Bihar Temple Bomb Blasts

After serial bomb blasts in Patna and Bodh Gaya, Bihar is set to have its own Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the state government has appointed its first inspector general (IG), officials said today.

Two days after serial bomb blasts at Bodh Gaya's Mahabodhi temple, the Bihar government on Tuesday approved a proposal to set up an anti-terrorism squad (ATS) in the state, an official said.

Senior BJP leaders, led by party president Rajnath Singh, toured the Mahabodi temple in Bihar's Bodh Gaya, the site of yesterday's multiple blasts, and demanded an action plan to combat terror.

One of the bombs that ripped through the Bodh Gaya temple premises on early Sunday morning was placed 20 feet high on a statue of Gautam Buddha, forensic analysts said today.

A day after multiple blasts, regular prayers were organised at the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya. Earlier, the Bihar Police released the CCTV footage of one of the blasts. They have also detained a man named Vinod Mistry, whose identity card was found at the blast site, for questioning. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said he will ask the Centre to app...

A day after multiple blasts in the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya, the Bihar Police released the CCTV footage of the one of the blasts. They have also detained a man named Vinod Mistry, whose identity card was found at the blast site. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said he will ask the Centre to appoint the Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF) to ...

Two people were injured in a series of blasts on Sunday inside the Mahabodhi temple in Bihar's Bodhgaya, a town 130 kilometre south of Patna. The first blast took place inside the temple at 5:30 am, followed by seven successive explosions in the next half hour. While four of the blasts, which were reportedly set off by timers, took place inside the...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today strongly condemned the terror strike on the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya and said such attacks on religious places will "never be tolerated".

The Mahabodhi temple complex structure has not suffered any damage in the string of bombings that left two monks injured in Bihar's Bodh Gaya, union Home Secretary Anil Goswami said today.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other opposition parties today accused the Centre and the Bihar government of failing to take steps to avert the terror strike at the Mahabodhi temple despite specific warnings of intelligence agencies.

Serial explosions inside and outside Mahabodhi temple in Bihar were a terror attack, the Home Ministry said today as it sent National Investigation Agency and National Security Guard teams for post-blasts investigations.

Two people have been injured in a series of blasts in Mahabodhi temple in Bihar's Bodhgaya district. The first blast took place inside the temple complex shortly after 5 am, followed by seven successive explosions.

After serial bomb blasts in Patna and Bodh Gaya, Bihar is set to have its own Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the state government has appointed its first inspector general (IG), officials said today.

Two days after serial bomb blasts at Bodh Gaya's Mahabodhi temple, the Bihar government on Tuesday approved a proposal to set up an anti-terrorism squad (ATS) in the state, an official said.

Senior BJP leaders, led by party president Rajnath Singh, toured the Mahabodi temple in Bihar's Bodh Gaya, the site of yesterday's multiple blasts, and demanded an action plan to combat terror.

One of the bombs that ripped through the Bodh Gaya temple premises on early Sunday morning was placed 20 feet high on a statue of Gautam Buddha, forensic analysts said today.

A day after multiple blasts, regular prayers were organised at the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya. Earlier, the Bihar Police released the CCTV footage of one of the blasts. They have also detained a man named Vinod Mistry, whose identity card was found at the blast site, for questioning. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said he will ask the Centre to app...

A day after multiple blasts in the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya, the Bihar Police released the CCTV footage of the one of the blasts. They have also detained a man named Vinod Mistry, whose identity card was found at the blast site. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said he will ask the Centre to appoint the Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF) to ...

Two people were injured in a series of blasts on Sunday inside the Mahabodhi temple in Bihar's Bodhgaya, a town 130 kilometre south of Patna. The first blast took place inside the temple at 5:30 am, followed by seven successive explosions in the next half hour. While four of the blasts, which were reportedly set off by timers, took place inside the...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today strongly condemned the terror strike on the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya and said such attacks on religious places will "never be tolerated".

The Mahabodhi temple complex structure has not suffered any damage in the string of bombings that left two monks injured in Bihar's Bodh Gaya, union Home Secretary Anil Goswami said today.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other opposition parties today accused the Centre and the Bihar government of failing to take steps to avert the terror strike at the Mahabodhi temple despite specific warnings of intelligence agencies.

Serial explosions inside and outside Mahabodhi temple in Bihar were a terror attack, the Home Ministry said today as it sent National Investigation Agency and National Security Guard teams for post-blasts investigations.

Two people have been injured in a series of blasts in Mahabodhi temple in Bihar's Bodhgaya district. The first blast took place inside the temple complex shortly after 5 am, followed by seven successive explosions.