The National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a significant breakthrough in the Samjhauta train blast case arrested one person, identified as Kamal Chauhan, on late Sunday night.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a significant breakthrough in the Samjhauta train blast case arrested one person, identified as Kamal Chauhan, late Sunday night.

Chauhan is said to be one

Even as the Intelligence Bureau is working overtime to get the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC) functional by March 1, highly-placed government sources said that once fully operational, the NCTC will eventually evolve as an “umbrella organisation” for all investigations related to cases of terror and organised crime in the country.

Taking serious note of Central and state monitoring agencies still not following proper norms in interception of phone calls, emails and SMSes, the Centre in a fresh missive to these agencies has warn

It’s a case of putting the cart before the horse as many government departments and ministries have been denying prosecution sanction to the CBI in cases of corruption and then subsequently referring

Concerned over the increasing misuse of SIM cards from neighbouring countries in border areas, intelligence agencies have written to states sharing borders with Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh to launc

The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) will soon come out with new norms that will restrict top government officials from either joining a political party or entering the poll fray within one

The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) will constitute a special committee to monitor the 2G probe, being conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and other investigating agencies like the Enforcement Directorate. The Sup-reme Court has sought assistance from the CVC to monitor investigations by multiple agencies in the 2G spectrum allocation scam.

The 13/7 Mumbai triple bombings that rocked the country’s economic capital last year were funded by Karachi-based operatives of Pakistan’s intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence. The money was handed over to Riaz Bhatkal, the founder of Indian Mujahideen who currently operates out of Karachi. Bhatkal in turn sent the money through the hawala network to an accomplice in Dubai who then sent the money to India.

Deep rooted corruption in Haryana government’s transport department has converted even a high court-directed scheme into a money spinner for officials, who in collusion with dealers and manufacturers of speed governors, involved in a multi-crore racket.