Security In Bodh Gaya

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  Bihar Cops Search For Suspected Chinese "Spy" Ahead Of Dalai Lama Visit

  A security alert has been sounded today morning in Bodh Gaya district where the Dalai Lama is scheduled to participate in public discourses after intelligence agencies alerted local police about the presence

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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.

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  Dalai Lama Initiates Kalchakra Puja In Bihar

  The 34th Kalchakra puja was initiated on Monday by Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Bihar amid tight security arrangements, officials said.

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  Bodh Gaya Turns Into Fortress Ahead of Prime Minister Modi's Visit

  Security has been beefed up in Bihar's Gaya town in the wake of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit on September 5.

• Central force conducts security analysis of Bodh Gaya

  A special team of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) experts has completed the security and manpower analysis of the Bodh Gaya temple in Bihar as it prepares to deploy armed personnel after the recent terror attack.

• 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.

• Bodh Gaya blasts: National Investigation Agency files three FIRs

  The National Investigation Agency or NIA today filed three FIRs in the Bodh Gaya blasts case. The FIRs have been filed in the court of the chief judicial magistrate or CJM in Patna. Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, who visited the blasts site today with Congress president Sonia Gandhi and senior party leader Ambika Soni, said that the government ...

• Tweet says Mumbai next on terror target; security tightened

  The elite National Investigation Agency or NIA, which is probing Sunday's multiple blasts in Bodh Gaya, is reportedly looking into a twitter account which has been used to tweet a warning that Mumbai will be the next terror target.

• Bodh Gaya blasts: Will consider CISF protection for religious places now, says Home Minister

  Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde who is in Bodh Gaya today at the site of the multiple blasts along with Congress President Sonia Gandhi, told the media that a thorough probe is on but "we don't want to arrest anyone in a hurry." He also said that the government will consider deploying Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) for protection at rel...

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 ...

• 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 blasts: Mahabodhi temple, Buddha idol safe, says Home Secretary

  The Mahabodhi temple complex structure has not suffered any damage in the string of bombings that left two monks injured in Bihar's Bodh Gaya, union Home Secretary Anil Goswami said today.