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Easter Sunday blasts: Sri Lanka slashes death toll to 253
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 25 (ANI): Sri Lankan authorities on Thursday revised the death toll in the Easter Sunday blasts to 253.
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Sri Lanka Defence Secretary resigns
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 25 (ANI): Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando on Thursday stepped down from his post amid allegations of mishandling intelligence reports that came before the Easter Sunday attack.
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Sri Lanka: Explosion near Colombo; no casualty reported
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Pugoda (Sri Lanka), Apr 25 (ANI): Four days after the deadly serial blasts claimed at least 359 lives, an explosion was reported on Thursday in Sri Lanka's Pugada town, about 40 Km east of capital Colombo, police said.
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Sri Lanka attacks: One of the 9 suicide bombers a woman; 60 arrests made
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Apr 24 (ANI): One of the nine suicide bombers who carried out the blasts across Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday was a woman, police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said on Wednesday, adding that 60 arrests have been made in connection with the attacks.
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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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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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Sunbathing slows evolution in island lizards: Study
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 23 (ANI): A recent study has revealed that a slump in evolution in Anoles - a diminutive little tree lizard - could be linked to their affinity for basking in the sun.
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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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Dasun Shanaka revisits Easter Sunday horror
Updated : 6 years, 10 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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Trump calls Sri Lankan PM to voice solidarity after Sunday's attacks
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], Apr 23 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Monday called Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to voice his solidarity with the island nation as it deals with the aftermath of the ghastly terror attacks which have claimed lives of 300 people and left m
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Identifying Indians killed in Sri Lanka blasts: Sushma Swaraj
Updated : 6 years, 10 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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2 more Indians among those killed in Sri Lanka blasts
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 22 (ANI): Two more Indians, identified as Vemurai Tulsiram and S R Nagaraj, have lost their lives in the multiple blasts in Sri Lanka during Easter celebrations, the Indian High Commission confirmed.
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