NIA raids 60 places in Andhra, T’gana in Maoist case
The National Investigation Agency on Monday carried out searches at more than 60 locations in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in a case linked to Maoists. The raids are still underway at the premises and hideouts of suspects in both...
Gadkari threat calls: NIA moves HC to transfer cases of Pujari, Pasha to Mumbai
Nagpur: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has moved the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court on Friday to transfer cases of Jayesh Pujari alias Kantha and his associate Pasha Asfar Bashiruddin Noor Mohammad to its special court in Mumbai. The NIA...
NIA team arrives in Nagpur to probe threat calls made to Gadkari
Nagpur: A team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrived in Nagpur for the investigation of threat phone calls made to UnionTransport Minister Nitin Gadkari. The calls were made by a murder convict named Jayesh Pujari alias Kantha, who was arrested...
Threat calls to Gadkari: NIA to take over probe to unearth terror network
Nagpur: In a significant development, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) will investigate the threat calls made to Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari. The calls were made by a murder convict named Jayesh Pujari alias Kantha, who was arrested by...
Nexus between Amravati’s Kolhe murder conspirator and Nagpur’s supari trader emerges
Nagpur: In a damning revelation, it has come to light that one of Nagpur’s betel nut (Supari) traders, who was among the ones under the scanner of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is learnt to have nexus with “Javed Amravati”...
Umesh Kolhe murder: NIA nabs Rs 2 lakh reward accused from Mumbai
Amravati/Mumbai: The eleventh accused with a bounty of Rs 2 lakh cash reward and wanted in the murder conspiracy of Amravati-based chemist Umesh Kolhe was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from Mumbai on Wednesday. NIA arrested absconding accused Shaheem...
Umesh Kolhe murder: Two more accused arrested by NIA from Amravati
Nagpur/Amravati: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday arrested two more accused in connection with the murder of veterinary pharmacy owner Umesh Kolhe which took place in Amravati on June 21 last. With these, the total number of arrests in...
NIA clears nine caught with Rs 36 cr in old currency notes
New Delhi: The NIA has cleared all nine persons, arrested in November last year with over Rs 36 crore in old currency notes, of terror financing charges, officials said here today. They had collected the money with the intention of exchanging...
SC notice to NIA on Kalburgi murder
New Delhi: The Supreme Court issues notice to the National Investigations Agency, the CBI, Maharashtra and Karnataka, on a plea seeking a SIT probe into rationalist M M Kalburgi's murder. In September last year, sketches of two suspects who killed the...
Sanatan Sanstha trio behind Gauri Lankesh’s killing?
Jay Prakash ‘Anna’, Sarang Akolkar alias Sarang Kulkarni and Praveen Linkar Bengaluru: In the first sign that the Special Investigation Unit, investigating the murder of journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh may have homed in on her killers, the SIT has...
SC asks for NIA probe into ‘love jihad’ case
New Delhi: The The Supreme Court today directed an NIA probe under the supervision of a retired apex court judge into issues raised by a Muslim man whose marriage was annulled by the Kerala High Court that described the case...
NIA registers case against Hurriyat’s Geelani for receiving LeT funding
New Delhi: NIA team lands in Srinagar to quiz separatist leaders, including Syed Ali Shah Geelani, alleged to be involved in subversive activities and receiving funds from LeT chief Hafiz Saeed. The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday said that the accused...
Malegaon blast: SC seeks reply of NIA, Maha on Shrikant Purohit’s plea
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today sought response from the NIA and Maharashtra on a plea of accused Shrikant Purohit, seeking bail in a case pertaining to the 2008 Malegaon blast. A bench of Justices R K Agrawal and A...
No objection if bail granted to Sadhvi Pragya: NIA tells HC
The National Investigation Agency, probing the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case, on Thursday told the Bombay high court that it has no objection if the HC grants bail to accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur. Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh, appearing for...
Hearing of Sadhvi Pragya appeal underway, shocking revelations in arguments
Nagpur: The Bombay High Court today heard the appeal for bail filed by Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, arrested in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. The High Court today heard the matter for almost the entire day giving a patient audience to...
Why is Sadhvi Pragya in jail after NIA dropped charges, asks High Court
Mumbai/Nagpur: Hearing a bail application of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, arrested in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, the Bombay High Court on Friday asked how she could be kept in prison when the prosecuting agency had said there was...
LeT told me to throw grenades during Kashmir protests: Pak terrorist confesses
New Delhi/Nagpur: The NIA today said it has proof against alleged Pakistani terror suspect Bahadur Ali and can show a video of him talking about his training by terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir. Ali, a resident...
NIA arrests Hyderabad ISIS module chief and fundraiser
Hyderabad/Nagpur: NIA arrests Hyderabad ISIS module chief Yasir Niamatullah and Athaullah Rehman, who raised funds. Investigating a suspected terror module of ISIS in Hyderabad, the NIA today said the accused were tech-savvy and using a modern software to secure their email...
Pathankot probe: India says ‘stage-managed’ allegations are double-speak by Pakistan
New Delhi/Nagpur: Pakistan media reports that the Pathankot terror attack was "stage-managed" by India are seen in New Delhi as "double-speak" by Pakistan's security establishment. "The report in a Pakistan pro-government daily only shows that ISI and Pakistan Army were doing...
14 IS ‘sympathisers’ detained ahead of R-Day in NIA crackdown
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday detained 14 suspected Islamic State sympathisers including six in Karnataka as part of a multi-location crackdown amidst heightened security measures ahead of the Republic Day celebrations. The crackdown comes in...
NIA interrogates Gurdaspur SP, his cook and jeweller friend
File pic New Delhi/Nagpur: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is not yet ready to give a clean chit to Gurdaspur Superintendent of Police (SP) Salwinder Singh, a prime witness to the Pathankot terror attack. He was questioned for the entire day...
