National Investigation Agency (NIA): News

30 Mar 2021

Aurangabad

Aurangabad man claims NIA-recovered number plate belongs to his vehicle

A resident of Aurangabad, Maharashtra has claimed one of the number plates recovered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from the Mithi river in Mumbai belonged to his van which was stolen last year.

25 Mar 2021

Mukesh Ambani

Ambani bomb scare: Sachin Waze claims he is being 'scapegoated'

A special court in Mumbai on Thursday extended suspended police officer Sachin Waze's National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody till April 3.

20 Mar 2021

Mumbai

Vaze, Hiren seen meeting on the day Scorpio was 'stolen'

CCTV footage showed that suspended police officer Sachin Vaze and businessman Mansukh Hiren had met the day a Scorpio in Hiren's possession was stolen, and Vaze later tried to destroy evidence against him, investigators claimed on Friday.

17 Mar 2021

Mukesh Ambani

Ambani bomb scare: NIA seizes Mercedes car; key recoveries made

The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the recovery of an explosives-laden Scorpio SUV car near billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence in Mumbai last month, has seized a black Mercedes-Benz car, reports say.

14 Mar 2021

Mukesh Ambani

Ambani bomb scare: Mumbai cop Sachin Vaze arrested by NIA

The National Investigation Agency has arrested Mumbai Police officer Sachin Vaze for his alleged role in placing an explosives-laden vehicle near billionaire businessman Mukesh Ambani's residence.

08 Mar 2021

Mukesh Ambani

NIA to probe case of explosives-laden car found near Antilia

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over the case of a vehicle laden with explosives being found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence in Mumbai, an official spokesperson said on Monday.

26 Feb 2021

al Qaeda

Chargesheet filed against 11 terrorists for planning attacks in India

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a chargesheet against 11 al-Qaeda terrorists for allegedly planning to carry out attacks in India on the instructions of their Pakistan and Bangladesh-based handlers.

02 Feb 2021

Explosion

Home Ministry hands over Delhi blast probe to NIA

The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday reportedly handed over the probe into the blast near the Israel embassy in Delhi to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

20 Jan 2021

Farmers Protest

Government ready to suspend contentious farm laws for 1.5 years

In a major development in the deadlock between the central government and protesting Farmers, farmer leaders said the Centre is ready to suspend the three contentious laws that triggered the agitation.

01 Dec 2020

X

Shehla Rashid involved in anti-national activities, claims father; she denies

After her father claimed on Monday that she is involved in anti-national activities and demanded a thorough probe into her finances, former JNU student Shehla Rashid called him a wife-beater and added he was resorting to cheap stunts because she decided to act against him.

15 Oct 2020

Kerala

NIA suspects Dawood Ibrahim link in Kerala gold smuggling case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) suspects that the most-wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim could be involved in the Kerala gold smuggling case, which has rocked politics in the Southern state for weeks now.

19 Sep 2020

West Bengal

NIA arrests nine al-Qaeda terrorists from Kerala, Bengal after raids

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested nine al-Qaeda terrorists from Kerala and West Bengal after raids at multiple locations, reports said on Saturday.

17 Sep 2020

Jammu And Kashmir

Pulwama-like attack prevented, says Army; 52kg explosives recovered

A Pulwama-like attack was prevented on Thursday, the Indian Army said in a statement after recovering 52 kilograms of explosives near Letapora in Jammu and Kashmir.

26 Aug 2020

India

How was the Pulwama attack planned: Exhaustive details here

The idea of the Pulwama attack of February 2019 was seeded in April 2018, when Jaish-e-Mohammed operatives crossed over the border from Pakistan, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) claimed in its 13,500-page charge-sheet filed on Tuesday.

26 Aug 2020

Kerala

Gold smuggling case evidence burnt in Kerala Secretariat fire: Opposition

On Tuesday evening, a fire broke out in the North block of the Kerala Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram, sparking a political row.

25 Aug 2020

India

Pulwama attack: NIA will file 5,000-page charge-sheet, naming Azhar, soon

More than a year after India was shaken by a terror attack in Pulwama, Kashmir, the National Investigation Agency will file a charge-sheet at a special NIA court in Jammu today, naming Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar and his brother Rauf Asghar as the masterminds.

22 Aug 2020

Delhi Police

Suspected ISIS operative arrested in Delhi after fire exchange: Police

The Delhi Police confirmed on Saturday that a suspected ISIS operative was arrested from the Dhaula Kuan region after an exchange of fire.

13 Aug 2020

Pulwama

Pakistan's spy agency ISI and JeM planned Pulwama attack: NIA

The Pulwama attack of February 14, 2019, wasn't merely the brainchild of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed but the country's spy agency ISI was also involved in it, the charge-sheet of National Investigation Agency (NIA) claims, as per a report in HT.

27 Feb 2020

Pulwama

NIA fails to charge-sheet JeM conspiracy case accused; bail granted

An accused in the Jaish-e-Mohammad conspiracy case has been granted bail as the National Investigation Agency (NIA) failed to produce a charge-sheet within the stipulated time.

15 Feb 2020

Maharashtra

Bhima-Koregaon case transferred to NIA: Sharad Pawar slams Uddhav Thackeray

That the National Investigative Agency (NIA) has taken over the Bhima-Koregaon case upset Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar, who attacked Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray over the same.

14 Feb 2020

Jammu And Kashmir

Davinder Singh case: LoC trade body chief arrested by NIA

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has made the sixth arrest in its probe into the case of suspended Jammu & Kashmir Police DSP Davinder Singh.

25 Jan 2020

Maharashtra

Bhima Koregaon case: NIA takes over investigation, Maha government fumes

On Friday, Centre tasked National Investigative Agency (NIA) with the Bhima Koregaon case of 2018, sparking another battle with the Maharashtra government, that was formed after Shiv Sena, Congress, and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) joined hands last year.

23 Jan 2020

Jammu And Kashmir

Suspended J&K DSP Davinder Singh sent to NIA custody

Suspended Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Superintendent of Police Davinder Singh was on Thursday sent to 15 days' National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody.

16 Jan 2020

Jammu And Kashmir

Arrested with terrorists, J&K DSP alleges senior cop's involvement: Report

Since the arrest of Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Superintendent of Police Davinder Singh with terrorists last week, the inquiry on the top cop has tightened.

15 Jan 2020

Chhattisgarh

Congress-led Chhattisgarh government moves SC against UPA-era NIA Act

The Congress-led government in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeking to declare the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008, "unconstitutional."

26 Dec 2019

Assam

Arrested for sedition, activist Akhil Gogoi's home raided by NIA

The National Investigation Agency raided RTI activist and peasant leader Akhil Gogoi's residence in Guwahati, Assam, on Thursday.

29 Oct 2019

Delhi Police

Indian cricket team under terror threat in Delhi: Report

The Indian cricket team is set to face Bangladesh in a three-match T20I series, starting November 3 in Delhi.

25 Sep 2019

India

Pakistani drones dropped rifles, grenades in Punjab to help terrorists

In what confirms that Pakistan is continuing with its notorious plans to hamper peace in India, some drones from across the border dropped arms and grenades in Punjab, multiple reports said.

02 Aug 2019

WWE

WWE: Five men who attacked women superstars

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15 Jul 2019

Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha passes bill to strengthen NIA: Details here

The Lok Sabha on Monday passed The National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Bill, 2019, to strengthen the NIA.

J&K: All terrorism cases to be monitored by multi-agency group

A multi-body terror monitoring agency is now set to widen its ambit for also monitoring the progress of all terror-related cases in Jammu & Kashmir.

09 Apr 2019

Bhopal

Will BJP choose hardliner Sadhvi Pragya to take on Digvijaya?

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is mulling all its options for the Bhopal Lok Sabha seat, which has been its bastion for almost three decades.

11 Mar 2019

Pulwama

23-year-old terrorist, who planned Pulwama attack, killed in encounter: Report

A 23-year-old terrorist named Mudasir Ahmed Khan alias Mohd Bhai, who planned the February 14 Pulwama attack, was killed in an encounter on Monday, PTI reports.

28 Feb 2019

Jammu And Kashmir

Hard disks, undisclosed expenditure found in terror funding raids

On Wednesday, income tax officials carried out raids on seven places spread across Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir, belonging to the "head of a prominent organization and his associates" who have allegedly been conducting "anti-national" activities.

25 Feb 2019

India

NIA identifies owner of vehicle used in #PulwamaTerrorAttack: Details here

With the help of forensic experts and automobile specialists, National Investigation Agency (NIA) investigators probing the Pulwama attack have identified the vehicle used to carry out the attack.

23 Feb 2019

Pulwama

Repainted, old car may have been used for Pulwama attack

An old car, probably manufactured in 2010-11, could have been used for the Pulwama attack, agencies probing the incident have hinted. The vehicle was repainted in the years gone by, reports IE.

20 Feb 2019

Jammu And Kashmir

#PulwamaAttack: Maruti Suzuki engineers assisting NIA with probe

While the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is probing the Pulwama attack and trying to trace the vehicle that was used in the suicide bombing of the CRPF convoy, a team from Maruti Suzuki has headed to the blast site to aid the agency.

14 Feb 2019

India

#PulwamaTerrorAttack: NSG, NIA to assist J&K Police in terror-attack probe

Anti-terror force National Security Guard (NSG) experts and National Investigation Agency (NIA) investigators will join the investigation into the deadly terror attack at Awantipora in J&K's Pulwama.

12 Jan 2019

ISIS

Ghaziabad: One held under NIA's probe against an ISIS-inspired group

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) said today it has made a fresh arrest from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, in connection with its probe against an ISIS-inspired group.

10 arrested in ISIS case sent to 12-day NIA custody

A day after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested 10 people belonging to an ISIS-linked cell, the arrested was produced before a Delhi court, on Thursday, amid tight security.