Varanasi Ghats Blast

• Parents of baby at Varanasi ghats located

  When a blast shattered the peace of evening prayers in Varanasi last week, a two-year-old girl was spotted alone at the ghats. A stranger rescued her and took her took her in. Later the next day she was handed over to an NGO for abandoned children. And since then, the police has been searching for her parents.Her father, Nilesh, was tracked down in...

• Father of baby girl at Varanasi ghat found

  A man, who is suspected to be the father of a year-old girl found abandoned at the Varanasi ghat after the blast, has been detained for questioning, police said on Monday.Nilesh Pandey alias Tuntun, who works as a guard in Varanasi, was taken into custody from Gadwara in Ballia and interrogated in connection with abandoning the child, Superintenden...

• Varanasi bomb blast: Death toll rises to two

  The death toll in Varanasi bomb blast on December 7 has risen to two with another victim being declared dead this morning. (Watch: Varanasi blast caught on camera) 65 year old Phoolmati, who was present at the Sheetla Ghat on that fateful day, had sustained severe head injuries and succumbed to death. A one-and-a-half-year old girl, Swastika...

• Varanasi bomb blast: Ammonium nitrate used, say sources

  A day after the bomb blast in Varanasi, sources from the forensic team that was on the blast site, have indicated that ammonium nitrate was used in the Varanasi blast hinting towards a possible Indian Mujahideen involvement. However, no other details on the nature of the explosive have been revealed.The explosion that occurred at the Sheetla Gha...

• Varanasi bomb blast: Baby Swastika missed her second birthday by 10 days

  On Tuesday evening Swastika was at the Sheetla Ghaat with her mother to watch the Ganga aarti. Seven hours later, her body returned to the same ghaat to be immersed in the Ganga.

• Varanasi bomb blast: Terror mail traced to Mumbai DJ

  The terror email claiming responsibility for the blast in Varanasi on Tuesday has been traced to the Wi-Fi connection of Akhil Talreja, a Disc Jockey (DJ) in Mumbai. (Watch: Blast caught on camera) | (See: Varanasi blast pics)Talreja however told NDTV that he is innocent and his Wi-Fi network has been hacked. He also said everyone should have a p...

• Varanasi blast: Security stepped up in Delhi after blast

  Security agencies stepped up vigil in the national capital following a blast in Varanasi which left several people injured this evening.According to police sources, the anti-terror measures were activated soon after the explosion at Sheetla Ghat in Varanasi."We have alerted our personnel. We have stepped up vigil. Anyway, our personnel are always o...

• Varanasi blast: 18-month-old killed, 25 injured

  A baby girl, 18 months old, has been killed and at least 25 people have been injured in a blast on the ghats of Varanasi; four are reported to be in critical condition.  A railing collapsed in a stampede  that followed the blast, contributing to the injuries.(Watch: Varanasi blast caught on camera) PTI reports an Improvised Explosive Devi...