Bangalore: Two days after the Bangalore blast the police have still no leads. However, the NIA is questioning eight suspects after CCTV footage showed two men parking the bike outside the BJP office. Sources said that eight suspects are being questioned in connection with the blast that injured 16 people including 11 policemen outside BJP's office in Malleshwaram. This includes four in Tamil Nadu, three in Bangalore and one in...
10:31 AM, Apr 19, 2013
Chennai: Two persons were on Thursday detained for questioning in connection with the bomb blast in Bangalore, police sources said. The sources declined to share further details, including identity of those detained. However, police said the investigation is in progress and the National Investigation Agency was coordinating with the state police. The blast opposite the BJP office in Bangalore on Wednesday left 16 persons, including 11 police personnel, injured. Police...
11:50 PM, Apr 18, 2013
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09:52 PM, Apr 18, 2013
CNN-IBN's Bangalore Bureau Chief Deepa Balakrishnan joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the Bangalore blast probe. Q. How safe is it for people to go and exercise their franchise on May 5th? Asked by: julietthomas1969 A. Yes people are bound to be scared since this blast happened very close to a polling booth too - a school that's a polling booth is nearby.. but I'd say, some lessons are...
06:14 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Bangalore: A day after a terror strike near the BJP office in Bangalore left 16 persons injured, party leader Muktar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday said their first priority would be to bring a strong anti-terrorism law if BJP-led NDA is voted to power in the next Lok Sabha elections. "The party's first effort would be to bring in a strong anti-terrorism law like the POTA (Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002)...
04:56 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Bangalore: Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Thursday categorically stated that Karnataka elections will be held on time as it has been scheduled amidst speculations on postponement of the Karnataka elections after a terror attack in Bangalore. "Karnataka Assembly election will be on time...These type of incidents have happened in the past before elections and elections have also taken place," Shinde said. Bangalore was hit by terror attack on Wednesday...
04:40 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Bangalore: Special teams of Tamil Nadu Police are looking for a suspect near Chennai in the Bangalore blast that injured 16 people on Wednesday. Investigators are reportedly tracking the man who bought the motorcycle in which the bomb was kept. The accused is said to have fled to Kancheepuram and is believed to be a resident of Vellore. Initial reports from the forensic sciences laboratory (FSL) indicated that amonium nitrate...
02:36 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar said on Thursday there was no specific information or alert "from anybody" about the bomb blast near the BJP office that left 16 persons injured. Speaking to reporters after visiting the injured persons at government-run K C General Hospital in Bangalore, he maintained that there was no intelligence failure. Shettar said the government had taken all steps required and beefed up the security in...
02:30 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Chennai: In a swift action, the city police has traced the registered owner of the motorbike which was used for bomb blast in Bangalore, in which 16 people were injured. The number plate of the bike has been traced to a retired telecom employee in Chennai, who said that he had sold the bike about four years ago, a police source said. The motorcycle with a Tamil Nadu license plate...
09:32 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Bangalore: A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team as well as a team from the National Security Guard (NSG) visited the site of the Bangalore blast that injured 16 people on Wednesday. Initial reports from the forensic sciences laboratory have indicated that ammonium nitrate was used to make the bomb that was placed on a stolen bike. Reports said that some sharp nails have also been found at the blast site...
08:28 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Bangalore: The bomb blast near the state BJP city office that left at least 16 people injured indicated the hand of terrorists and state police has set up a special team to investigate the attack, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar said on Wednesday. "By tomorrow or day after, details will be known about the incident and appropriate action will be taken in this regard," he told reporters after visiting the...
01:21 AM, Apr 18, 2013
A blast near the BJP office in Malleshwaram in Bangalore on Wednesday left 16 people injured including eight policemen. The explosion reportedly took place near a temple just metres away from the BJP headquarters. ...
11:54 PM, Apr 17, 2013
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11:45 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Poll-bound Bangalore on Wednesday woke up to a terror attack when a bomb detonated near the BJP office in Malleshwaram, leaving 16 people injured. ...
10:41 PM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: Banned terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM), responsible for bombings in different parts of the country, could be behind Wednesday's Bangalore blast, government sources said. They said as per initial reports Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) was planted near the office of ruling BJP office in the southern part of the city and the blast material Ammonuium Nitrate had been frequently used by IM in the past. "It is too...
10:32 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Sanjay Dutt, who had earlier been asked by the court to surrender by April 18 wanted six months' extension to complete his film projects before surrendering to undergo his prison term. ...
09:44 PM, Apr 17, 2013
A blast near the BJP's office in Bangalore injured 16 people on Wednesday morning. An eyewitness describes the events that followed after the explosion. ...
08:15 PM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: Hours after an explosion outside the Bharatiya Janata Party's office in Bangalore injured 16 people, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday issued a countrywide alert, asking all states to be extra vigilant. However, no additional paramilitary troops are being sent to Karnataka as of now as the troops sought for the May 5 Assembly elections in the state are already in place. Meanwhile, the Karnataka government...
07:26 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Hours after his tweet on the blast outside the BJP office in Bangalore created furore, Congress leader Shakeel Ahmed clarified his position saying he only meant the public will now sympathies with the BJP and that will benefit them in elections. "BJP should understand my statement first and then may be we can talk," he added. ...
07:00 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Bangalore: Karnataka Home Minister R Ashok on Wednesday said that a mobile SIM card and details of the registration of the motorcycle found at the Bangalore blast site had been recovered. The minister again ruled out any political rivalry and said that the blast was purely a terror attack. Meanwhile, a civil defence team will be doing a reccee of the Mantri mall in Malleshwaram as well as the railway...
06:59 PM, Apr 17, 2013
