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
Two suspected IM operatives are being questioned by the NIA on Friday in connection with the February 21 twin blasts here that left 16 people dead. ...
03:11 PM, Mar 01, 2013
Three days after two powerful bombs killed 16 people and injured 117, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday visited the sites in Hyderabad. The PM, who was accompanied by his wife Gursharan Kaur, Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan and Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, said that the Centre would extend maximum support to the state government. ...
12:09 PM, Feb 24, 2013
A day after twin blasts killed at least 16 people and injured 117 others in Hyderabad, all eyes are on an under-fire Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, the man in charge of internal security in the country. Shinde is under fire for several ill-judged statements, with many now asking whether the Home Minister is up to the challenge of tackling terror. ...
08:00 AM, Feb 23, 2013
The twin blasts in Hyderabad, which killed 16 people and injured 117 others on Thursday evening, has once again pointed to the need for better and quick action on intelligence and coordination between Central and states' agencies. But in addition to this, the attack in the Andhra Pradesh capital has also pointed to the void in the investigations into previous such cases. ...
07:59 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Investigators have developed some leads in the Hyderabad twin blasts case and are working on three specific names that have been under suspicion by the Hyderabad Police. According to sources one of the suspects belongs to Uttar Pradesh, the second is from Bihar and the third is from Jharkhand. ...
04:02 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Seeking support for the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Friday said all political parties and state governments should come together for a collective response to fight against the challenge of terrorism. ...
03:14 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
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
As the first blast occurred near a tea-cum-fast food centre diagonally opposite the busy Konark theatre area in Hyderabad around 7:05 pm on Thursday, everyone first thought it was a gas cylinder burst. By the time the impact was felt, there were at least five to six bodies strewn around in a pool of blood with footwear and other objects scattered all around the place. Many others had sustained injuries...
08:37 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
In the wake of the Hyderabad blasts, which claimed 12 lives, high alert has been issued in all major capital cities. ...
06:17 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
In a shocking development, it has been revealed that an Indian Mujahideen operative had in 2012, during questioning by the Delhi Police, confessed doing a recce of Dilsukh Nagar in Hyderabad. A crucial police interrogation report accessed by CNN-IBN has revealed that specific information was provided during the questioning of the Indian Mujahideen operative. ...
11:24 PM, Feb 21, 2013
Two days before the Hyderabad blasts, the Centre had alerted all states that Pakistan-based terrorist groups may carry out attacks in a major city to avenge the hanging of Ajmal Kasab and Afzal Guru. Sources said the central security agencies had sent an advisory on Tuesday asking all states to tighten security in sensitive places as Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Hizbul Mujahideen may launch attacks. ...
10:33 PM, Feb 21, 2013
