Blasts
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Bangladesh: Blasts through Shiite procession kill 1, Islamic State claims responsibility
World | Oct 24, 2015, 06:42 PM ISTDhaka: Unidentified attackers hurled home-made bombs as thousands of Shiite Muslims gathered for a religious procession in Bangladesh's capital before dawn Saturday, killing a teenage boy and injuring more than 100 other people, police said.The
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Three injured in grenade blasts in Kokrajhar
India | Dec 23, 2014, 08:02 AM ISTGuwahati: At least three persons, including two women, were seriously injured in serial grenade blasts in lower Assam's Kokrajhar district where unidentified persons hurled six grenades in three places and opened fire in two other
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Police: Blasts at mosque in Nigeria kill 120 people
World | Nov 29, 2014, 09:38 AM ISTKano: Multiple explosions tore through the central mosque in Nigeria's second-largest city on Friday, killing 120 people, police said. One hundred and fifty others sustained various degrees of injuries in the blasts in the city
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Leads hint at role of Karnataka sleeper cells in blasts
India | May 05, 2014, 10:45 PM ISTChennai: The CB-CID police, which is probing the twin blasts on a train here that killed a woman, have obtained leads hinting at the possibility of role of terror sleeper sells in Karnataka in the
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13 killed by blasts in cinema hall in Peshawar
World | Feb 12, 2014, 07:32 AM ISTPeshawar: 13 people were killed and 20 more injured, many of them critically, when three grenades were yesterday lobbed into a cinema hall in this restive northwestern Pakistani city, the second such attack in a
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Sonia Gandhi visits Bodh Gaya, condemns blasts
National | Jul 10, 2013, 01:00 PM ISTPatna, July 10: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday visited Bihar's Bodh Gaya town and condemned the serial bomb blasts that rocked the Mahabodhi temple complex early Sunday morning.Sonia Gandhi along with union Home Minister Sushilkumar
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Bodhgaya probe to be handed over to NIA
India | Jul 09, 2013, 05:48 PM ISTNew Delhi, July 9 : The probe into the multiple blasts in Bodhgaya, Bihar, will be handed over to the National Investigation Agency(NIA). A formal order entrusting the NIA with the investigation will be issued
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20 killed in Baghdad blasts: officials
World | Jul 02, 2013, 09:57 PM ISTBaghdad, Jul 2: A series of car bombs minutes apart targeting markets across Baghdad killed 20 people today, officials said, the latest in a nationwide surge in attacks sparking fears of a return to all-out
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Blasts, arrests mark Bangladesh general strike
World | Mar 18, 2013, 05:03 PM ISTDhaka, Mar 18: Activists in Bangladesh's capital have detonated several homemade bombs and torched at least one bus during an opposition-sponsored general strike. No injuries have been reported.The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its
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We have proof of 10 RSS men behind Samjhauta Express blasts, says Home secretary
India | Jan 22, 2013, 08:50 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 22: At least 10 people, who were allegedly involved in a spate of terror attacks in different parts of the country, had links with RSS or its affiliated organisations, Union Home Secretary
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Michael Vaughan blasts India's 'pathetic' tactics for warm-up game
Cricket | Oct 25, 2012, 10:05 PM ISTLondon, Oct 25: The Indian selectors' decision to not include a spinner in the India 'A' team for the three-day warm-up match against the visiting England side has irked former English captain, Michael Vaughan, who
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Blasts rock Pakistan, 11 killed
World | Sep 18, 2012, 10:30 PM ISTIslamabad, Sep 18: At least six people, including a girl, were killed in twin bomb blasts that rocked a market in Pakistan's port city of Karachi, while five people died and 13 injured when a
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PM watches as 100th Indian space mission blasts off
India | Sep 09, 2012, 11:21 PM ISTSriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Sep 9: An Indian rocket carrying two satellites blasted off from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here in Andhra Pradesh Sunday, with the launch being witnessed by
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Karnataka on alert after threat to carry out blasts on trains
India | Aug 13, 2012, 10:34 PM ISTBangalore, Aug 13: Railway police are on high alert in Karnataka in the wake of threats by suspected terror groups operating from Mysore to carry out blasts on some trains plying from here on the
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246 Dead In Congo Arms Depot Blasts
World | Mar 07, 2012, 07:27 AM ISTBrazzaville (Republic of Congo), Mar 7: Morticians stacked bodies two to a tray at Brazzaville's main morgue as state radio reported at least 246 people had died from two days of explosions at an armory
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1 Dead, 11 Injured In Attack By Militants After Imran's Rally
World | Feb 10, 2012, 10:02 PM ISTIslamabad, Feb 10: At least one person was killed and 11 others injured today when suspected militants lobbed grenades and fired at a police truck soon after a rally of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan in northwest
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28 Killed In Nigeria Church Blasts
World | Dec 25, 2011, 07:51 PM ISTAbuja, Dec 25: At least 28 people were killed today in two powerful blasts that targeted churches in Nigeria during the Christmas services, amid a series of attacks by a radical Islamic sect in the
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Blasts Kill 15 In Iraq As US Troops Pull Out
World | Nov 27, 2011, 10:43 AM ISTBaghdad, Nov 27: A string of explosions hit a Baghdad market and the capital's western outskirts on Saturday, killing at least 15 people and exposing the challenges still facing Iraqi security forces just over a
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Iran Blasts New Western Sanctions
World | Nov 22, 2011, 06:38 PM ISTTehran, Nov 22: Iran and its powerful ally Russia today slammed new Western sanctions imposed on Tehran over its suspect nuclear programme, saying they were illegal and futile.The unilateral measures against Iran's financial, petrochemical and
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Congress MP Chaturvedi Blasts Govt On Anna Fast
India | Aug 24, 2011, 06:12 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 24: Senior Congress leader Satyavrat Chaturvedi today admitted that the UPA was moving away from ground realities and the government has committed “mistakes” on demand for JPC in 2G scam and inclusion