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
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
As Hyderabad was hit by twin blasts on Thursday, India's top diplomat Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai was in the US outlining terrorism as a significant security challenge. Mathai said that India could face an increased terror threat from Afghanistan in the years ahead. ...
08:27 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
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has joined the international community in condemning the terrorist attack in Hyderabad that killed more than a dozen people and injuring scores of others. ...
07:58 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
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
At least 12 people were killed and over 55 injured in the twin blasts which took place in the crowded area of Dilsukh Nagar in Hyderabad. Authorities say the death toll is likely to rise. ...
12:20 AM, Feb 22, 2013
MIM president Asaduddin Owaisi condemned the blasts in Hyderabad and said those responsible should be apprehended. Owaisi said it was a challenging time for people in Hyderabad. ...
12:11 AM, Feb 22, 2013
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Thursday condemned the twin blasts which took place in Hyderabad and announced a compensation of Rs 6 lakh each for families of those who were killed in the explosions. He said that the state government will bear the expenses of medical treatment of all those who were injured in the incident. ...
11:56 PM, Feb 21, 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. ...
11:36 PM, Feb 21, 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
An 18-year-old Indian student has died in the UK after apparently taking 'lethal' bodybuilding pills to help him lose weight. Sarmad Alladin, son of a millionaire from Hyderabad, was taken to hospital hours after taking tablet which contained the drug DNP, which has been linked to several deaths. ...
11:09 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
At least 12 people are feared to have been killed in a series of explosions on Thursday evening which took place in Dilsukh Nagar bus stand area of Hyderabad. ...
10:17 PM, Feb 21, 2013
