Tag: Sri Lanka Blasts

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It's shameful: Bollywood condemns Sri Lanka mayhem

Mumbai: After a string of serial blasts rocked Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday killing 185 people, Bollywood celebrities like Jacqueline Fernandez, Shekhar Kapur and Vivek Anand Oberoi condemned the bloodbath as an act of cowardice. Here what they tweeted: Actress Jacqueline Fernandez, who is from Sri Lanka, wrote: “Extremely sad. It’s unfortunate that one is not […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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Sri Lanka suspects international link in bombings

Colombo: A wave of bombings that killed 290 people in Sri Lanka on Sunday was carried out with the support of an international network, officials said. The government has blamed a little-known local jihadist group, National Thowheed Jamath, although no-one has yet admitted carrying out the bombings. Another 500 people were injured in the suicide attacks […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Sri Lanka death toll reaches 310, nation observes silence

Colombo: Sri Lankans observed a nationwide three-minute silence on Tuesday to remember the victims of the deadly blasts which rocked the island nation on Easter Sunday. Services across the country came to a halt as all citizens observed the silence from 8.30 a.m. to 8.33 a.m., Xinhua news agency reported. A series of explosions hit churches […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Indian death toll in Sri Lanka rises to 10

Colombo: A total of 10 Indians have died in the Easter Sunday serial bombings in Sri Lanka, the Indian High Commission here announced on Tuesday. “Regret to confirm the deaths of two more Indian nationals, A. Maregowda and H. Puttaraju, in the blasts in Sri Lanka, taking the total number of Indian deaths in the tragedy […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Sri Lanka's President announces security shakeup

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena said on Tuesday that he would move quickly to restructure country’s intelligence and security apparatus in response to a failure to act on warnings received ahead of the Easter Sunday attacks, which left more than 300 people dead. “I will completely restructure the police and security forces in the coming […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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