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New Delhi: A Delhi court that extended the NIA custody of seven foreign nationals in a terror conspiracy case last week underlined its sensitive nature and said that several questions needed to be answered to ascertain things like the motive of the accused behind coming to India. In the order dated March 27, NIA Special Judge Prashant Sharma said, "Regarding non-recovery of incriminating material, facts of this case have to be appreciated in totality. Why did the accused persons come to India? ...Read More >
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is challenging Sachin Waze's attempt to be discharged from the Antilia bomb scare case, alleging his direct involvement in the crime and highlighting the severity of the charges against him. Photograph: PTI Photo from the Rediff Archives Key PointsThe NIA opposes Sachin Waze's discharge plea, asserting his direct involvement in the Antilia bomb scare and Mansukh Hiren murder case.The NIA claims Waze and his co-accused committed serious offences, including ...Read More >
India's multi-pronged strategy of combining security operations with rehabilitation and development initiatives is proving effective in curbing the long-standing Naxalite insurgency, leading to significant surrenders and a weakening of the movement. IMAGE: A view of 108 Maoists surrendering with weapons, cash, and gold before the police in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, March 11, 2026. Photograph: ANI Photo Key Points Over 10,000 Maoists have surrendered in the last decade due to increased security p ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): While seeking further custody of seven foreigners, including 6 Ukrainians and one US citizen, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said that new facts have revealed the accused persons' involvement in the offence of Conspiracy of terrorist act under Section 18 of UAPA. It also said that there are several aspects, including why the accused persons came to India; why they went to Myanmar; whether drones were used for imparting training; and whether they are l ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has ordered that the medical treatment of Popular Front of India (PFI) Chairman E Abubacker shall continue at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) itself, while directing that he be taken to Apollo Hospital for a second medical opinion. Abubacker has sought medical treatment for cancer and Parkinson's in a private hospital of his choice. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma disposed of Abubacker's petition seeking transfer to a pri ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, 2026, tabled in the Assembly, was strongly opposed by the Opposition, including Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM and Communist Party of India (CPI), questioning its need when there are provisions under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) to prevent hate crimes and speech. The Bill was introduced by the Backwards Classes (BC) Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar on Monday, March 29. Contesting, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (A ...Read More >
Appointed CEO in 2020, Schnellmann has overseen the Jewar airport's development through multiple phases As the Noida International Airport prepares for its inauguration on Saturday, all eyes are on Christoph Schnellmann, the Swiss aviation executive leading one of India's most ambitious airport projects. From Zurich to Jewar Schnellmann brings decades of global aviation experience to the role. Before taking charge as CEO of Noida International Airport (NIA), he was associated with Flughafen Z ...Read More >
Imphal, March 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The bodies of two men from the Kuki community, who had gone missing in Manipur's Kamjong district on Wednesday, were found on Thursday, officials said. The deceased were identified as Thangboimang Khongsai, 35, a resident of Shangkai village in Ukhrul district, and Thengin Baite, 40, a resident of nearby Thawai Kuki village in Kamjong district. Officials said the Manipur government has handed over the case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for a thoro ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Tension prevailed at Azim Premji University at Sarjapur of Anekal in Bengaluru on Tuesday after activists attached to Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), a student organisation, disrupted an event before it commenced at the campus organized by The SPARK, acts as a platform for student voice. The ABVP termed the event hosted at Azim Premji University camps to be an "anti-national" event alleging the event was against the Indian Army. Soon police swung into action and detained t ...Read More >
Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) - designated as a terror organisation by the United Nations - and The Resistance Front (TRF) have been charged with "planning, facilitating and executing" the attack. The TRF had initially said it was behind the attack but later denied its involvement. The 1,597-page chargesheet, filed on Monday in a special court in Jammu, names the militant groups and six others, three of whom were killed by security forces days after the attack. A man accused by NIA of ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted searches at multiple locations in Imphal, Manipur, as part of a money laundering probe against individuals accused of collecting over ₹50 crore from the public through an alleged investment scheme and diverting the funds for activities amounting to waging war against the Government of India. ED officials said at least five premises in the state capital were raided, linked to Yambem Biren, a self-styled chief minister of the Mani ...Read More >
The NIA arrested Kamalkant Verma alias Uncle Ji, the 11th accused and linchpin of a multi-state illegal arms syndicate. Originating from Bihar, the arms were procured from Haryana and smuggled to UP and other parts of Northern India. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested the 11th accused working as a linchpin of a multi-state illegal arms and ammunition trafficking syndicate. These arms and ammunition, originating from Bihar, were spread across various parts of Northern India. A ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested the linchpin of an illegal arms and ammunition trafficking case, originating from Bihar and spread across various parts of northern India, officials said on Wednesday. Kamalkant Verma alias Uncle Ji from Patna is the 11th accused to be arrested in the case, they said. NIA investigations have revealed that Kamalkant played a vital role in the syndicate, involved in procuring ammunition illegally from various gun houses ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 17: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday allowed human rights activist Gautam Navlakha, an accused in the Elgar Parishad Maoist links case, to shift to his hometown in Delhi. The court, however, said that he will have to appear before the special NIA court for trial hearings as and when required. Weekly Police Appearance And Travel Restrictions A bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Shyam Chandak also directed Navlakha to appear every Saturday before the local police station in Delhi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has attached two immovable properties of an accused involved in transnational human trafficking and cyber frauds, officials said on Wednesday. One flat in Maharashtra's Thane and a piece of land in Bihar's Siwan purchased by the wanted accused, Anand Kumar Singh, in his wife's name using money earned illegally from human trafficking activities have been attached, a statement issued by the NIA said. Singh, a Cambodia-based Indian n ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Bombay HC on Tuesday said it was inclined to allow human rights activist Gautam Navlakha to shift to his house in Delhi till the trial in the Elgar Parishad Maoist links case begins.Navlakha is not a "flight risk" as there have not been any instances where he tried to escape, high court said, adding he felt he was forced to stay in Mumbai and also that he was completely uprooted from his life and social circle. Navlakha was granted bail in 2023 by HC but a condition was imposed that ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday permitted Delhi-based journalist and activist Gautam Navlakha to move back to his residence in Delhi until the framing of charge proceedings begin in the 2018 Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case. This permission comes with certain conditions, including that he cannot leave the capital without prior permission and must visit the Kalkaji police station every Saturday to mark attendance anytime between 9 am and noon.The National Investigation Agency (NIA) subm ...Read More >
NEW DELHI - India's counterterrorism agency on Dec 15 charged militant groups based in Pakistan and six individuals in the terror attack in Kashmir that killed 26 people in April and ignited the most expansive fighting in decades between the South Asian rivals. The charges echoed recent public accusations by Indian officials that Pakistan sponsored the terrorists involved in the killings, a claim that Islamabad has denied. Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not immediately respond to ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday stressed the need to set up exclusive courts to expedite trials in cases filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). "The concept we have in mind is that these special courts should act as an emergency ward in a hospital," Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, heading a division bench, orally remarked. Trials in cases filed under the UAPA and those being pursued by the NIA need to be expedited witho ...Read More >
New Delhi: Taking note of an increasingly familiar pattern of gangsters moving across jurisdictions in Delhi and its surroundings, Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to consider enacting a legislation empowering a single agency to pursue organised crime syndicate members in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR) states unhindered and produce them before a special court in Delhi, Noida, Faridabad or Gurgaon."Why not a law to cater to the entire National Capital Region? Create exclusive sp ...Read More >
Srinagar: J&K Police's counter-intelligence wing raided 12 locations in multiple Kashmir districts on Tuesday and detained for questioning 12 terror suspects accused of radicalising youth, systematically attempting to disrupt public order, and spreading false narratives glorifying terrorism and terrorists.The raids were carried out in Srinagar, Baramulla, Anantnag, Pulwama, Kupwara, Budgam, and Shopian districts in connection with a case registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act ...Read More >
Srinagar, Dec 16: The Counter Intelligence wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday conducted pre-dawn raids at multiple locations across the Kashmir Valley, busting a terror-linked network of anti-national elements allegedly operating under the guise of social activism, officials said. The Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) carried out coordinated searches across seven districts, during which 12 suspects were detained for questioning. Officials said the operation exposed a covert terror ...Read More >
ISLAMABAD: India's National Investigation Agency has submitted a detailed 1,597-page chargesheet in connection with the April 22, 2025, terrorist attack in Pahalgam's Baisaran meadows, where 26 civilians, mostly tourists, were killed in a targeted assault described by Indian authorities as religion-based killings. The document, filed before a special court in Jammu on December 15, 2025, names seven accused, including a Pakistan-based handler Sajid Jatt, three militants killed in a subsequent enc ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday orally observed that the NIA courts should be something like an emergency ward in a hospital, and, if there is a NIA trial then all other matters can be taken away from that court, which would allow it to completely focus on the NIA matter. The central government informed the apex court that to ensure speedy trial, it has decided to set up a dedicated NIA court in each state and union territory and more than one court at places where there are over 10 cas ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to establish a dedicated National Investigation Agency court in every state and Union territory. In states with a high caseload, such as Kerala with more than 10 cases related to the banned PFI, more than one NIA court will be set up. Submitting a status report, Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati said Kerala would have multiple NIA courts due to the volume of cases, particularly those linked to the banned ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: The Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK), the specialized investigative wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, executed a significant operation on Tuesday, targeting a suspected terror-support network operating under the cover of social activism. The agency said that coordinated searches were conducted across multiple districts in the Kashmir Valley, resulting in the detention of 12 individuals for questioning. In an official statement, the CIK described the action as a "decisive blow t ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: The counter intelligence wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday carried out pre-dawn raids at multiple locations across the valley and busted a terror-linked network of anti-national elements operating under the garb of social activism, officials said. During the operation across seven districts, 12 suspects were detained for questioning. The Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) conducted coordinated searches across multiple districts of the Kashmir valley, exposing a clandestine ...Read More >
Srinagar, Dec 16 (PTI) The counter intelligence wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday carried out pre-dawn raids at multiple locations across the valley and busted a terror-linked network of anti-national elements operating under the garb of social activism, officials said. During the operation across seven districts, 12 suspects were detained for questioning. The Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) conducted coordinated searches across multiple districts of the Kashmir valley, exposing a ...Read More >
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a detailed chargesheet in the Pahalgam terror attack case, naming Pakistan's banned terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its proxy The Resistance Front (TRF), and holding them responsible for planning and executing the deadly attack that killed 25 tourists and one local civilian. Details In a statement, the NIA said the 1,597-page chargesheet lays out Pakistan's direct role in the conspiracy behind the attack, details the roles of ...Read More >
A Jammu court has issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)/The Resistance Front (TRF) leader and main handler of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack - Saifullah alias Sajid Jatt on the request of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), people familiar with the development said. The NBW was issued on Monday, when the agency filed a 1,500 page charge sheet in the Pahalgam attack linking Pakistan to the conspiracy. Saifullah alias Sajid Jatt, who is also k ...Read More >
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