A team of National Investigation Agency and forensic experts today visited the sites of February 21 twin blasts at Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad, as a part of the ongoing probe. ...
10:14 PM, Mar 29, 2013
The Hyderabad branch of National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday lodged two first information reports (FIRs) in connection with the February 21 twin blasts. The development follows Centre's direction for hand-over of the case to NIA, sources said, adding that NIA, which had already started its probe, would continue it. FIRs (one for each blast) were registered under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code and other Acts. ...
11:37 PM, Mar 14, 2013
A Delhi court on Wednesday remanded suspected Indian Mujahideen operative Obaid-ur-Rehman in seven days of NIA custody in connection with the February 21 Hyderabad twin blasts case. During an in-chamber hearing, district judge IS Mehta allowed the National Investigation Agency's plea seeking custodial interrogation of Rehman on the ground that it has to unearth the entire conspiracy which led to the bombings that claimed 16 lives, court sources said. ...
05:54 PM, Mar 13, 2013
Andhra Pradesh Police on Friday said the face of one of the suspects of February 21 Dilsukh Nagar twin blasts case here was clearly captured by CCTV cameras and efforts are on to identity the person. "The face of one of the suspects with a bicycle has been clearly captured by CCTV cameras and the process is on for the identification of the suspect," Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police...
11:59 PM, Mar 08, 2013
The death toll in Hyderabad twin blasts rose to 17 on Wednesday with an injured person succumbing while undergoing treatment at a private hospital, sources said. ...
10:59 PM, Mar 06, 2013
With no breakthrough in February 21 twin blasts at Dilsukh Nagar here that left 16 dead and 117 injured, the Andhra Pradesh government on Monday decided to hand over the investigation to NIA. The decision to hand over the probe to the National Investigation Agency was taken at a review meeting chaired by Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, state's Home Minister P Sabita Reddy told reporters. ...
08:10 PM, Mar 04, 2013
Investigating agencies have been able to collect more information about the Hyderabad twin blasts from two alleged terrorists who have been sent to police remand by a special court in Delhi. ...
11:43 AM, Mar 04, 2013
A week after the twin bomb blasts at Dilsukh Nagar here, Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy on Thursday said sketches of suspects were being prepared, and he was hoping for a breakthrough. "There are a lot of eye-witnesses and with inputs provided by those injured in the blasts we are trying to prepare the sketches of suspects, which will be released shortly," the DGP told reporters....
07:55 PM, Feb 28, 2013
A 23-year-old engineering student was arrested on Sunday from Kheda in Gujarat for allegedly sending a fake e-mail in the name of his former friend and her relatives to some electronic media houses. The e-mail claimed responsibility for the last week's twin bomb blasts in Hyderabad. According to local police, the student, who appears to be mentally unstable, had even tried to implicate his friend and her family in the...
08:07 AM, Feb 25, 2013
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Sunday said the twin blasts in Hyderabad could be a "reaction" to the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and Mumbai attack convict Ajmal Kasab. Shinde said the government was apprehending some sort of reaction from terror groups following execution of the lone surviving Pakistani gunman in the 2008 Mumbai attack and Afzal and it had been issuing alerts in this regard....
07:25 AM, Feb 25, 2013
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Sunday said the culprits involved in the Hyderabad blasts, which killed 16 persons and left several injured, would be booked soon. ...
02:59 AM, Feb 25, 2013
Police along with Intelligence Bureau officials on Sunday conducted search operations in some areas of Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on information that certain persons having links with the Hyderabad blasts had come to the seashore town. The tip-off was received from Hyderabad Police and Intelligence agencies and search operations were conducted in select areas, police sources said. ...
05:05 PM, Feb 24, 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh further said that the Andhra Pradesh government had assured him that the blast victims would be provided all necessary support. ...
03:41 PM, Feb 24, 2013
As the probe into the Hyderabad twin blasts gets underway, the National Investigation Agency will be questioning 12 alleged Lashkar-e-Toiba members against whom a chargesheet was filed two days ago in Bangalore. The investigating agencies are not leaving any stone unturned and are trying to gather information from anybody who falls under the radar of suspicion. Eyewitnesses are also being questioned, while records at cyber cafes near the blasts sites...
03:07 PM, Feb 24, 2013
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani on Saturday indirectly charged Pakistan of involvement in the Hyderabad blasts, saying the "neighbouring country" is solely responsible. Advani said that the Hyderabad blasts should not be viewed as an isolated incident and that they are a part of a string of militant attacks on India planned by the neighbouring country. ...
11:53 AM, Feb 24, 2013
The ongoing investigations into the Hyderabad twin blasts have now revealed that the cycles that were used to plant the bombs were rented from local shops. The police are scanning the footage from CCTV cameras and are on the lookout for the five men who can be seen moving near the blast site on cycles. The CCTV footage now seems to be the key in the probe. ...
07:34 AM, Feb 24, 2013
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Saturday drew flak the Opposition, which demanded that he immediately step down from his post owning responsibility for twin bomb blasts that claimed 16 lives on Thursday. Telugu Desam Party MP T Devender Goud and Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council Dadi Veerabhadra Rao came down heavily on the government stating that it ignored the Centre's warning on terror strikes....
09:26 PM, Feb 23, 2013
Two days after the twin blasts in Dilsukh Nagar in Hyderabad, the Andhra Pradesh Police on Saturday admitted to having had intelligence since November, but expressed helplessness saying they tried their best. ...
09:12 PM, Feb 23, 2013
The twin blasts in Hyderabad on Thursday evening have taken 16 lives and changed many others. Mahesh, who was in Dilsukh Nagar when the bombs exploded, was injured and is now recovering at a hospital. But what he may never recover from, is the deaths of two of his childhood friends, who had gone shopping with him at the market. ...
07:22 PM, Feb 23, 2013
Normalcy is returning to Dilsukh Nagar, the scene of Thursday's devastating twin blasts which left 16 people dead and 117 others injured. After a day of grief and shutdown, people in the busy area resumed their daily activity Saturday. ...
06:35 PM, Feb 23, 2013
