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After clashes broke out between a group of Muslims and Sinhalese, Sri Lanka has reimposed curfew and banned social media, in a move to curb the spread of rumours.
 

T Suneeel Kumar, Bengaluru police commissioner held a meeting with the heads spanning across religions in the light of Sri Lanka blasts. In the meeting the police commissioner told them to be more vigilant
 

The Easter Sunday attacks across churches and hotels in Sri Lanka has left the country resorting to other means to offer prayers. Catholics have now turned to mass that is telecast instead of gathering at the church. This, amidst another bomb threat at a “famous church”.
 

Javed Akhtar's proposal comes in the wake of the Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana asking the Modi sarkar to emulate Sri Lanka in banning the burqa
 

 A man has been arrested for possessing explosives in Sri Lanka’s Erakkandi

Though the Tamil Nadu-based (Indian) Towheed Jamaat has distanced itself from the blasts, its protestations cannot be taken at face-value considering the fact its founder P Jainulabdeen had plenty of connections in Sri Lanka. Active IS terror modules in our boundary have dangerous portents for the country.
 

On Easter Sunday, Sri Lanka saw coordinated terror attacks that took the lives of over 250 people and injured more than 500. Several people have been detained in the country and among them are a school teacher and a principal. Police are now probing links
 

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

The NIA has seized the mobile phones of Aboobacker Siddique and Ahamed Arafat. According to reports, the duo was interested in the concepts of Zahran Hashim, one of the suicide bombers in the Sri Lankan blasts

Security has been increased across cities like Bengaluru and Chennai. Chennai Central and Egmore saw storming operations. Security in public places in Bengaluru have also been stepped up.

At a time when Sri Lanka blasts have shaken the world, terror threats were soon making the rounds. The Managing Director of KSRTC has issued a letter stating security in public places needs to be stepped up.
 

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.
 

 After defence secretary, inspector general Pujith Jayasundara has stepped down over failures that led to the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka

Bengaluru Police commissioner Suneel Kumar held a meeting with the city’s hotel and mall owners to discuss security measures to be taken in view of the dastardly terror attacks in Sri Lanka. This came in furtherance to the meeting with DCPs who were asked to collect information about congregations of devotees spreading across religious lines

 

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.