outfit ‘Cockroach Janata Party’ (CJP). He said that the investigation should emphasise on whether there is an attempt to create “unrest” in the country, similar to what transpired in Nepal and Bangladesh.Talking to IANS, Hegde said: “An NIA inquiry should be initiated about how the ‘Cockroach Jan…
Bhubaneswar, May 22 (IANS) The Commissionerate Police on Friday arrested a man for allegedly impersonating an officer of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and influencing a woman to lodge a fabricated complaint.The accused, identified as Ashish Reddy (45) of Lajpat Nagar in New Delhi, was found to be posing as an NIA officer and interfering in the investigation of a case registered at Kharavel Nagar police station earlier on the basis of a woman’s complaint.According to police, the compl…
Chandigarh, May 21 (IANS) Minister of State (MoS) Ravneet Singh Bittu on Thursday issued a clarification for referring to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann as an “ISI agent”. He underlined that his remark came in response to Mann accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the twin explosions in Punjab, despite the Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav mentioning an ISI angle in the incident.Bittu had accused Chief Minister Mann of being an “ISI agent” who is trying to endanger India…