Sunday, July 27, 2008


Punjab, Haryana on alert after Bangalore, Ahmedabad blasts

High alert has been sounded in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh in the wake of Bangalore and Ahmedabad explosions.

Security around all key public places including railway stations, bus stands, shopping malls has been beefed up, official sources said here.

More 'nakas' were being set up in the two states to keep an eye on movement of any suspicious elements, the sources said.

Chronol

  • July 26, 2008: Serial blasts in Ahmedabad killing at least 30 people and injuring more than 100.

  • July 25, 2008: Nine explosions in Bangalore create terror killing two people and injuring twelve.

  • May 2008: Eight serial blasts rock Jaipur in a span of 12 minutes leaving 65 dead and over 150 injured.

  • January 2008: Terrorist attack on CRPF camp in Rampur kills 8.

  • October 2007: 2 killed in a blast inside Ajmer Sharif shrine during Ramadan.

  • August 2007: 30 dead, 60 hurt in Hyderabad 'terror' strike.

  • May 2007: A bomb at Mecca mosque in Hyderabad kills 11 people.

  • February 19, 2007: Two bombs explode aboard a train bound from India to Pakistan, burning to death at least 66 passengers, most of them Pakistanis.

  • September 2006: 30 dead and 100 hurt in twin blasts at a mosque in Malegaon.

  • July 2006: Seven bombs on Mumbai's trains kill over 200 and injure 700 others.

  • March 2006: Twin bombings at a train station and a temple in Varanasi kill 20 people.

  • October 2005: Three bombs placed in busy New Delhi markets a day before Diwali kill 62 people and injure hundreds.

  • August 2003: Two taxis packed with explosives blow up outside a Mumbai tourist attraction and a busy market, killing 52 and wounding more than 100.

  • September 24, 2002: Militants with guns and explosives attack the Akshardham Hindu temple in the western state of Gujarat, 31 killed, More than 80 injured.

  • May 14: Militants attack an army camp near Kashmir's winter capital, Jammu, killing more than 30, including wives and children of soldiers.

  • December 13, 2001: More than a dozen people, including five gunmen, killed in an attack on parliament in New Delhi.

  • October 1, 2001: Militants storm the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly complex, killing about 35 people.

  • March 1993: Mumbai serial bombings kill 257 people and injure more than 1,100.
  • ogy - Major bomb blasts in India



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