Bihar Temple Blasts

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  Security Stepped Up At Bodh Gaya After Ahmedabad Blasts Suspect's Arrest

  The Bihar government has increased the security of the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya town, Buddhism's holiest shrine, following the arrest of Tausif Khan, a 35-year-old engineer accused of plotting the serial blasts in Gujarat's Ahmedabad city in 2008.

• Bihar gets ATS after Bodh Gaya, Patna blasts

  After serial bomb blasts in Patna and Bodh Gaya, Bihar is set to have its own Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the state government has appointed its first inspector general (IG), officials said today.

• Mahabodhi temple security to cost Rs 50 lakhs every month

  Bihar is set to spend Rs 50 lakh each month for the deployment of 261 Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel at the Mahabodhi temple at Bodh Gaya that was rocked by blasts on July 7, officials said.

• Bodh Gaya blasts: Hired security agency had no guard on duty at temple night before attack

  The Mahabodhi temple, which was rocked by multiple blasts on Sunday morning, had contracted a private agency for additional security two years ago. The contract was renewed in April. However, the night before the blasts, there was no guard present from the agency at the temple complex.

• Only modern structures damaged at Mahabodhi temple, says Archaeological Survey of India

  An Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) team visited the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, after Sunday's serial blasts and found that only modern structures had been damaged, an official said on Wednesday.

• Bodh Gaya: 3-4 people may be involved in blasts, says Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde

  Religious places in India may now be protected by the paramilitary, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said today after visiting the Mahabodhi shrine in Bodh Gaya, the site of multiple blasts on Sunday.

• Bodh Gaya blasts: four people who were detained released, investigators back to square one

  Another trail has gone cold in investigations into the multiple blasts on Sunday at the Mahabodhi temple in Bihar's Bodh Gaya. Four people who were detained and questioned yesterday by the National Investigation Agency or NIA for suspicious movement, have been released.

• Bihar to set up Anti-terrorism Squad to combat terror

  Two days after serial bomb blasts at Bodh Gaya's Mahabodhi temple, the Bihar government on Tuesday approved a proposal to set up an anti-terrorism squad (ATS) in the state, an official said.

• Bodh Gaya temple blasts: Three men, one woman detained in Bihar

  The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the Bodh Gaya temple blasts, has detained three men and a woman, who are being questioned for suspicious movement. Two days after multiple blasts ripped through the Mahabodhi temple in Bihar's Bodh Gaya town, injuring two people, no arrests have been made in the case yet.

• Bodh Gaya blasts: BJP's Rajnath Singh goes soft on Nitish Kumar, attacks Centre

  BJP president Rajnath Singh today disappointed those who had expected a sharp attack on former ally Nitish Kumar for failing to secure the Mahabodhi temple in Bihar's Bodh Gaya, instead training his guns on the Centre for its record in checking terror attacks.

• BJP's Rajnath in Bodh Gaya, attacks Centre for failing to check terror

  Senior BJP leaders, led by party president Rajnath Singh, toured the Mahabodi temple in Bihar's Bodh Gaya, the site of yesterday's multiple blasts, and demanded an action plan to combat terror.

• Day after terror attack, prayers for peace at Bodh Gaya

  Thirty six hours after multiple blasts rocked the Mahabodhi temple, a heritage site in Bihar's Bodh Gaya, it was re-opened to the public and special prayers for peace were held by hundreds of Buddhist monks.

• Bodh Gaya blasts: One of the bombs was planted 20 feet high on a Buddha statue

  One of the bombs that ripped through the Bodh Gaya temple premises on early Sunday morning was placed 20 feet high on a statue of Gautam Buddha, forensic analysts said today.

• Bodh Gaya blasts: temple reopens, monks hold special prayers

  A day after multiple blasts, regular prayers were organised at the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya. Earlier, the Bihar Police released the CCTV footage of one of the blasts. They have also detained a man named Vinod Mistry, whose identity card was found at the blast site, for questioning. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said he will ask the Centre to app...

• Bodh Gaya blasts: Bihar Police release CCTV footage, detain man for questioning

  A day after multiple blasts in the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya, the Bihar Police released the CCTV footage of the one of the blasts. They have also detained a man named Vinod Mistry, whose identity card was found at the blast site. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said he will ask the Centre to appoint the Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF) to ...