Damascus (Syria): Two strong explosions ripped through the Syrian capital on Thursday, killing more than 40 people and leaving scenes of carnage in the streets in an assault against a center of government power, officials said. Syria's state-run TV said 170 people were wounded in what one official said may have been the most powerful of a series of blasts that have hit the capital this year. The explosions, which...
03:32 PM, May 10, 2012
Islamabad: At least 19 low-intensity bomb blasts targeted ATM machines of state-run banks and railway tracks in Sindh province of southern Pakistan on Wednesday, injuring six persons, including two policemen. The explosions occurred in cities and towns across Sindh, including the capital city of Karachi, early on Wednesday morning. A private security guard was injured in a blast at a bank in Kotri town while two policemen were wounded in...
04:43 PM, May 02, 2012
Hat Yai: Suspected Muslim insurgents staged the most deadly coordinated attacks in years in Thailand's restive south, killing 14 people and wounding 340 with car bombs that targeted on Saturday shoppers and a high-rise hotel frequented by foreign tourists. A first batch of explosives planted inside a parked pickup truck ripped through an area of restaurants and shops in a busy area of Yala city, a main commercial hub of...
06:49 PM, Mar 31, 2012
Bangkok: Israeli officials ramped up accusations on Wednesday that Iran was launching covert attack plots, saying "sticky" bombs found in a Thai house rented by Iranians were similar to devices used against Israeli diplomats in India and Georgia. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the violence, while Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast called the allegations baseless and said Israel was trying to damage his country's relations with Thailand and...
08:31 AM, Feb 16, 2012
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court is likely to give its ruling on Monday on confirmation of death sentence, awarded to three convicts including a woman, in the 2003 Mumbai twin bomb blasts case. Ashrat Ansari (32), his aide Hanif Sayed Anees (46) and wife Fehmida Sayed (43) were held guilty on charges of planting powerful bombs in two taxis which exploded at the Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar on...
07:11 PM, Dec 11, 2011
Baghdad: Three bomb blasts rocked a busy market in Iraq's capital on Sunday, killing at least eight people and wounding 26 others, police and hospital sources said. The blasts occurred in Shurja, an important commercial district in central Baghdad, on the first day of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. "I can see fire and black smoke mounting and a large number of fire engines, ambulances and police patrols rushing...
06:11 PM, Nov 06, 2011
On a special episode of 'Devil's Advocate' Karan Thapar asks renowned historians Romila Thapar, Ramchandra Guha and the well known sociologist Dipankar Gupta, why India cannot prevent a terror attack for more than three or four months. Karan Thapar: Hello and welcome to a special Devil's Advocate. Wednesday was the tragic reminder that India lives with the constant threat of terror. So, today as the world marks the 10th anniversary...
02:42 PM, Sep 11, 2011
On a special episode of 'Devil's Advocate' Karan Thapar asks renowned historians Romila Thapar, Ramchandra Guha and the well known sociologist Dipankar Gupta, why India cannot prevent a terror attack for more than three or four months. Karan Thapar: Hello and welcome to a special Devil's Advocate. Wednesday was the tragic reminder that India lives with the constant threat of terror. So, today as the world marks the 10th anniversary...
02:42 PM, Sep 11, 2011
On this episode we highlight why Indian security agencies have failed to learn from their mistakes. ...
09:06 AM, Sep 09, 2011
After the Delhi High Court blast on Wednesday, victims of the 2009 Ahmedabad blasts are questioning whether the authorities are doing enough to avert these terror strikes. ...
10:02 AM, Sep 08, 2011
United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has "strongly condemned" the series of bomb attacks in Iraq calling the incident "particularly heinous" as it took place during the holy month of Ramadan. The UN chief "appeals to the people of Iraq to reject these attempts to incite further violence in the country," his spokesperson said in a statement. Moon called the attacks that reportedly killed dozens of people and wounded...
01:24 PM, Aug 17, 2011
Mumbai: At least six newly recruited terrorists could have been involved in planting explosives at the three sites in Mumbai and two to five kg blast material was used at each of the locations, police said on Tuesday. The bomb planters might have links with Gujarat and West Bengal, officials of Maharashtra ATS and Mumbai Crime Branch, which are probing the serial blasts, said. "During our meetings with the various...
09:06 PM, Jul 19, 2011
Mumbai: Mumbai is being attacked with alarming regularity. Three friends Bharat, Piyush and Jignesh, have witnessed 2006, 2008, and 2011 attacks closely. And every time, seeing their city and loved ones fall victim to terror make them angry. "My shop is in front of the place where the bomb went off," said Bharat. Still in shock over the attacks at Opera House that killed some of their acquaintances, the four...
08:25 AM, Jul 15, 2011
Mumbai: A day after three blasts rocked Mumbai killing 17 and injuring 133 people, it is still unclear who was behind the blasts. Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday made it clear that all militant groups targetting India are on the list of suspects. There are first signs of an emerging pattern between three blasts in 2010 at German Bakery in Pune, Jama Masjid in New Delhi and Sheetla Ghat...
09:06 PM, Jul 14, 2011
Senior BJP leader LK Advani critisised Pakistan, while talking on the Mumbai blasts issue. ...
03:04 PM, Jul 14, 2011
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