[
suicide bomb attack
]Gotabaya Rajapaksa wins Sri Lanka presidential election
Sri Lanka’s former wartime defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa has won the presidency with a clear majority.
Updated on Nov 17, 2019 11:37 AM IST
Colombo | By Associated Press
Death toll from Afghan wedding blast rises to 80: Officials
The Islamic State (IS) militant group claimed responsibility for the attack and among the 160 people wounded at the wedding blast, many are in critical condition, some not well enough to undergo surgery.
Updated on Aug 21, 2019 05:08 PM IST
Kabul | By Reuters
Sri Lanka police bring five Easter bomb suspects back from Saudi Arabia
Police declined to provide details of the arrests beyond saying the five were picked up in a Middle Eastern country and were sent back, in the custody of Sri Lankan police, from the Saudi city of Jeddah.
Updated on Jun 14, 2019 02:27 PM IST
Colombo, Sri Lanka | By Reuters
US envoy to Sri Lanka says threat is real as security forces maintain high alert
Sri Lankan security forces also said they were maintaining a high level of alert amid intelligence reports that the militants were likely to strike before the start of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan.
Updated on Apr 30, 2019 02:05 PM IST
COLOMBO | By Reuters
PhD scholar among 6 arrested for abortive suicide bomb attack on CRPF convoy in J-K: Police
Police claimed that the attack was a handiwork of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Hizbul Mujahideen.
Published on Apr 30, 2019 12:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jammu | By HT Correspondent, Jammu
Sri Lanka on alert for more attacks by militants disguised in uniforms
There were no attacks on Sunday, and security across Sri Lanka has been ramped up, with scores of suspected Islamists arrested since the April 21 attacks on hotels and churches that killed over 250 people, including 40 foreign nationals.
Updated on Apr 29, 2019 12:42 PM IST
Colombo | By Reuters
Sri Lanka’s defence secretary resigns following suicide bomb attacks
He said that security agencies were actively responding to intelligence they had about the possibility of attacks before they were launched.
Updated on Apr 25, 2019 07:22 PM IST
Colombo | By Reuters
Sri Lanka bombings ‘retaliation for New Zealand mosque attack: Minister
Fifty people were killed in shooting attacks on two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch on March 15.
Updated on Apr 23, 2019 06:01 PM IST
Colombo | By AFP
Death toll in Sri Lanka blasts rises to 310, 40 people under arrest
Around 500 people were wounded in the blasts, Ruwan Gunasekera said in a statement.
Updated on Apr 23, 2019 09:59 AM IST
Colombo | By Associated Press
At least 16 killed in bomb, gun attack in eastern Afghanistan
The attack began when two suicide bombers set off their explosives outside the company office and gunmen then opened fire, said Attaullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar province.
Updated on Mar 06, 2019 10:28 PM IST
Kabul | By Reuters
Two Jaish terrorists killed in gunfight
The police statement said the firefight started after the Jammu and Kashmir police, Army and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in Shopian’s Memender area following a tip-off about the presence of terrorists.
Updated on Feb 27, 2019 10:53 PM IST
By Ashiq Hussain
Indian Air Force’s strike on Jaish terror camp: The strategy and the risks
The strike took place between 3:45 a.m. and 4:04 a.m. Indian time on Tuesday, a time when the alertness of radar system operators is more likely to be lower, an air force veteran said.
Published on Feb 26, 2019 09:56 PM IST
New Delhi | By Reuters
Days after Pulwama attack, thousands of Kashmiris throng army recruitment drive
The army said that those who have cleared their Class 10 examination, the basic qualification, could apply for the job. “We got a fair number of graduates and a few postgraduates as well who applied for the job,” Beniwal said.
Updated on Feb 21, 2019 10:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | By HT Correspondent
Iran summons Pakistan’s envoy over deadly suicide bomb attack: Report
Iran says militant groups operate from safe havens in Pakistan and have repeatedly called on the neighboring country to crack down on them.
Updated on Feb 17, 2019 04:18 PM IST
Dubai | By Reuters
Never thought this would be his last visit home, says CRPF soldier’s father
Shyam Babu came home to Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur Dehat district last week. And on Thursday he was killed in the suicide bomb attack on a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama.
Updated on Feb 15, 2019 01:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kanpur/Lucknow | By Haider Naqvi and Manish Chandra Pandey
‘Pakistan is frustrated’: J-K Governor Satya Pal Malik after Kashmir attack
J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik singled out Pakistan once again on Friday and accused the neighbouring country of harbouring terrorists after at least 44 CRPF personnel were killed in the worst suicide bomb attack in decades in the state’s Pulwama district.
Updated on Feb 15, 2019 10:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
Death toll from Afghanistan suicide blast rises to 68, over 160 injured
The death toll from a suicide bomb attack at a protest gathering in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Tuesday has risen to 68, with 165 wounded
Updated on Sep 12, 2018 12:17 PM IST
Kabul | By Agence France-Presse
Suicide bomb attack at district headquarters in Somali capital kills 4
This is the second such attack on a district headquarters in Somali’s capital this month. The Howlwadag district headquarters was targeted on September 2 and at least six people were killed.
Published on Sep 10, 2018 02:42 PM IST
Nairobi, Kenya | By Associated Press
31 killed in Eid suicide bombing, grenade attacks in Nigeria town
Two blasts ripped through the town of Damboa in Nigeria’s Borno state targeting people returning from celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday, in an attack bearing all the hallmarks of Boko Haram.
Updated on Jun 17, 2018 05:44 PM IST
Press Trust of India, Kano (Nigeria) | By HT Correspondent