Bodhgaya Temple Blasts

• 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.

• Will consider CISF security for religious places: Union 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.

• One person detained in connection with Bodhgaya serial blasts

  One person was detained today by the National Investigation Agency in connection with the serial blasts at the Mahabodhi temple in which two monks were injured.

• Bandh politics over Bodhgaya blasts: BJP, RJD to protest 'Nitish's failure'

  A day after eight explosions went off in quick succession at the Mahabodhi temple in Bihar's Bodhgaya, the RJD and the BJP have called a bandh in the Magadh division of the state to protest against the Nitish Kumar government's "failure" to prevent the terror attack despite prior information from intelligence agencies.

• Bodh Gaya blasts: Police release CCTV footage; suspect detained

  The Bihar Police have detained a man who they say is a suspect in the multiple blasts at the Mahabodhi temple in Bihar's Bodh Gaya on Sunday morning. Two monks were injured in the terror attack.

• Dalai Lama pained over Bodhgaya blasts

  Terming the series of blasts at Mahabodhi temple complex in Bihar as "unfortunate", Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama today said "few individuals" could be behind the attack.

• Bodhgaya temple blasts: Centre tells states to tighten security at Buddhist shrines

  Hours after the multiple blasts at Mahabodhi temple complex in Bihar, the Centre today directed all states to ensure fool-proof security at Buddhist shrines and Tibetan settlements.

• Bodhgaya temple blasts: Review meet on July 2 revealed inadequate security

  Security at the Mahabodhi temple, rocked by serial explosions today, was not adequate - this was reportedly conveyed to the management of the shrine by local police as early as this week. Two people were injured after eight blasts went off in quick succession early this morning.

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  Bodhgaya: Eight blasts at the Mahabodhi temple complex; two injured

  Two people were injured in a series of blasts on Sunday inside the Mahabodhi temple in Bihar's Bodhgaya, a town 130 kilometre south of Patna. The first blast took place inside the temple at 5:30 am, followed by seven successive explosions in the next half hour. While four of the blasts, which were reportedly set off by timers, took place inside the...

• Bodhgaya blasts a 'senseless act of violence', says President Pranab Mukherjee

  President Pranab Mukherjee today condemned the serial blasts at Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya as a senseless act of violence to target innocent pilgrims.

• After Bodhgaya blasts, security alert sounded at India-Nepal border

  An alert was today sounded on the Indo-Nepal border after a series of explosions rocked the ancient temple town of Bodhgaya in Bihar.

• Nitish Kumar condemns Bodhgaya blasts, seeks central security for temple

  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today strongly condemned the blasts in and around Mahabodhi temple in Bodhgaya and demanded deployment of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to protect the world famous Buddhist shrine.

• After Bodhgaya blasts, security increased in Jharkhand temples

  Security has been increased at major temples in Jharkhand after a series of blasts rocked Bihar's famous Mahabodhi temple at Bodh Gaya town this morning, police said.

• Bodhgaya temple blasts: Delhi Police had warned of a possible Indian Mujahideen attack

  the Special Delhi of the Delhi Police had sent an intelligence input last October to Bihar's Director General of Police (DGP) and the Superintendent of Police in Gaya district about a possible strike by the IM.

• Bodhgaya's Mahabodhi temple blasts a cowardly attack, says Narendra Modi

  Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said the serial blasts in Mahabodhi temple in Bodhgaya district in Bihar is a "cowardly attack".