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Sri Lanka attacks: Death toll mounts to 359
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 24 (ANI): The death toll in the multiple bomb blasts that rocked Sri Lanka during Easter celebrations has risen to 359, country's Deputy Defence Minister Ruwan Wijewardene told reporters here on Wednesday.
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Did not have any prior knowledge of attacks: US envoy to Sri Lanka
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombia [United States], Apr 24 (ANI): United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina Teplitz on Tuesday said that Washington did not provide any advance intelligence regarding imminent attack prior to Easter Sunday attacks.
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Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh visits Eastern Ladakh to take stock of se
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Apr 24 (ANI): Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C), Northern Command of the Indian Army visited forward areas in Eastern Ladakh on Tuesday to review the security situation and operational preparedness.
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Possible it could have been due to Christchurch attack, says Sri Lankan PM
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo (Sri Lanka) [India], April 23 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday asserted that there is a possibility that the Easter Sunday attack in the country could have been due to the Christchurch attack.
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ISIS claims responsibility for Sri Lanka bombings
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Negombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 23 (ANI): The Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the coordinated bombings that claimed the lives of over 300 people in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.
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Britney Spears takes break from mental health facility to spend time with
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 23 (ANI): American singer-songwriter Britney Spears has not made many public appearances since she checked into a mental health facility earlier this month, but she made an exception to spend some time with her boyfriend Sam Asghari.
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Death toll in Sri Lanka blasts rises to 310, 40 suspects arrested
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 23 (ANI): At least 310 people have lost their lives in the multiple bomb blasts that rocked Sri Lanka during Easter celebrations, police said on Tuesday.
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Dasun Shanaka revisits Easter Sunday horror
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], Apr 23 (ANI): Sri Lankan cricketer Dasun Shanaka on Monday, revisited the Easter Sunday horror, the serial blasts that took place in the country on Sunday, leaving almost 300 people dead and more than 500 injured.Sunday horror, the serial blasts that took place in the country on
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UNSC condemns Lanka terror attack; underlines need to hold 'perpetrators a
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Apr 23 (ANI): United Nations Security Council on Monday condemned the "heinous" and "cowardly" terrorist attacks that shook Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.
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Identifying Indians killed in Sri Lanka blasts: Sushma Swaraj
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 23 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday said that the process of identifying Indians amongst those killed in the eight consecutive blasts that rattled Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, is underway.
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31 foreign nationals killed in Sri Lanka blasts, Interpol to send team for
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 22 (ANI): Out of the 290 people who lost their lives when eight coordinated explosions rattled Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, 31 have been identified to be foreign nationals, Sri Lanka's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Monday.
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Another K'taka man loses life in Sri Lanka blasts
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 22 (ANI): A Kannadiga identified as Hanumaiah Shivakumar is the latest Indian confirmed dead in Sri Lanka blasts which rattled the island nation on Easter Sunday, according to Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy.
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