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Guwahati: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday said two more individuals had been arrested in connection with the recovery of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), which had been allegedly planted by Ulfa-I in Guwahati, as part of a larger conspiracy to carry out multiple blasts across Assam during Independence Day celebrations last year.The accused have been identified as Bhargob Gogoi and Sumu Gogoi, both residents of Dibrugarh. According to the central investigating agency, the duo were directly involved in the conspiracy, orchestrated by the proscribed organization, aimed at striking terror and threatening India's sovereignty, security and integrity. Officials said the two were arrested from Dibrugarh on Tuesday.With these arrests, the total number of individuals apprehended in the case has now risen to three. The NIA, which took over the investigation from Dispur police in September last year, had already chargesheeted the three accused last month. These charges were filed under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, and The Explosives Substance Act.The terror plot came to light a day before Independence Day last year, when Ulfa-I chief Paresh Baruah released a video. In the video, he declared that the outfit would protest against Independence Day and carry out a "military protest" across the state on August 15. He further urged people to boycott the celebrations, warning that the outfit would not be responsible for any consequences if instructions were disobeyed.
New Delhi [India], February 7 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday reserved the order on an application moved by Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid seeking custody parole to attend ongoing parliament session amidst jurisdictional row. However, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), while opposing the custody parole, stated that Rashid Engineer does not need to respond to any questions. They emphasized that this request is generic and pointed out that Engineer has no speech to deliver. Senior Advocate Sidharth Luthra appeared for NIA also argued that taking an oath and campaigning are separate m ...Read More >
New Delhi, May 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a CRPF trooper from Delhi for sharing sensitive information with Pakistani Intelligence officers, an official said on Monday. Moti Ram Jat was actively involved in espionage and had been sharing classified information related to national security with Pakistanis since 2023, said the anti-terror agency. The agency has also managed to detect the trail of money he used to receive from Pakistani officers through various conduits, the NIA said. Soon after Moti Ram Jat's arrest, the NIA produced him before a S ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 7 (PTI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted a Maoist cadre for his involvement in the targeted killing of an Army personnel in Chhattisgarh last year, officials said on Saturday. The accused has been identified as Ashu Korsa of Bijapur in Chhattisgarh in the chargesheet filed before the NIA special court in Jagdalpur on Friday, they said. Also Read | Bodoland Lottery Result Today, June 7, 2025: Assam State Lottery Sambad Saturday Lucky Draw Results Declared, Check Winners List With Ticket Numbers. NIA investigations in the case revealed that the accused ...Read More >
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed charges in court against Canada-based gangster-terrorist Satwinder Singh alias Goldy Brar and four others for orchestrating grenade attacks on two Gurugram clubs in December, the agency announced on Saturday. The December 10, 2024 attacks targeted Warehouse Club and Human Club in Sector 29, with investigators linking the violence to a broader conspiracy by the banned Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) to spread communal disharmony across Haryana. The chargesheet names Sachin Taliyan, Ankit, Bhawish and US-based Randeep Singh alongside Brar. All ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The MSC IRINA, recognised as the world's largest container ship by TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) capacity, is set to dock at the Adani Group's Vizhinjam International Seaport on Monday and will be berthed till Tuesday. The monumental arrival marks a significant milestone for the seaport, which was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 2. The MSC IRINA boasts an impressive capacity of 24,346 TEUs, making it a formidable player in global shipping. With a length of 399.9 metres and a width of 61.3 metres, the vessel is approximate ...Read More >
The teams seized various incriminating materials, including mobiles, digital devices and documents, officials said The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted a series of searches across Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh to probe Khalistani terror network, officials said. NIA teams launched searches at 18 locations in the three northern states in the morning. They seized various incriminating materials, including mobiles, digital devices and documents, officials said. The se ...Read More >
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has charged five individuals, including goldy Brar, in relation to the 2024 Gurugram club bombing plot, as revealed in a recently filed chargesheet. This case involves a conspiracy to bomb two clubs, aiming to disrupt communal harmony in Haryana, with the banned terrorist group Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) implicated. The NIA's investigation highlights the severity of the plot. Those charged include satinderjit Singh (Goldy Brar), Sachin Talian, Ankit, Bhavish, and Randeep Singh. News Directory 3 provides crucial updates on sensitive cases such ...Read More >
Saquib Nachan, a former leader of the banned SIMI, passed away in a Delhi hospital following a brain haemorrhage. He was admitted four days prior after being arrested in 2023 during an NIA crackdown on ISIS. Nachan, an inmate at Tihar prison, was hospitalized after his health deteriorated, and doctors confirmed the haemorrhage.Saquib Nachan, a former office-bearer of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), died in a Delhi hospital on Saturday, days after suffering a brain haemorrhag ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) In a significant move to curtail the anti-India activities of the banned Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT) terror outfit, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday attached a property of an accused arrested in connection with its probe in a criminal conspiracy in Tamil Nadu aimed at establishing the Islamic Caliphate in India, an official statement said. The property of Bava Bahrudeen alias Mannai Bava, located at no 58H Ashrath Awliya, Manshoor Thaikkal, Gandhiji Road, Thanjavur in Survey no 2983 of ward 6 of Thanjavur Joint I Sub Registrar Office (SRO), has been attached ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) A court here on Wednesday extended till August 13 the judicial custody of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana. Rana was produced before the Patiala House Court through a video conferencing facility upon the expiry of the previously granted judicial custody. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a supplementary charge sheet against Rana, a former officer of the Pakistan Army's Medical Corps, following an initial charge sheet filed against him in 2012. The latest charge sheet also included Rana's arrest memo, seizure memos, and several ot ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday carried out searches at 17 locations across four states in connection with its ongoing investigation into a case linked to the recovery of AK-47 assault rifle and ammunition in Bihar. The raids began in the early hours of the day at locations across four states, including Bihar. NIA officials conducted search operations at the residences of suspects linked to the case, which is connected to the Fakuli Police Station in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district. Also Read | Kurla BEST Bus Accident: Driver Was Not Dr ...Read More >
Guwahati, Feb 4: Assam's Special Task Force (STF) arrested another Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) operative in the early hours of Tuesday in Kokrajhar, bringing the total number of arrests in the case to 12. Acting on intelligence inputs, the STF, with assistance from Kokrajhar police under Operation Praghat, apprehended one Nasim Uddin SK, a key operative suspected of involvement in extremist activities. The accused was presented before the court and has been remanded to seven days in police custody for further interrogation. According to an STF statement issued on Tuesday, Nasim Uddin is no ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday raided and subsequently searched 32 locations across Kashmir Valley as part of its "continuing investigations against terror conspiracy by Pakistan backed proscribed terrorist organisations and their offshoots to destabilise Jammu and Kashmir". The locations, it claimed, were residential premises of hybrid terrorists and overground workers associated with The Resistance Front (TRF), United Liberation Front Jammu & Kashmir (ULFJ&K), Mujahideen Gazwat-ul-Hind (MGH), Jammu & Kashmir Freedom Fighters (JKFF), Kashmir Tigers, PAAF and ot ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Saquib Abdul Hamid Nachan, terror suspect from Padgha on the outskirts of Mumbai, died in a Delhi hospital on Saturday. Nachan was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for his alleged links to the banned Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in December 2023, along with 15 other alleged ISIS members. They were picked up by the federal investigating agency during searches in Padgha, a village in Thane district, as part of a nationwide crackdown on ISIS. Nachan had been lodged in Delhi's Tihar Jail but suffered a stroke on Tuesday, when was admitted to Deendayal Upadhyay ...Read More >
Patna: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted simultaneous raids in Muzaffarpur and Vaishali on Wednesday morning in connection with an investigation involving two AK 47 assault rifles. One of the targeted locations was the residence of Bhola Rai, the village head of Mankauli Panchayat in Muzaffarpur. The raid at Bhola Rai's house began at approximately 3 A.M. and was carried out with the assistance of the local police. The NIA team conducted a thorough search of the premises, seizing several documents. However, officials have not disclosed details about the seized items. The i ...Read More >
India's International Train Links: These 5 Indian Stations Connect You To Another Country By Train The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against a designated individual terrorist Goldy Brar and four others in the 2024 Gurugram clubs bombing case, the agency said in an official statement. Canada-based Satinderjit Singh alias Goldy Brar, along with Sachin Taliyan, Ankit, Bhawish and United States-based Randeep Singh alias Randeep Malik has been charged by the investigation agency under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Arms Act, Explosives Substan ...Read More >
Bengaluru, June 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Karnataka BJP on Saturday welcomed the Central Government's decision to hand over the sensational murder case of Hindu activist Suhas Shetty to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The Ministry of Home Affairs issued an order in this regard on Saturday. The Karnataka BJP unit had vehemently demanded an NIA probe, alleging that the Congress-led government in Karnataka was hushing up the case. Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka and State President B.Y. Vijayendra had questioned why the investigation officers had not yet bothered to investigate the rol ...Read More >
Tihar jail authorities on Friday issued a statement dismissing reports concerning the critical health of Jammu and Kashmir separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah, saying that he is receiving regular medical attention and his condition remains stable. The statement comes in the backdrop of appeals from Jammu and Kashmir's various political parties and his daughter for proper medical care for Shah, who they claim is suffering from a life-threatening illness. "Some rumours are reportedly being circul ...Read More >
DHARMAPURI: For the third time in the past two months, a wild leopard wandered into a private farmland near Valaithottam village near Palacode and hunted chicken raised by a local farmer. Locals are increasingly distressed and urged the forest department to take steps to relocate the leopard. Over the past few months, there have been several reports of leopard sightings in forest areas near Palacode, particularly in Valaithottam village, near the forest's fringe. There have been two instances when the leopard attacked farmlands, taking away a domestic dog and a chicken. On Saturday, the leop ...Read More >
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has launched an investigation into three cases of violence in Manipur, including the abduction and killing of six women and children from the State's Jiribam district on November 11. The anti-terror agency re-registered three cases afresh on November 13 after the Ministry of Home Affairs decided to hand over the cases to it considering the gravity of the offences amid escalating violence in the strife-torn State. "The objective is to unearth the larger conspiracy behind the brutal attacks," an NIA spokesperson said on Tuesday (November 26, 2024). Last ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) chargesheeted another accused in the Magadh (Zone) CPI (Maoist) revival attempts case, the agency said in a statement. Binod Shankar alias Vinod Shankar Singh, a resident of Kaimur district of Bihar, is the 6th accused to be chargesheeted in the case, the agency said. The chargesheet was filed on Monday. Also Read | Pune: Doctors Perform Rare Laser Surgery on Woman Pregnant With Monoamniotic Twins To Save Healthy Foetus at KEM Hospital. A supplementary chargesheet has been filed against him under various sections o ...Read More >
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted seven accused, including three absconders, in the December 2024 case related to the grenade attack on Gurdaspur Police Station by Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorists, officials on Friday said. The terror attack on Ghanie Ke Bangar Police Station in Batala, Gurdaspur district, Punjab, was claimed on social media by BKI operatives Harpreet Singh alias Happy Passia and Gurpreet alias Gopi, they said. ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jun 27 (PTI) Three persons were booked under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district for their alleged involvement in activities prejudicial to the security and sovereignty of the Union Territory (UT), police said on Friday. In a significant operation against subversive and anti-national elements, police in Sopore booked three individuals under the PSA for their continued involvement in activities prejudicial to the security and sovereignty of the UT, a police spokesman said. Also Read | UK F-35B Lightning II Stealth Fighter Jet To Be Moved t ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI) In a decisive step to counter the anti-national agenda of the banned terror outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT), the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has attached the property of an accused linked to a Tamil Nadu-based conspiracy aimed at establishing an Islamic Caliphate in India. The attached property belongs to Bava Bahrudeen alias Mannai Bava and is located at No. 58H, Ashrath Awliya, Manshoor Thaikkal, Gandhiji Road, Thanjavur. It falls under Survey No. 2983, Ward 6, as registered in the Thanjavur Joint I Sub-Registrar Office. The action has been taken under S ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 4 (ANI): Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday came down heavily on the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) over its pitch to reconsider the words 'secular and socialist' from the Preamble of the Indian Constitution while saying that it was 'all talk'. He dared and challenged RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale and top leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the centre to remove the words 'secular and socialist' from the Preamble. 'Days before, I heard that some RSS person said that we should remove Secular and Socialist words from ...Read More >
Young Indian argued in court that the income tax department deemed the Rs 90 crore loan to Associated Journals Limited (AJL) a sham, contradicting the ED's money laundering case against Sonia and Rahul Gandhi. Counsel for the accused refuted the ED's charges, questioning the basis of the Rs 2,000 crore valuation and alleging suppressed documents. Young Indian on Monday argued that the income tax department had called the purported Rs 90 crore loan to Associated Journals Limited (AJL), publisher ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the producer of "Udaipur Files", a movie based on tailor Kanhaiya Lal murder case, to arrange its screening for those seeking a ban on it. The court's direction came after the makers claimed objectionable portions have been removed from the film. The bench was hearing petitions claiming that the movie has potential to inflame communal tensions and disrupt public order in the country. A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Anish Dayal directed the producers to arrange the screening for the counsel represent ...Read More >
Hyderabad: BRS senior leader T Harish Rao on Wednesday strongly condemned Chief Minister Revanth Reddy's "baseless and misleading" statements regarding irrigation and water rights in Telangana. Harish Rao accused Revanth Reddy and his Congress government of "mortgaging Telangana's rightful share of water resources and attempting to mislead people with fabricated data and staged presentations." Expressing outrage over the Chief Minister's closed-door meeting with Congress legislators at Praja Bhavan, Harish Rao asserted, "Revanth Reddy, your government deserves to be lashed for betraying Telan ...Read More >
Imphal, June 7 (UNI) Three militants were nabbed in separate incidents during the last 24 hours in Manipur, police said on Saturday. Manipur Police arrested a militant from Moidangpok Awang Leikai from Khumbong Bazar under Imphal West District, they said. Security forces arrested a militant from the Elangkhanpokpi Mayai Leikai area under Kakching district. Security forces apprehended a militant from Wangoo Samushang in Bishnupur district and elected members from Kumbi area. In an operation, one M16 rifle, one bolt-action rifle, three pull-mechanism rifles, three improvised mortars, and fiv ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 8 (PTI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will probe the murder of Hindu activist Suhas Shetty by a group of assailants in Mangaluru, Karnataka, last month, official sources said on Sunday. The Union Home Ministry has asked the federal anti-terror agency to probe the case related to the "targeted killing" of Shetty "with the intention to create terror in the minds of people", they said. Citing a home ministry communique in this regard, the sources said the accused involved in the murder case are allegedly members of the Popular Front of India (PFI), a banned outfit. "Th ...Read More >