Amit Shah inaugurates NIA's Anti-Terrorism Conference-2025; crime manual and databases launched
Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the two-day Anti-Terrorism Conference-2025 organised by the NIA in New Delhi on 26 December 2025 and launched an updated crime manual and two databases.
Summary
Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the two-day Anti-Terrorism Conference-2025, organised by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), in New Delhi on 26 December 2025. Shah released the NIA's updated crime manual and launched the Organised Crime Network Database and the Lost/Looted and Recovered Weapon Database. Shah asked state Directors General of Police to adopt a common Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) structure, and said the planners of the Pahalgam (Baisaran) attack were punished through Operation Sindoor while its executors were neutralised through Operation Mahadev. Senior police officers from States and UTs and officers of central counter-terrorism agencies attended.
Key facts
- Date / place
- 26 December 2025, New Delhi (two days)
- Organiser
- National Investigation Agency (NIA), MHA
- Launched
- Updated NIA crime manual; Organised Crime Network Database; Lost/Looted and Recovered Weapon Database
- Call to states
- Common ATS structure for police
- Pahalgam response
- Planners: Operation Sindoor; executors: Operation Mahadev
Practice MCQs 3 questions
Which agency organised the Anti-Terrorism Conference-2025 inaugurated in New Delhi on 26 December 2025?
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Correct answer: A — National Investigation Agency
PIB 2208950: the two-day conference was organised by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
According to the Home Minister at the Anti-Terrorism Conference-2025, the terrorists who carried out the Baisaran (Pahalgam) attack were neutralised through:
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Correct answer: C — Operation Mahadev
PIB 2208950: the planners were punished through Operation Sindoor and those who carried out the attack were neutralised through Operation Mahadev.
Consider the following statements about the Anti-Terrorism Conference-2025: 1. An Organised Crime Network Database was launched at the conference. 2. The Home Minister asked states to adopt a common ATS structure for their police. 3. It was a one-day conference organised by the Intelligence Bureau. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 1 and 2 only
PIB 2208950: the Organised Crime Network Database was launched and states were asked to implement a common ATS structure. The conference was a two-day event organised by the NIA, so statement 3 is wrong.