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CNews New Delhi, Oct 13: Investigators probing the terror attack on the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti have found that the SIM card in the mobile used to trigger Thursday’s explosion was in the same name as that used in Mecca Masjid blasts in Hyderabad in May this year. The SIM card recovered from the mobile phone attached with the unexploded device leads once again to Babu Lal Yadav of Noida whose photograph has been used by militants to purchase the card, sources said. The explosive material, tri-nitro-toluene (TNT) with a little mix of RDX, had been connected to the alarm of the mobile phone. The alarm, which passes a small amount of electric current, would help in charging the explosive material and trigger the blast. The recovery of the SIM card and assembling of the bomb, which had been kept in a tin box with a packing of iron pipes to be used as splinters, were quite similar to that used in the Mecca Masjid blast at Hyderabad in May this year. Investigators said t...

CNews New Delhi, Oct 11: Reacting to the bomb blast at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah, Union MoS Home Sriprakash Jaiswal said that a terror hand was suspected in the attack. He said the motive behind the blast was to divide the country. The Centre also asked all states to intensify vigil in view of the forthcoming festive season in the wake of the blast in the Sufi shrine in Ajmer. Refusing to take responsibility for lapse, the Minister said that security was tight due to the festive season – Ramazan is on and Dussehra and Diwali are around the corner. “All across the country the police and security forces are very alert but despite the strict vigil there is some lapse in some place or the other. The thing is our country is very big, it’s difficult to keep a close watch on every nook and corner,” he said. Speaking to media Jaiswal said, “The best way to keep vigil is for the people of the country to stay united and alert.” The Minister felt the motive behind the attack was very clear, “It is ...

CNews Srinagar, Oct 11: Militants on Thursday carried out a suicide attack on the CRPF battalion headquarters housed in a hotel along the banks of the famous Dal Lake here this evening in which one of the bombers was killed after a fierce gun-battle. The attack in the tourist hub of the city, coming after a period of lull in terror attacks in the state capital, happened around the time when Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad was hosting an iftaar party at the nearby Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC). Militants hurled a grenade and followed it by firing on the sentry post at the main gate of the headquarters of 144th battalion at Boulevard Road along the banks of the Dal Lake this evening triggering a gunfight, CRPF spokesman P Tripathy said. The incident happened around 6.30 pm. "One militant died and we are assessing the situation," he said. The encounter was still continuing in the night. Atleast three CRPF personnel are reported injured in the attack. The...

CNews Ajmer Shrine: A low intensity blast ripped through the shrine of Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti on Thursday evening. The blast is reported to have occurred at quarter past six when the devotees had gathered for Iftar, near the Ahta- e- Noor. There are reports of three persons being killed and eighteen injured.