<p>Bengaluru is among six new cities where the Centre has sanctioned new branches of National Investigation Agency (NIA), the Ministry of Home Affairs informed Lok Sabha on Tuesday.</p>.<p dir="ltr">Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the sanction was granted on January 5 in pursuance of the policy of 'zero tolerance' towards terrorism and the strengthen the institutional framework and enhance capacity.</p>.<p dir="ltr">For the Bengaluru office, Rai said in a written reply to BJP MP Tejaswi Surya, 52 posts have been sanctioned. NIA has its headquarters in Delhi.</p>.<p dir="ltr">The 18 branch offices are located at Hyderabad, Guwahati, Imphal, Kochi, Chennai, Lucknow, Kolkata, Jammu, Raipur, Chandigarh, Ranchi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Patna, Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Bhubaneswar.</p>
<p>Bengaluru is among six new cities where the Centre has sanctioned new branches of National Investigation Agency (NIA), the Ministry of Home Affairs informed Lok Sabha on Tuesday.</p>.<p dir="ltr">Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the sanction was granted on January 5 in pursuance of the policy of 'zero tolerance' towards terrorism and the strengthen the institutional framework and enhance capacity.</p>.<p dir="ltr">For the Bengaluru office, Rai said in a written reply to BJP MP Tejaswi Surya, 52 posts have been sanctioned. NIA has its headquarters in Delhi.</p>.<p dir="ltr">The 18 branch offices are located at Hyderabad, Guwahati, Imphal, Kochi, Chennai, Lucknow, Kolkata, Jammu, Raipur, Chandigarh, Ranchi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Patna, Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Bhubaneswar.</p>
