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Suspected Maoist rebels hijack truck loaded with ammonium nitrate

December 1st, 2008 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS -
Ranchi, Dec 1 (IANS) Suspected Maoist rebels in Jharkhand have hijacked a truck loaded with ammonium nitrate, used in preparing explosives, the police said Monday. According to the police, the truck was ...

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Man held with 40 tonnes of explosive

November 21st, 2008 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Nov 21 (IANS) A man carrying nearly 40 tonnes of the widely used commercial explosive ammonium nitrate was arrested Friday in an Uttar Pradesh area where Maoists are known to be ...

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Purohit’s custody sought for Samjhauta blast probe

November 17th, 2008 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS -
Ambala (Haryana), Nov 17 (IANS) The Haryana railway police Monday said they wanted the custody of Lt. Col. Prasad Shrikant Purohit to probe leads into the Samjhauta Express train blast near ...

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Three arrested in connection with Assam bombings

November 1st, 2008 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS -
Guwahati, Nov 1 (IANS) The Assam police have arrested three people in connection with Thursday's bombings in the state, including a man from whose mobile an SMS was sent in the name ...

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‘ULFA trained Tripura rebels set-off serial blasts’

October 16th, 2008 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS -
Agartala, Oct 16 (IANS) The outlawed All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF), trained and guided by the Assam-based United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), had set off the serial blasts in Tripura's capital ...

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Bomb found, defused in Agartala temple

October 5th, 2008 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS -
Agartala, Oct 5 (IANS) A live bomb was found and defused Sunday in a temple here, four days after serial blasts left about 100 people injured in this Tripura capital, the ...

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Agartala normal, reward put up for clues to bombers

October 3rd, 2008 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS -
Agartala, Oct 3 (IANS) Life returned to normal in this capital city of Tripura less than 48 hours after serial blasts left about 100 injured, and the state government announced a cash ...

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Explosives with mobile phone trigger used in Agartala blast: Tripura Police

October 3rd, 2008 - 5:06 pm ICT by ANI -
Agartala, Oct 3 (ANI): The Tripura Police on Friday said that highly explosive devices and a mobile phone were used to trigger Wednesday''s low intensity bomb blasts in Agartala. Deputy Inspector General ...

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Experts hunt for clues to Agartala serial blasts (Lead)

Experts hunt for clues to Agartala serial blasts (Lead)

October 2nd, 2008 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS -
Agartala, Oct 2 (IANS) Experts from India's elite National Security Guards (NSG) Thursday began an investigation in Tripura to find out the nature of explosives used in the serial bombings in which ...

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Mehrauli bomb had no RDX, detonator, timer: police

September 27th, 2008 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) A low-intensity bomb that went off in a crowded south Delhi market Saturday was locally assembled and did not have a detonator or timer devices - unlike ...

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‘Elusive Roshan Khan may be responsible for sending terror emails’

September 26th, 2008 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, Sep 25 (IANS) Roshan Khan alias Riyaz Bhatkal, the sixth man on Mumbai Police's list of 'wanted' terrorists, was entrusted with the crucial communications network and distribution of explosives for the ...

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5 Indian Mujahideen members arrested by Mumbai police

September 24th, 2008 - 9:43 pm ICT by ANI -
Mumbai, Sept 24 (ANI): The Mumbai polices Crime branch on Wednesday arrested five suspected members of the Indian Mujahedeen, believed to be responsible for recent blasts in Delhi , Ahmadabad and ...

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Terror probe heads south, more leads uncovered (Roundup)

September 22nd, 2008 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Investigations into the various serial blasts that rocked Indian cities moved to the south of the country when a joint team of the Delhi Police and Intelligence ...

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Free lessons on Internet on bomb making

September 18th, 2008 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) As security officials scramble to find clues to contain terror activities in India, scores of websites are teaching how to make bombs - from hand grenades to ...

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Blasts probe floundering, no breakthrough

September 17th, 2008 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) Except for the identity of some suspects and the nature of explosives used in Saturday's serial bombings in the capital, the special squad set up to probe ...

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‘Vital clues’ in hand, police grapple to crack Delhi blasts (Roundup)

‘Vital clues’ in hand, police grapple to crack Delhi blasts (Roundup)

September 14th, 2008 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Investigators Sunday grappled to crack the serial blasts in the Indian capital that killed 21 people and left 100 injured even as the police said they had ...

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Terrorists used plasticisers to bind explosives: NSG chief (Interview)

September 14th, 2008 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) In what could prove to be an alarming trend, terrorists who struck here used plasticisers for the first time in India to bind the explosive ammonium nitrate, ...

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Death toll in Delhi serial blasts rises 30

Death toll in Delhi serial blasts rises 30

September 14th, 2008 - 12:54 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Sept 14 (ANI): The death toll from the series of five bomb blasts that rocked market places on Saturday evening has climbed up to 30. Around 125 people were injured ...

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At least 20 dead, 90 injured in serial blasts in Delhi (Update)

At least 20 dead, 90 injured in serial blasts in Delhi (Update)

September 13th, 2008 - 11:12 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi , Sept 13 (ANI): At least twenty people have been reportedly killed and 50 injured in five serial bomb blasts in different places in the national capital. The blasts ...

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Over 220 militants killed in Afghanistan fighting

September 1st, 2008 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS -
Kabul, Sep 1 (Xinhua) More than 220 Taliban insurgents have been killed in the ongoing clean-up operations by the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and the US-led Coalition forces in southern Afghanistan, ...

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Two arrested with 1,100 detonators in Uttar Pradesh

August 21st, 2008 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Aug 21 (IANS) Two people were arrested Thursday for alleged possession of 1,100 detonators and a quintal of the widely used commercial explosive ammonium nitrate, the police said."Jitendra Kumar alias Babloo ...

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Efforts on for rules to block ammonium nitrate use as explosive

August 18th, 2008 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS -
Ahmedabad, Aug 18 (IANS) Efforts are on to evolve a regulatory regime that will end the free availability of ammonium nitrate, the explosive material that was used in the serial blasts ...

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Two ISI agents arrested in Uttar Pradesh

August 13th, 2008 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Aug 13 (IANS) The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested two Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agents in different districts of of Uttar Pradesh, the police said Wednesday. The police said Mohammad Masroor, a trained ...

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Two more LTTE operatives held in Chennai

August 6th, 2008 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS -
Chennai, Aug 6 (IANS) Two more cadres of Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were arrested early Wednesday here and sent to judicial custody, the police said. K. Uma Ramanan, ...

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Two more live bombs found in Surat

Two more live bombs found in Surat

July 29th, 2008 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI -
Surat, July 29 (ANI): Surat Police today recovered two more live bombs, two days after serial bomb blasts killed over 40 people in Ahmedabad. According to police officials, one bomb was ...

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Explosives laden cars traced to Mumbai

July 28th, 2008 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, July 28 (IANS) Two cars loaded with explosives found in Surat city of Gujarat Sunday, a day after 21 serial blasts hit Ahmedabad, were stolen from Mumbai, city police commissioner Hasan ...

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Ahmedabad toll 45, more bombs found, India on alert (Intro Roundup)

Ahmedabad toll 45, more bombs found, India on alert (Intro Roundup)

July 28th, 2008 - 12:39 am ICT by IANS -
Ahmedabad, July 27 (IANS) Gujarat was calm but tense Sunday amid the discovery of three bombs and a cache of explosives and a national security alert, a day after 20 bombs ripped ...

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Two cars loaded with explosives found in Surat (Second Lead)

July 27th, 2008 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS -
Surat, July 27 (IANS) A day after serial blasts in Ahmedabad claimed at least 45 lives, two cars loaded with explosives were found in Surat city of Gujarat Sunday, the police said. ...

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Eight kg explosives seized from Karnataka town

July 27th, 2008 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS -
Bangalore, July 27 (IANS) About eight kg of explosives, similar to the ones used in Friday's serial blasts in Bangalore, have been seized from Chennapatna town where a blast had taken place ...

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Bombs were macabre piece of local engineering

July 27th, 2008 - 10:02 am ICT by IANS -
Ahmedabad, July 27 (IANS) The bombs that went off at 17 busy areas of the city on Black Saturday bore a clear imprint of classic concoction of ammonium nitrate, ball bearings and ...

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