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Easter Sunday bombings: NIA team from India reaches Sri Lanka for probe
A two-member team from the National Investigation Agency has reached Sri Lanka to discuss probe into the Easter Sunday blasts that took the lives of over 250 people.
WorldMay 25, 2019, 5:57 PM IST
Sri Lanka blasts: Buddhist monk alleges attack was inspired by Tamil Nadu outfit
A Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka claims that two members from Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamaath (TNTJ) had provoked Buddhists to attack Muslims by spreading derogatory tales about the Buddha
WorldMay 25, 2019, 3:26 PM IST
Sri Lanka blasts: Bank accounts of 41 terror suspects frozen
In the wake of Sri Lanka blasts, the country’s authorities have frozen the bank accounts of 41 terror suspects, who may be in links with the local islamist group National Thowheed Jamaat
WorldMay 25, 2019, 1:30 PM IST
Sri Lanka at war after Colombo blasts, still hunting down National Thowheed Jamaath men
A month after the Easter Sunday blasts that claimed the lives of 258 people in Sri Lanka, the country’s police and authorities are still making arrests. The most recent is that of five people, who are suspected to have links with the local Islamist group National Thowheed Jamaath.
WorldMay 16, 2019, 4:59 PM IST
Sri Lanka blasts: Suicide bomber’s wife gives birth to child
The wife of one of the suicide bombers has given birth to their first child, two weeks after the Easter Sunday attacks that killed as many as 250 people in Sri Lanka.
WorldMay 15, 2019, 12:37 PM IST
Sri Lanka blasts: 24 people arrested for anti-Muslim riots; ban on social media reimposed
The Easter Sunday blasts in Sri Lanka had left as many as 250 people dead. The attacks have left the island country in a state of unrest after anti-Muslim riots broke out that even killed one Muslim man
WorldMay 13, 2019, 1:47 PM IST
Sri Lanka blasts: Social media blocked as tension between Muslims, Sinhalese heightens
Social media has been blocked once again in Sri Lanka after rising tension between the Muslims and the Sinhalese was reported. Facebook and WhatsApp have been blocked.
IndiaMay 12, 2019, 2:17 PM IST
Sri Lankan Navy arrests two Kerala men for smuggling 79 kg cannabis
The Naval officials on Saturday (May 11) recovered more than 70 kg Kerala cannabis from the duo who tried to smuggle into the Sri Lankan capital Colombo
WorldMay 7, 2019, 1:56 PM IST
Sri Lanka police claim all suspects in Easter attack either dead or arrested
Two weeks after the terror attacks in Sri Lanka, police have now stated that all the suspects are either dead or arrested. The island country has received the help of eight other countries to probe the Easter Sunday attacks.
WorldApr 29, 2019, 1:29 PM IST
Sri Lanka bans all face coverings including burqa after Easter Sunday blasts
A week after Sri Lanka faced coordinated blasts across the country, in an emergency move the Sri Lankan president has issued an order banning the adornment of any form of face veils
IndiaApr 29, 2019, 9:22 AM IST
Customs officials seize gold worth Rs 1.76 crore at Chennai airport in two search operations
While searching the luggage of a person who had come under the suspicion of customs officials, four gold biscuits weighing 238 grams valued at Rs 7.85 lakh were recovered
IndiaApr 27, 2019, 12:59 PM IST
MHA warned of possible attacks by ISIS-linked groups on places of worship
The Islamic State (ISIS) took responsibility of the attacks in Sri Lanka, killed nearly 400 church-goers and other Christians on Easter. The ISIS has warned India multiple times too, claiming that the organisation is planning massive terror attacks.
WorldApr 27, 2019, 11:35 AM IST
Sri Lanka blasts: Shootout between police and ‘militants’ kills 15
15 people have lost their lives, including six suspected terrorists and nine civilians in a shootout between Sri Lankan police and suspected terrorists in Kalmunai.
WorldApr 26, 2019, 6:46 PM IST
Sri Lanka blasts: After defence secretary, police chief Pujith Jayasundara resigns
After defence secretary, inspector general Pujith Jayasundara has stepped down over failures that led to the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka
WorldApr 26, 2019, 11:43 AM IST
Sri Lanka blasts: Death toll drops by 100, stands at 253
Easter Sunday attack on Sri Lanka was ranked as the deadliest attacks claimed by the Islamic State,l. However, that claim may not hold true now as officials have revised the death toll. Officials blamed calculation error and stated that the precise death toll now stands at 253.