Serial Blasts

High Alert In Bengaluru, Mysuru After Sri Lanka Blasts

Karnataka News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday April 26, 2019

Sri Lanka Bomb Blasts: Bengaluru and Mysuru in southern Karnataka are on high alert with security tightened in the aftermath of the serial blasts in Sri Lanka on April 21, a top police official said on Friday.

Family Of Sri Lanka Bombings Mastermind Missing Since Attacks: Reports

World News | ANI | Friday April 26, 2019

Mohomed Hashim Madaniya, sister of the suspected mastermind behind the deadly serial blasts that rocked Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing more than 250 people, said that her entire family has been missing since the day of the attacks.

Abdul Gani Turk, 1993 Mumbai Blasts Convict, Dies In Nagpur Prison

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday April 25, 2019

Abdul Gani Turk, a 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict lodged at the Nagpur Central Jail, died Thursday, an official said.

Sri Lanka Attacks "Retaliation For Christchurch", Shows Probe: Minister

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday April 23, 2019

An initial probe into deadly suicide bomb attacks in Sri Lanka that killed more than 300 people shows it was "retaliation for Christchurch," the country's deputy defence minister said Tuesday.

National Thowheed Jamath: The Group Blamed For Sri Lanka Serial Blasts

World News | Edited by Anuj Pant | Tuesday April 23, 2019

Sri Lanka Bomb Blasts: A little-known group, the National Thowheed Jamath or NTJ has been accused of carrying out the serial bomb blasts in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.

Lankan Celeb Chef, Seen In Easter Breakfast Selfie, Killed Hours Later

World News | Edited by Swati Sharma | Tuesday April 23, 2019

Minutes before a bomb ripped through the Shangri-La Hotel on Easter, a Sri Lankan celebrity chef's daughter posted a picture on Facebook of her family enjoying breakfast at the hotel, one of the eight targeted places on Sunday.

Nominating Pragya Thakur "Absolutely Right Decision" Says Amit Shah

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday April 22, 2019

BJP chief Amit Shah today defended the party's decision to field Pragya Thakur, an accused in the Malegaon blasts case, as a Lok Sabha candidate from Bhopal against Congress's Digvijaya Singh. The candidacy of the saffron-robed right-wing activist, who calls herself a Sadhvi (ascetic) has been challenged in court by the father of one of the six men...

Interpol Offers Sri Lanka Assistance To Probe Deadly Serial Blasts

World News | Press Trust of India | Monday April 22, 2019

The Interpol on Monday said it is ready to offer full support to the Sri Lankan authorities in investigating the country's deadliest terror attack that killed 290 people in a series of eight blasts that tore through churches and luxury hotels in the country.

Sri Lanka Massive Terror Attack: No Group Takes Responsibility Yet

World News | Joanna Slater, Amantha Perera, The Washington Post | Monday April 22, 2019

Suicide bombers struck churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing at least 290 people in a highly coordinated attack targeting Christians and foreigners that left this island nation reeling.

290 Including 5 Indians Killed In Sri Lanka Serial Blasts, 24 Arrested

India News | Edited by Shylaja Varma | Monday April 22, 2019

Five Indians are among the 290 killed in a series of blasts which struck Sri Lanka on Sunday, in the worst violence to hit the island national since the civil war that ended a decade ago. More than 500 people were injured.

Trump Tweets 138 Million People Died In Sri Lanka Blasts. Then Deletes it

World News | Katie Mettler, The Washington Post | Monday April 22, 2019

Early Sunday morning, before his tweets about Easter and the Mueller report, President Donald Trump expressed condolences to families of the victims of the Sri Lanka explosions - and grossly overstated the death toll.

Sri Lanka Police Find 87 Bomb Detonators At Colombo's Main Bus Station: Updates

World News | Edited by Niharika Banerjee | Monday April 22, 2019

Bomb Blast in Sri Lanka Updates: A series of eight devastating bomb blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka on Sunday, killing 290 people, including dozens of foreigners. The apparently coordinated attacks were the deadliest to hit the country in the decade since the end of a bloody civil war that kil...

5 Indians Among 290 Killed In Sri Lanka Serial Blasts

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday April 22, 2019

Five Indians have died in the serial blasts in Colombo that ripped through three churches during Easter services, four luxury hotels, where dozens of tourists were staying and a housing complex. 290 people died in the blasts and around 500people were injured, foreign minister Sushma Swaraj said on Sunday after a conversation with her Lankan counter...

After Serial Blasts In Sri Lanka, Security Stepped Up At Churches In Goa

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 21, 2019

The Goa government on Sunday heightenedsecurity at the churches across the state following a string of blasts in Sri Lanka that killed over 160 people earlier in the day.

"No Place For Such Barbarism In Our Region": PM Modi On Sri Lanka Blasts

India News | Edited by Shylaja Varma | Sunday April 21, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the bomb blasts in Sri Lanka in which over 150people died and 400 were injured. PM Modi also spoke to the Sri Lankan President and the Prime Ministerto convey his condolences and termed them as"cold-blooded and pre-planned barbaric acts".