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12 Jun 2019

NIA conducts raids in TN over suspected links with Sri Lanka church attackers

Raids were conducted by a team of NIA sleuths at seven places in Coimbatore.

28 May 2019

MEA asks Indians travelling to Sri Lanka to remain cautious

Over 250 people had died in a series of bomb explosions at various locations in Sri Lanka on April 21.

01 May 2019

Shiv Sena's demand for burqa ban opposed by BJP, 'supported' by Pragya Thakur

BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao says India's borders are safe but Sadhvi Pragya appeared to agree with Shiv Sena on the demand for a ban on burqa to ensure national security.

01 May 2019

Saamna, Shiv Sena's mouthpiece, wants ban on burqa in aftermath of SL attacks

Praising Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena for putting national security first, the Saamna editorial states that banning burqa in India would take as much courage as surgical strikes against terrorists.

Sri Lanka Bombings

30 Apr 2019

Sri Lanka lifts ban on social media, security remains tight

Several social media sites had been blocked to prevent the spread of fake news in the aftermath of multiple explosions in the country on Easter.

Colombo explosions

29 Apr 2019

Sri Lankan intelligence receives inputs of attacks on Buddhist temples

Sri Lankan authorities say that there was one woman among the nine bombers who carried out the country's worst terror attack, killing 253 people and injuring over 500 others.

Sri Lanka blasts

28 Apr 2019

Two wanted suspects arrested in connection with Sri Lanka blasts

The duo has been handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for further investigations.

Sri Lanka explosions

28 Apr 2019

Father, two brothers of Sri Lanka suicide bombings mastermind killed: Report

Zainee Hashim, Rilwan Hashim and their father Mohamed Hashim, who were seen in a video circulating on social media calling for all-out war against non believers, were among 15 killed.

Sri Lanka explosions

24 Apr 2019

Controlled explosion done on suspicious motorbike in Sri Lanka's Colombo

Moments later, news agency ANI quoted Sri Lanka's Defence Minister, Ruwan Wijewardene saying that the Special Task Force (STF) detected a suspicious motorbike and had approached it.

Sri Lanka blasts

24 Apr 2019

Death toll climbs to 359 in Sri Lanka bombings: Police

Forty persons, including the driver of a van allegedly used by the suicide bombers, have been arrested so far in connection.

Sri Lanka attacks

24 Apr 2019

New Zealand PM says no intelligence linking Sri Lanka attacks to Christchurch

Ruwan Wijewardene told parliament that an initial investigation had revealed the bombings on churches and hotels had been carried out in revenge for deadly shootings in two New Zealand mosques.

Sri Lanka blasts

23 Apr 2019

IS claims responsibility for Colombo blasts, releases photo of suicide bombers

According to IS, the attacks were carried out by Abu Ubaida, Abu al-Mukhtar, Abu Khalil, Abu Hamza, Abu al-Barra, Abu Muhammad and Abu Abdullah.

23 Apr 2019

Islamic State claims responsibility for Sri Lanka bombings

At least 321 people were killed and about 500 people wounded in the attack.

Colombo explosions

23 Apr 2019

40 arrested in Easter Sunday blasts in Sri Lanka which killed over 300

The Sri Lankan police made 16 more arrests during the past 24 hours, taking the total number of arrested suspects to 40.

Colombo explosions

23 Apr 2019

Two more Indians killed in Easter blasts in Sri Lanka, toll goes up to 10

Among the Indians killed in the deadly blast there were four Janata Dal (Secular) workers from Karnataka, who were on a visit to Sri Lanka, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said on Monday in Bengaluru.

Sri Lanka blasts

23 Apr 2019

Sri Lanka police arrests 40 suspects; death toll climbs to 310

The suicide bombings struck three churches and three luxury hotels Sunday in the island nation's deadliest violence since a devastating civil war ended in 2009.

22 Apr 2019

Sri Lanka imposes emergency, says international network involved in attacks

Questions over why the intelligence report warning was not acted upon could feed into a feud between Prime Minister Wickremesinghe and the president.

Sri Lanka blasts

22 Apr 2019

Blast in van near church in Colombo when officials were defusing bomb: Witness

An explosion went off on Monday in a van near a church in Sri Lankan capital Colombo when bomb squad officials were trying to defuse the bomb, Reuters reported quoting an eyewitness.

Sri Lanka blasts

22 Apr 2019

Police find 87 bomb detonators at Colombo's main bus stand: Spokesman

The detonators were found just a day after suicide bombers targeted churches and hotels in Colombo killing at least 290 people and injuring about 500.

Indian Coast Guard

22 Apr 2019

Indian Coast Guard on high alert at maritime boundary with Sri Lanka: Report

Ships and maritime surveillance aircraft Dornier have reportedly been deployed with the primary objective of ensuring that the suicide bombers responsible for the explosions are unable to escape from Sri Lanka.

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