New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed its third chargesheet in a major conspiracy case, naming Chandan Kumar as the sixth accused in the revival of the banned CPI (Maoist) outfit’s activities in the Magadh zone of Jharkhand and the systematic extortion of funds from contractors to procure arms and ammunition.The chargesheet was submitted before the NIA Special Court in Ranchi, Jharkhand, in connection with a case, which the anti-terror agency had registere…
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New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) The naming of Hafiz Saeed in the Pahalgam attack chargesheet was a big move by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The in-absentia trial of Hafiz Saeed, who is the head of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, would be a test case, and the NIA will not only call out Pakistan’s bluff, but will also use this against Pakistan at international forums.The likes of Saeed and Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar have for years evaded scrutiny after carrying out terror attacks in India. A…
Jammu, July 14 (IANS) In a major development in the Pahalgam terror attack case, a Jammu court has issued a non-bailable warrant against Hafiz Saeed on the application filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), saying that arrest and custodial interrogation of the accused was necessary.The warrant was issued after the NIA named him as the mastermind in a supplementary chargesheet filed this month.The special court in its order said that in the matter of Application U/s 75 of BNSS for issu…
Ranchi, July 13 (IANS) The ED attached immovable properties valued at Rs 3.87 crore of a construction company and its associates in connection with alleged extortion by the Maoists and related money laundering, an official said on Monday. The assets were attached by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Ranchi Zonal Office, under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, against Santosh Construction and its associates, the ED official said in a statement.Those named b…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested two key absconders in connection with the targeted killing of local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Praveen Nettaru by cadres of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) in Karnataka in 2022, an official said on Sunday. Abdul Nasir and Naushad were nabbed respectively from Kochi (Kerala) and Hosur (Tamil Nadu) on Saturday in a meticulous operation carried out across the two states based on credible information from the…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 12 (IANS) The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Sunday demanded a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the murder of Indian medical student Savariya Basant in Uzbekistan, alleging that the case may involve an organised criminal network linked to religious conversion and extremist ideology. In a statement, the student organisation expressed grief over the death of Basant, who was studying at Bukhara State Medical Institute.Referring to information ava…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The trial in the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) terror conspiracy case against former Popular Front of India (PFI) Chairman E. Abubacker and other office-bearers of the banned outfit will commence on July 29 after they pleaded not guilty before a Delhi court on Saturday. Appearing before the Special NIA Court at the Patiala House Courts, all 21 accused denied the charges framed against them and opted to face trial. The court has fixed July 29 for the commencement…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed charges against eight accused, including Pakistani gangster-turned-terrorist Shehzad Bhatti, in connection with the IED car bomb blast in the parking area of Ambala’s Baldev Nagar police station in January this year, an official said. Bhatti, wanted in other terrorist cases too, and seven arrested Indian nationals have been chargesheeted under relevant sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, BNS 202…
Auckland, July 11 (IANS) India and New Zealand on Saturday announced the creation of a Strategic Partnership and unveiled a comprehensive ‘India-New Zealand Strategic Partnership: Roadmap to 2030’ to guide cooperation across key areas including political engagement, defence and security, trade, education, science and technology, culture and regional cooperation.Prime Minister Narendra Modi and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon met in Auckland on Saturday and endorsed the road map as a…
Jaipur, July 10 (IANS) The Rajasthan High Court has rejected the bail applications of three Rohingya nationals from Myanmar accused of living in India under false identities and allegedly trafficking Bangladeshi girls to different parts of the country. A Division Bench comprising Justice Indrajit Singh and Justice Bhuwan Goyal dismissed the bail pleas of Mohammad Usman, Shafi Alam alias Shofi Alam and Rabi-ul-Islam.According to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the three accused had been …