Amaravati, July 10 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet on Friday approved the establishment of a special court in Visakhapatnam to try cases registered under the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Act.The decision was taken at the Cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu at the State Secretariat.Minister for Law and Minority Welfare NMD Farooq told the media that the Cabinet approved two key proposals concerning the Law Department.According to him, the Registrar (Admin…
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Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) In a coordinated, multi-city operation, the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) questioned 102 individuals for their alleged contact over social media with Pakistan-based gangster-terrorist Shahzad Bhatti, who is plotting to use them as foot soldiers for anti-national activities, an official said on Friday. Starting at 7 a.m., 58 teams from 14 ATS units swooped down on the premises of these individuals on the suspicion that they were being brainwashed by Bhatti and his …
Srinagar, July 10 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) said on Friday that it has charged Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah among six other separatists for the 1996 Srinagar violence. A press release by the NIA said the agency has chargesheeted six senior leaders of the separatist Hurriyat Conference in connection with a 1996 case of mob violence and indiscriminate firing on police personnel in Srinagar (J&K). The chargesheet, filed on Friday before the NIA Special Court, Jam…
Imphal, July 10 (IANS) A joint team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Manipur Police on Friday arrested a couple from Manipur’s Kangpokpi district for their alleged involvement in the abduction and killing of six Naga civilians, police said. A senior police official said that acting on credible intelligence inputs, the joint team launched a well-coordinated operation in Leilon Vaiphei village in Kangpokpi district during the early hours of Frid…
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The nature of radicalisation in South India is undergoing a significant shift, with security agencies increasingly concerned about individuals and small groups propagating extremist ideologies without any formal links to terror organisations.This emerging pattern has left the security agencies worried, and individuals or smaller groups running radicalisation networks are hard to track.Recent investigations by various agencies and the raids that have taken place in the s…
Jodhpur, July 8 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted a search at the Jodhpur residence of Zeeshan, an alleged handler of the banned terrorist organisation ISIS, as part of its ongoing investigation into a terrorism-related case.The search lasted for nearly two hours, during which the agency seized a motorcycle from the premises. The vehicle was later deposited at the Sadar Bazar police station.Zeeshan was arrested in March 2026 in connection with alleged terroris…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday carried out coordinated searches across multiple states in connection with an online terror radicalisation case involving an alleged conspiracy to establish an Islamic state in India through violent jihad and anti-national activities inspired by the ideologies of the terrorist organisations ISIS and AQIS.According to an official statement, NIA teams conducted simultaneous searches at 20 locations in Andhra Pradesh, Tel…
Ballari, July 8 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday carried out searches at the residence of Abdul Nazeer in Karnataka’s Ballari as part of a multi-state operation linked to an alleged terror conspiracy case registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).The raids were conducted at Abdul Nazeer’s residence in the Kaul Bazar area of Ballari. NIA officials questioned his parents and other family members regarding his associates and friend circle. The inves…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA), along with police and central security forces, is conducting simultaneous raids at 20 locations across Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi, Bihar, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Gujarat, Telangana, and West Bengal in connection with a terror conspiracy case, officials said on Wednesday.These raids are being carried out in connection with the NIA’s investigation into a terror-linked radicalisation case registered at the Visakh…
Vijayawada, July 8 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) raids are underway in Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayawada in connection with a terror links case, officials said on Wednesday. The NIA officials began searches in the Vinchipeta area. The case, which was recently transferred to the NIA, pertains to alleged terror links, according to the investigators. Earlier in April, Mohammad Rahamatullah Sharif, 23, Md. Danish, 27, and Mirza Sohail Baig, 23, all residents of Vijayawada; Sayeeda Begum, …