Tag: NIA
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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 -
Court allows conversion of old notes seized from IS suspect
A court here on Monday allowed Rs.2.83 lakh in demonetised notes, seized from a suspected Islamic State (IS) member by the NIA, to be converted into new currency notes. National Investigation Agency Special Court Judge Amar Nath directed Chief Investigating Officer to exchange the scrapped old currency notes with the new notes with certain conditions. …
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January 9, 2017 -
NIA files chargesheet against LeT operative
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against Pakistani national and suspected Lashkar-e- Taiba (LeT) member Bahadur Ali alias Saifullah, accused of attempting to attack security forces in Jammu and Kashmir. The chargesheet accuses Ali of planning to carry out terror activities against India at the behest of the LeT. Ali, at present …
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January 6, 2017 -
Pathankot case: NIA charge-sheets JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed a charge-sheet in the Pathankot terror attack case naming Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar among three others. “The NIA has on Monday filed charge sheet in the Pathankot terror attack case against four accused persons- Maulana Masood Azhar, Chief of the terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), Mufti Abdul …
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December 19, 2016