Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj on Friday said that the government has failed if it had prior intelligence about terror attacks and did not take any action ahead of Thursday's twin blasts in Hyderabad. Sushma said that terrorists have no religion and that they only follow the code of terrorism. ...
02:47 PM, Feb 22, 2013
The death toll in Hyderabad twin blasts climbed to 15 on Friday and 118 people have been left injured, some of them critical. Most of the victims are now being discharged from various hospitals depending on the severity of their wounds. ...
12:07 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Hyderabad: A day after the serial blast, life is back on track again in Dilsukh Nagar area of Hyderabad and people are back at work. Hyderabad residents called the terror strikes horrific and painful but added they would face the situation strongly and not lose hope. ...
12:05 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde will make an official statement on the Hyderabad blasts in Parliament on Friday after lunch. ...
11:33 AM, Feb 22, 2013
BJP President Rajnath Singh will visit Hyderabad on Friday to meet the injured and family members of those killed in the twin blasts in the city. Rajnath, accompanied by BJP MP and spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain and party secretary Murlidhar Rao, is likely to visit the Dilsukh Nagar area of Hyderabad where the two blasts took place on Thursday evening. ...
10:49 AM, Feb 22, 2013
Fourteen people left dead and 119 injured as Hyderabad struggles to get back on its feet after two powerful blasts on Thursday evening. Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde says a general alert was issued for all states but didn't have information on specific targets. ...
09:11 AM, Feb 22, 2013
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde is not yet ready to blame the police for the twin blasts that rocked Dilsukh Nagar in Hyderabad on Thursday evening. Mentioning that the death toll had risen to 14 and that the list of the injured had increased to 119, the Home Minister said that he doesn't think the police has failed, "at the moment". ...
09:04 AM, Feb 22, 2013
While the death toll has climbed to 14, more than 75 people have been injured in the twin blasts in Hyderabad. The main pressure right now is on doctors who are trying to save as many lives possible. Most victims were taken to Osmania and Yashoda hospitals. ...
08:05 AM, Feb 22, 2013
Every time terror strikes the country, questions over failure of intelligence and information sharing crop up. Thursday's twin blasts in Hyderabad may well be yet another such instance. Did the Home Ministry sit on crucial information? ...
07:43 AM, Feb 22, 2013
Sources in the Ministry of Home Affairs have said that there is no question of ruling out the involvement of Indian Mujahideen in the Hyderabad blasts. According to them, the attack looks like an Indian Mujahideen modus operandi and the module must have planned the attack in advance. They also said that the attack could not have been planned after the execution of Afzal Guru. ...
07:31 AM, Feb 22, 2013
At 7.00 pm on Thursday night, two blasts rocked the crowded area in Hyderabad's Dilsukh Nagar. The blasts happened near the Venkatadri and Konark theatres, with a crowded bus stand just a stones throw away. Fifteen injured were brought to the nearby Doctor Yashoda Hospital after the blast and admitted in various ICUs. Fourteen people died and over 55 were injured. ...
07:20 AM, Feb 22, 2013
The United States on Thursday strongly condemned the terrorist bombings in Hyderabad that killed a dozen people and offered assistance in investigation if requested by the Indian government. ...
02:44 AM, Feb 22, 2013
Leaders of various political parties on Thursday night visited the Dilsukhnagar area in Hyderabad, the site of twin bomb blasts in which 12 people were killed and scores injured. ...
01:23 AM, Feb 22, 2013
India was once again at the receiving end of terror groups when two powerful blasts rocked Hyderabad's Dilsukh Nagar on Thursday evening, killing at least 12 people and injuring 57 others. The death toll is expected to rise considering the intensity of the blasts which were reportedly carried out using Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and aimed at causing maximum damage, Andhra Pradesh DGP V Dinesh Reddy said. ...
12:45 AM, Feb 22, 2013
Every Union home minister of the country has had to live literally in the shadow of the first occupant of the post. In the stairway ...
12:29 AM, Feb 22, 2013
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Thursday confirmed that 11 people died in two blasts at Dilsukh Nagar in Hyderabad. "Two blasts have occurred in Hyderabad. At one spot, eight people were killed and in the other explosion three persons died," he told reporters in Delhi. ...
09:11 PM, Feb 21, 2013
A day ahead of the Budget Session of Parliament begins, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Wednesday issued a regret statement for his Hindu terror remark. Many are seeing this as a climbdown by the government and a victory of sorts for the Bharatiya Janata Party. ...
07:52 AM, Feb 21, 2013
The Budget Session of Parliament beginning on Thursday looks set to be stormy with Opposition vowing to strongly raise issues like corruption and inflation even though government expressed readiness to discuss all issues and order any kind of probe into the chopper scam. ...
07:44 AM, Feb 21, 2013
The BJP on Wednesday welcomed Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's statement expressing regret over his Hindu terror remarks but maintained that had he done so earlier it would not have "gladdened the hearts" of terrorists based in Pakistan. ...
12:55 AM, Feb 21, 2013
