National Investigation Agency
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The National Investigation Agency is India’s premier federal counter-terrorism and national security law enforcement body responsible for investigating and prosecuting serious offenses affecting the country’s sovereignty and security.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| National Investigation Agency canonical | 7 |
| National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T309036 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Investigation Agency Context triple: [Ministry of Home Affairs, India, oversees, National Investigation Agency]
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A.
Intelligence Bureau
The Intelligence Bureau is a specialized division of the New York City Police Department responsible for intelligence gathering, counterterrorism, and analysis to prevent and respond to threats against the city.
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B.
People's Security Agency
The People's Security Agency was an early Indonesian paramilitary organization that played a key role in defending the newly proclaimed republic during the Indonesian National Revolution.
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C.
Counterterrorism Bureau
The Counterterrorism Bureau is a specialized division of the New York City Police Department responsible for preventing, investigating, and responding to terrorist threats and incidents in New York City.
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D.
Internal Affairs Bureau
The Internal Affairs Bureau is the New York City Police Department’s specialized unit responsible for investigating police misconduct and ensuring integrity within the force.
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E.
Office of Investigations
The Office of Investigations is the U.S. Secret Service division responsible for conducting criminal investigations, including financial crimes, cybercrime, and threats against protectees.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Investigation Agency Target entity description: The National Investigation Agency is India’s premier federal counter-terrorism and national security law enforcement body responsible for investigating and prosecuting serious offenses affecting the country’s sovereignty and security.
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A.
Intelligence Bureau
The Intelligence Bureau is a specialized division of the New York City Police Department responsible for intelligence gathering, counterterrorism, and analysis to prevent and respond to threats against the city.
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B.
People's Security Agency
The People's Security Agency was an early Indonesian paramilitary organization that played a key role in defending the newly proclaimed republic during the Indonesian National Revolution.
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C.
Counterterrorism Bureau
The Counterterrorism Bureau is a specialized division of the New York City Police Department responsible for preventing, investigating, and responding to terrorist threats and incidents in New York City.
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D.
Internal Affairs Bureau
The Internal Affairs Bureau is the New York City Police Department’s specialized unit responsible for investigating police misconduct and ensuring integrity within the force.
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E.
Office of Investigations
The Office of Investigations is the U.S. Secret Service division responsible for conducting criminal investigations, including financial crimes, cybercrime, and threats against protectees.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
counter-terrorism agency
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federal law enforcement agency ⓘ investigative agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation | NIA ⓘ |
| authorizedBy |
Government of India
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surface form:
Central Government of India
|
| cameIntoForce | 2009-12-31 ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| dateFounded | 2009-01-01 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Government of India ⓘ |
| hasSpecialCourts | NIA Special Courts ⓘ |
| headedBy | Director General ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | India ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
New Delhi, India
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surface form:
New Delhi
|
| headquartersState | Delhi ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Indian airspace
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Indian territorial waters ⓘ Union of India ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of India
offences with links to India outside its territory ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
English
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
National Investigation Agency
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
National Investigation Agency Act, 2008
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| motto |
Dharma
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surface form:
Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitah
|
| mottoLanguage | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| mottoTranslation | The law protects when it is protected ⓘ |
| notableFunction |
collection and sharing of terrorism-related intelligence for investigations
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coordination with state police forces in terrorism cases ⓘ |
| operationalStructure |
branch offices
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headquarters ⓘ specialized investigation units ⓘ |
| parentAgency |
Ministry of Home Affairs, India
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surface form:
Ministry of Home Affairs
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| power |
investigate scheduled offences across India without state consent
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set up special NIA courts for trial of its cases ⓘ take over investigation of scheduled offences from state police ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
counter-terrorism investigations
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investigation of cyber terrorism offences ⓘ investigation of offences affecting friendly relations with foreign states ⓘ investigation of offences affecting sovereignty, security and integrity of India ⓘ investigation of offences against atomic and nuclear facilities ⓘ investigation of offences related to smuggling of arms and drugs funding terrorism ⓘ investigation of offences under anti-hijacking laws ⓘ investigation of offences under anti-piracy laws ⓘ |
| reportsTo |
Secretary to Government of India
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surface form:
Union Home Secretary
|
| sector |
internal security
ⓘ
national security ⓘ |
| typeOfCases |
offences under Anti-Hijacking Act
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offences under Atomic Energy Act ⓘ offences under Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Maritime Navigation ⓘ offences under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act ⓘ offences under Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act ⓘ terrorism-related offences ⓘ |
| website | https://www.nia.gov.in/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: National Investigation Agency Description of subject: The National Investigation Agency is India’s premier federal counter-terrorism and national security law enforcement body responsible for investigating and prosecuting serious offenses affecting the country’s sovereignty and security.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
National Investigation Agency
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legalBasis
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National Investigation Agency
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
National Investigation Agency Act, 2008