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Condemning Sunday's blasts in Sri Lanka, former prime minister HD Deve Gowda on Monday urged the world community to come together to eliminate terrorism. (Photo: File)

Deve Gowda urges world community to come together to eliminate terrorism

The JD(S) leader also said that Congress president Rahul Gandhi was a mature, responsible and upcoming leader.

22 Apr 2019 8:16 PM

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Monday urged the world community to initiate 'concerted action' to eliminate the scourge of terrorism from the face ofthe earth. (Photo: File)

Vice President Naidu calls for concerted global action to eliminate terror

Naidu was addressing the 54th Annual Convocation of Bangalore University here.

22 Apr 2019 6:37 PM

Modi's remarks at a poll rally here in Nashik district of Maharashtra came a day after a terror attack in Sri Lanka killed 290 people in a series of eight blasts that tore through churches and luxury hotels in the island country. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

Your chowkidar changed timid approach of Congress-NCP govt: PM

Modi said the opposition was restless given the response the BJP got in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha polls across the country.

22 Apr 2019 1:33 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Lanka attacks barbaric, cold-blooded, says Modi

Meanwhile external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said Sunday that India was keeping a close watch on the situation.

22 Apr 2019 3:25 AM

Sri Lankan security personnel walk past debris next to a dead body slumped over a bench following an explosion in St Sebastian's Church in Negombo, north of the capital Colombo, on April 21, 2019. (Photo: AFP)

Horror returns to Lanka

Such a dastardly deed could have been hatched only through a deep-rooted conspiracy.

22 Apr 2019 12:00 AM

About 20 people were seriously wounded and we sent them to the National Hospital. (AP photo)

Sri Lanka bomber queued at hotel buffet then unleashed devastation

The Taprobane restaurant at the hotel was having one of its busiest days of the year for the Easter holiday weekend.

21 Apr 2019 8:44 PM

As many as 207 people were killed and around 450 left wounded in eight blasts that shook Sri Lankan cities of Colombo, Negombo, Kochchikade, and Batticaloa on Easter Sunday. (Photo: File)

Air India waives off charges for cancellation of flights to,from Colombo

Air India took to Twitter to inform passengers about the important announcement.

21 Apr 2019 8:37 PM

Foreign External Minister Sushma Swaraj in a series of tweet confirmed that the Indian High Commission in Colombo conveyed that National Hospital has informed about the death of three Indian nationals. (Photo: File)

3 Indians killed in Sri Lanka blasts, confirms Sushma Swaraj

A woman from Kerala, who had settled in Dubai, also died in the explosion, reported news agency IANS.

21 Apr 2019 8:21 PM

Conveying their condolences, party top leaders O Panneerselvam and K Palaniswami, said they prayed to the Almighty to strengthen the bereaved to bear with the grief. (Photo: File)

TN parties condemn blasts in Sri Lanka, say Tamils too hit

The blasts struck three churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing more than 200 people and injuring over 450 others.

21 Apr 2019 8:11 PM

Sri Lankan government on Sunday blocked social media platforms like the Facebook and Instagram to prevent the spread of false news reports after a series of blasts killed 207 people. (Photo: File)

After multiple blasts, Lanka blocks Facebook, Instagram to curb false news reports

The Presidential Secretariat said in a statement that decision to block social media sites was taken due to spreading of false news reports.

21 Apr 2019 7:21 PM

Trump is known for his wrong tweets and for using embarrassing nicknames. (Photo: File)

‘138 million’: Donald Trump tweets wrong figure of dead in Sri Lanka blast

In March, Trump mistakenly referred to Apple CEO Tim Cook as 'Tim Apple', a verbal slip.

21 Apr 2019 5:57 PM

Police chief Pujuth Jayasundara sent an intelligence warning to top officers on April 11 setting out the threat. (Photo: ANI)

Sri Lanka police had warned of suicide attack on Indian Embassy too: Report

At least 156 people were killed in six bomb attacks today that included three churches.

21 Apr 2019 3:21 PM

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe while condemning the attacks called upon all the Sri Lankans to remain united and said the government is taking immediate steps to contain the situation. (Photo | AP)

Lanka PM, prez condemn coordinated bomb attacks, urge countrymen to unite

Three explosions were reported from the five-star hotels - the Shangri-La, the Cinnamon Grand and the Kingsbury.

21 Apr 2019 2:26 PM

Sri Lankan firefighters stand in the area around St. Anthony's Shrine after a blast in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo: AP)

Sri Lanka police chief had warned of suicide attack 10 days before blasts

At least 156 people were killed in six bomb attacks on Sunday that included three churches, three hotels.

21 Apr 2019 1:49 PM

One of the blasts hit St Anthony's Church in Kochchikade of the capital, Colombo. (Photo: Twitter | @aashikchin)

7 arrested after eight blasts in Sri Lanka; death toll rises to 215

Following the deadly attack that claimed several lives, Sri Lankan government ordered curfew from 6 pm Sunday to 6 am Monday.

21 Apr 2019 10:28 AM

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