The story so far: On the morning of June 30 at 9.10 a.m., an explosion tore through Sigachi Industries, a pharmaceutical factory, and flattened a three-storeyed building in Pashamylaram on the outskirts of Hyderabad. The stock market-listed entity estimated the death toll at 39 of the 143 workers who were on-site during the explosion. Emergency … Read more
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy interacting with the families of the victims of a reactor blast that took place at Sigachi Industries in Sangareddy district on Tuesday (July 01). | Photo Credit: MOHD ARIF Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy visited the Sigachi Industries Pvt. Ltd unit in Pashamylaram Industrial area in Sangareddy district on … Read more
Rescue operation underway after a blast at the ordnance factory, in Bhandara district, Maharashtra, on January 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI A committee has been constituted to investigate the blast at the Ordnance Factory in Bhandara district, Maharashtra, which killed eight workers and injured five others on Friday (January 24, 2025). The Deputy Commissioner … Read more
A police official stands guard at the Rameshwaram cafe blast site, in Bengaluru, on March 2, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday (September 9, 2024) filed a chargesheeted against four accused in The Rameshwaram Café blast case. A low-intensity IED explosion shook the restaurant in Brookefield, Bengaluru on March … Read more
A worker was killed and three others suffered injuries in an explosion at a firecracker unit in Paruthikadu village, near Ayodhiyapattinam, in Salem district of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday (September 4, 2024). The police said at 9.30 a.m. on Wednesday, four workers were unloading raw materials used for making firecrackers from a vehicle, and as … Read more
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday reserved its order on the bail application of Mirza Himayat Baig, an accused in the 2010 Nashik terror plot case. He was also convicted for the German Bakery terror attack in Pune. Baig is currently serving a life sentence at Nashik Central Prison for his involvement in the bomb … Read more
ADGP (Law & Order) Alok Kumar inspects the auto-rickshaw in which a blast occured at Padil-Pumpwell main road the previous day, as part of investigation process in Mangaluru on November 20, 2022. | Photo Credit: MANJUNATH HS The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday filed a chargesheet against two accused in the “Islamic State-sponsored” pressure … Read more
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 19 arrested one accused in coordination with the Manipur police, in connection with a bomb blast in Bishnupur’s Kwakta on June 21, 2023. The explosion had taken place in a Scorpio vehicle parked over a bridge located in the area of Phougakchao Ikhai Awang Leikai and Kwakta along … Read more
GUWAHATI The Gauhati High Court on August 24 acquitted all six people convicted in a bomb blast in Dhemaji of Assam on August 15, 2004, which killed 13 people including 10 schoolchildren. The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) had claimed responsibility for the blast during the Independence Day celebration. Twenty others were injured, … Read more
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a supplementary charge sheet against five accused persons in the Coimbatore car bomb blast case of October 2022. The five men charge-sheeted were identified as Umar Faaruq, Firose Khan, Mohamed Thoufeeq, Sheikh Hidayatullah and Sanofar Ali. The agency had earlier charge-sheeted six suspects in April this year. … Read more