Nia Chief Sharad Kumar

Former National Investigation Agency chief Sharad Kumar was today appointed vigilance commissioner in the probity watchdog Central Vigilance Commissioner, officials said.

Senior IPS officer YC Modi, who was part of a Supreme Court-appointed team that probed the 2002 Gujarat riots cases, today took over as NIA chief, succeeding Sharad Kumar.

At a time when the country's premier National Investigation Agency or NIA is receiving flak about towing the government line in numerous terror related cases, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that the agency is an autonomous body and that the government does not give it directions related to any cases.

The reported statement of NIA Chief Sharad Kumar that so far there has not been any sign of involvement of the Pakistani government in helping Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) carry out the Pathankot attack has triggered a new row between India and Pakistan even as New Delhi clarified that the complicity of its nationals "is an accepted fact".

NIA team led by its chief Sharad Kumar was today trying to connect the dots in the terror attack by Pakistani terrorists on Pathankot IAF base, as it visited several spots and continued to question several eyewitnesses including senior police officers.

Combing operations were underway today to sanitise the Pathankot air base that was under siege for four days after terrorists struck the forward installation even as the focus shifted to the probe in the terror strike with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) chief arriving here for an on-the-spot assessment.

The government has cleared a proposal to re-employ senior IPS officer Sharad Kumar as Chief of National Investigating Agency (NIA) for a period of one year after he retires on Saturday.

The National Investigation Agency's (NIA) top officer, Sharad Kumar, today interrogated Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Naveed in the outskirts of Jammu city, who was captured after an attack on a paramilitary convoy on August 5 that killed two soldiers and one terrorist in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district.

National Investigation Agency (NIA) chief Sharad Kumar will personally interrogate LeT's Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Naveed Yakub, captured after Wednesday's attack on a BSF convoy, who has been remanded in the custody of the anti-terror agency by a Jammu court.

National Investigation Agency (NIA) chief Sharad Kumar arrived today in West Bengal's Burdwan district to take stock of the investigation into the October 2 blast in which militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh is suspected to have been involved.

Haryana cadre IPS officer Sharad Kumar has been appointed the new chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), officials said today.

Former National Investigation Agency chief Sharad Kumar was today appointed vigilance commissioner in the probity watchdog Central Vigilance Commissioner, officials said.

Senior IPS officer YC Modi, who was part of a Supreme Court-appointed team that probed the 2002 Gujarat riots cases, today took over as NIA chief, succeeding Sharad Kumar.

At a time when the country's premier National Investigation Agency or NIA is receiving flak about towing the government line in numerous terror related cases, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that the agency is an autonomous body and that the government does not give it directions related to any cases.

The reported statement of NIA Chief Sharad Kumar that so far there has not been any sign of involvement of the Pakistani government in helping Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) carry out the Pathankot attack has triggered a new row between India and Pakistan even as New Delhi clarified that the complicity of its nationals "is an accepted fact".

NIA team led by its chief Sharad Kumar was today trying to connect the dots in the terror attack by Pakistani terrorists on Pathankot IAF base, as it visited several spots and continued to question several eyewitnesses including senior police officers.

Combing operations were underway today to sanitise the Pathankot air base that was under siege for four days after terrorists struck the forward installation even as the focus shifted to the probe in the terror strike with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) chief arriving here for an on-the-spot assessment.

The government has cleared a proposal to re-employ senior IPS officer Sharad Kumar as Chief of National Investigating Agency (NIA) for a period of one year after he retires on Saturday.

The National Investigation Agency's (NIA) top officer, Sharad Kumar, today interrogated Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Naveed in the outskirts of Jammu city, who was captured after an attack on a paramilitary convoy on August 5 that killed two soldiers and one terrorist in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district.

National Investigation Agency (NIA) chief Sharad Kumar will personally interrogate LeT's Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Naveed Yakub, captured after Wednesday's attack on a BSF convoy, who has been remanded in the custody of the anti-terror agency by a Jammu court.

National Investigation Agency (NIA) chief Sharad Kumar arrived today in West Bengal's Burdwan district to take stock of the investigation into the October 2 blast in which militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh is suspected to have been involved.

Haryana cadre IPS officer Sharad Kumar has been appointed the new chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), officials said today.