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Three Kashmiri separatists questioned by NIA

Three Kashmiri separatists on Monday appeared before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) here for questioning in connection with a case related to the funding of terror and subversive activities in Jammu and Kashmir. Agency sources said Farooq Ahmad Dar alias 'Bitta Karate', Nayeem Khan and Javed Ahmed Baba alias 'Gazi' of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat have arrived here …

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May 29, 2017

NIA chargesheets three for Mysuru court blast

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday filed a chargesheet against three persons for the Mysuru court blast in August, 2016. The counter-terror agency accused Nainar Abbas Ali, M Samsun Karim Raja, and S Dawood Sulaiman of forming a terror outfit 'Base Movement' and threatening the judiciary.  The chargesheet said its investigation revealed that the bomb explosion …

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May 24, 2017

NIA sentences 3 to life in Assam terror funding case

A special National Investigation Agency court here on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment three convicts of the Dima Hasao terror funding case and awarded eight to 12 years' imprisonment to 11 others convicted in the case. Those three sentenced to life are Niranjan Hojai, Commander-in-Chief of Dima Halam Daogah (J) militants, the outfit's Chairman Jewel …

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May 23, 2017

NIA grills Kashmir separatist leaders over Pakistani funding

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) questioned for the third consecutive day on Monday several separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir over the alleged funding from Pakistan-based terrorist groups. An NIA official said that the counter-terror agency questioned Tehreek-e-Hurriyat leader Ghazi Javed Baba and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) leader Farooq Ahmed Dar, who is …

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May 22, 2017

NIA grills Kashmiri separatist leaders over Pakistani funding

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday questioned various separatist leaders in the alleged hawala and terror funding from Pakistan-based terrorist groups. While JKLF leader Farookh Ahmad Dar was quizzed, a NIA official also said that the agency was also questioning two other separatist leaders Nayeem Khan and Ghazi Javed Baba in the case. The …

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May 20, 2017

Geelani under NIA scanner for allegedly receiving Lashkar funds

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a case against separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and other Hurriyat leaders for allegedly receiving money from the Lashkar-e-Taiba to fund "subversive" activities in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. On Friday, a team of the counter-terror probe agency landed in Srinagar to question Geelani, Hurriyat provincial president Naeem …

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May 19, 2017

No objection to Sadhvi’s discharge in Malegaon blast case: NIA

The National Investigation Agency on Friday told a special Mumbai court that it has no objection to the discharge of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur in the 2008 Malegoan bomb blast case. "We have not objected to her discharge plea and in the chargesheet we have already said that there is no prosecutable evidence against her," said …

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May 12, 2017

2008 Malegaon blast case: SC issues notices to Maha govt, NIA

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to Maharashtra government and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) with regard to the bail plea filed by Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Purohit in 2008 Malegaon blast case. The top court has sought reply from the Maharashtra government and the NIA within four weeks According to reports, 2008 Malegaon blast …

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May 5, 2017

Two IS men sentenced to seven years in jail

A court here on Friday awarded seven-year jail terms to two members of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group after their application for pleading guilty to charges against them was allowed. Those convicted by District and Sessions Judge Amar Nath are Sheikh Azhar-ul-Islam alias Abdul Sattar Sheikh and Mohammed Farhan alias Mohammed Rafiq Shaikh. The …

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April 21, 2017

19 cases related to ISIS registered by NIA: Govt

Altogether 19 cases related to ISIS have been registered by the National Investigation Agency, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. "The NIA has registered 19 cases related to ISIS and out of these, charge-sheet has been filed in 11 cases," Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir said in response to a written reply to …

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March 29, 2017

Lucknow encounter likely to be given to NIA for probe

The investigation into the encounter in Lucknow, where a suspected ISIS terrorist was killed, is likely to be handed over to the NIA, a senior Home Ministry official said on Wednesday. In all likelihood, the Lucknow case will be given to the National Investigation Agency for probe, the official said. The move came after the …

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March 8, 2017

NIA asks Zakir Naik to appear before it on March 14

Controversial televangelist Zakir Naik has been asked to appear before the National Investigative Agency (NIA) on March 14, officials said on Tuesday. Earlier reports had suggested that the controversial Islamic preacher would be recording his statement in a case of suspected money-laundering via video conferencing as the atmosphere was not conducive for Naik to return …

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March 7, 2017

NIA asks Zakir Naik to appear before it on March 14

Controversial televangelist Zakir Naik has been asked to appear before the National Investigative Agency (NIA) on March 14, officials said on Tuesday. Earlier reports had suggested that the controversial Islamic preacher would be recording his statement in a case of suspected money-laundering via video conferencing as the atmosphere was not conducive for Naik to return …

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March 7, 2017

ISIS man held by NIA for terrorist conspiracy

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a Kerala youth, Mouinudheen Parakadavath, 25, here for being part of an ISIS terrorist conspiracy in the country. The counter-terrorism agency said the youth hailing from Kasaragod district was questioned at the NIA headquarters when he arrived at the IGI airport from Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. During his examination, …

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February 16, 2017

NIA visits train derailment site, toll is 41

The death toll in the train derailment in Andhra Pradesh's Vizianagaram district rose to 41 as NIA and CID teams visited the scene on Monday to study if there was sabotage. Two more bodies were recovered from one of the derailed coaches of the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express on Monday, police said. The tragedy occurred on …

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January 23, 2017

Kanpur train derailment likely to be transferred to NIA

The Home Ministry is likely to hand over the Kanpur train derailment case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday, sources said. The move follows the NIA's request to the ministry to transfer the case. On Wednesday, an NIA team reached Bihar's Motihari district to investigate the alleged role of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence behind …

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January 19, 2017

NIA visits Bihar to probe Kanpur train derailment

An NIA team reached Bihar's Motihari district on Wednesday to investigate the alleged role of Pakistan's ISI behind the Indore-Patna Express train derailment near Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur that claimed over 100 lives. On Tuesday, Bihar Police arrested three people — identified as Moti Paswan, Umashankar Prasad and Mukesh Yadav — for their alleged role in …

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January 18, 2017