Hyd blast: Rs 6 lakh compensation to those permanently disabled

Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government on Friday announced a compensation of Rs 6 lakh each to those who suffered permanent disability in the twin bomb blasts at Dilsukhnagar here, which claimed 16 lives and left over 100 injured. 

The state government had already announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 6 lakh each to the kin of those killed in the blasts yesterday. 

Talking to reporters after a meeting Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy held with a group of ministers this afternoon, state Information and Public Relations Minister DK Aruna said 117 injured people were undergoing treatment in various hospitals in the city. Condition of four of the injured was critical, she said. 

"The government would bear the entire medical expenditure of all the injured," she added. 

The government, while strongly condemning the bomb blasts, extended sympathies to the bereaved families. 

It also thanked the central government for responding immediately to the terror attack. 

High alert along India's border with other countries: BSF DG

Agartala: High alert has been sounded along India's borders with other countries and special measures taken in view of the blasts at Hyderabad, Director General of Border Security Force (BSF) Subhash Joshi said here on Friday.

"After the blasts at Hyderabad we have alerted our forces and the border is safe in the hands of the BSF. Special measures have been taken and we are ready to face any challenge," Joshi told reporters here. 

To a question on the western border with Pakistan, he said, "We have new plans and new strategies to protect the border which I am not going to discuss here, but we are sure that we can deal with the situation. We have the resources and motivation." 

Joshi, who met Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, said, 95 per cent of the barbed wire fencing along the 4,095 kms border with Bangladesh was complete andwork on the remaining portion was progressing. 

BSF planned to construct border outposts near the barbed wire fencing and has asked for land from state governments. In many places forest land needs to be transferred, he said. 

At present, 1,000 personnel of the BSF were women and in the course of time three per cent of the entire force would be women, he also said. 

Rajnath to visit Hyderabad, meet families of blast victims

New Delhi: BJP President Rajnath Singh will visit Hyderabad on Friday to meet the injured and family members of those killed in the twin blasts in the city. 

Rajnath, accompanied by BJP MP and spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain and party secretary Murlidhar Rao, is likely to visit the Dilsukhnagar area of Hyderabad where the two blasts took place yesterday evening. 

The BJP leaders will also visit the hospitals where the injured are being treated and later meet the kin of those killed. 

BJP is also likely to demand suspension of Question Hour in Lok Sabha to discuss the terror issue. 

In a statement issued yesterday, Singh had condoled the death of innocent people in the blast and demanded that immediate steps be taken to provide relief to the injured. 

14 people were killed and 110 injured, six of them critically when two powerful near simultaneous blasts ripped through a crowded area close to a cluster of bus stands in Dilsukhnagar area in Hyderabad yesterday. 

The blasts triggered by Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) tied to two bicycles took place at two sites 100 metres apart outside a roadside eatery near Konark and Venkatadiri theatres in the area located on the Hyderabad-Vijaywada National Highway in Cyberabad police limits. 

LIVE: Hyderabad blasts - 'NIA team to head for Darbhanga'

Hyderabad/New Delhi: Twin bomb blasts rocked Hyderabad on Thursday evening, killing at least 16 people and injuring over 100 others. 

In the first terror strike in the city since 2007, the blasts triggered by Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) tied to two bicycles took place in Dilsukhnagar area, south of Musi River in the southern part of the Andhra Pradesh capital and about 15 km from the heart of the city, when the busy commercial area was crowded with people returning home. 

The first blast took place around 7 pm near a tiffin centre opposite Venkatadri theatre and the second near Konark theatre. 

Latest developments: 

Sources informed that 5 sleeper cells were involved in carrying out the twin blasts in Dilsukh Nagar. The explosive used in the blast was bought in Hyderabad itself and a team of NIA officials will soon head to Darbhanga (Bihar) in search of clues, sources added.

Initial reports speculate use of 'delayed timer' for detonating the bombs used in the blasts. The 'delayed timer' provides ample time for the bomb-planter to escape after placing the bomb.

BJP president Rajnath Singh addresses press conference after visiting Hyderabad blasts site, says the Andhra Pradesh capital has turned into the epicentre of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism in India.

A specific alert warning attack by Pakistan-based terrorist group was shared by central security agencies with Hyderabad police on Thursday morning, Home Ministry officials said.

Unidentified bag found near the road next to AP Bhawan in Delhi. Police seal the area; disposal squad on its way.

Investigators are reportedly probing three specific names involved in Hyderabad blasts.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy said police take all alerts seriously and there was no communication gap between the Centre and the State.

Centre sends about 500 security personnel to Hyderabad to strengthen law and order situation.

Delhi Police, along with Hyderabad Police, are expected to interrogate an alleged Indian Mujahideen terrorist, arrested by Special Cell of the Delhi Police from Hyderabad last October.

National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon said, “There are terror modules, they do try and strike. Some we manage to stop, this one got through”.

Lok Sabha adjourned till 3.30 pm.

Uproar in Lok Sabha as Deputy Speaker Karia Munda says that no discussion can be held on Hyderabad blasts immediately after the minister (Shinde) made the statement.

Reports say over 1 kg explosive was used in each bomb in Hyderabad. Also, red and grey liquid was found after the blasts and timer was used to carry out the dastardly incident.

BJP leader Sushma Swaraj condemns Shinde's statement, says it is 'very routine'.

In Lok Sabha, Shinde says investigation revealed IEDs were placed on cycles. Two FIRs have been registered in the case. He further put the death tool at 16. 117 people are injured, Shinde said, adding situation in Hyderabad is under control.

Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde begins addressing Lok Sabha.

The teams of NIA and other investigative agencies have finished collecting forensic evidence from the Hyderabad blast sites.

BJP president Rajnath Singh and party spokesman Shahnawaz Hussain visit the site of Hyderabad blasts.

National Investigation Agency director general SC Sinha met Andhra Pradesh DGP V Dinesh Reddy over Hyderabad blasts.

Pakistan condemns Hyderabad blasts.

Senior Congress leader and Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad will be visiting Hyderabad today.

Preliminary investigation into the twin blasts in Hyderabad has suggested that Improvised Explosive Device (IED) were used to carry out the explosions and the modus operandi was similar to blasts triggered by the banned militant outfit Indian Mujahideen.

Forensic experts of NSG and NIA and state police are examining all materials found from the blast sites and a final report was awaited.

The Delhi Police, along with Hyderabad Police, are expected to interrogate an alleged Indian Mujahideen terrorist, arrested by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police from a place in Hyderabad last October. Maqbool, who is currently in Tihar jail, had said the outfit was planning terror strikes in some places in Hyderabad for which recce had been carried out.

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2:30 pm amid uproar over Hyderabad blasts.

Death toll in Hyderabad blasts rises to 16.

Parliament resumes; Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj asked, “If there was information, why was nothing done to prevent such an incident?”

Reports say that the wires of the CCTV camera installed near the blast site had been cut at least four days before the incident.

Minister of State for Home Affairs RPN Singh announced that Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde will make a detailed statement in Parliament at 2.30 pm.

Blasts issue resound in Parliament, adjourned.

Cyberabad police file first FIR in Hyderabad blast case.

Sources claim that Indian Mujahideen founder Riyaz Bhatkal, who is holed up in Pakistan, masterminded the Hyderabad twin blasts and carried it out with the help of IM operative Yasin Bhatkal.

Sai Baba temple in Hyderabad was the original target of bombers, say reports.

Death toll in Hyderabad twin blasts reaches 15.

BJP gives notice in Rajya Sabha, wants suspension of question hour to discuss Hyderabad blasts.

Nagasayi, the senior inspector, told reporters that iron nails were found at both the sites, but not in much quantity. He also said that there were chances that Ammonium Nitrate was mixed with other explosives.

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday made his maiden tweet to express sympathies with the people of Hyderabad.

Shinde also promised not to leave any stone unturned in investigation, adding specific intelligence was not given about a particular area. "There was no specific information that it (blasts) will happen in a particular area. A general alert has been sounded for the last two-three days and we have issued this alert to whole of the country," he said, when asked about his earlier statement that the central government had issued an alert.

Talking to reporters after visiting the scene of the blasts and calling on the injured at one of the hospitals, Home Minister Shinde put the death toll at 14, adding 119 persons are injured. Six injured people are critical at the moment, said Shinde.

BJP president Rajnath Singh will leave for Hyderabad at 2 pm.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has joined the international community in condemning the terrorist attack in Hyderabad.

The probe into the twin explosions has been taken over by the National Investigation Agency.

Shinde will reportedly give statement in both Houses of Parliament on Hyderabad twin blasts.

Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde this morning visited the blasts site, a day after admitting the government had received intelligence warning of explosions taking place in the country but no specific target was mentioned.

Shinde drove to Dilsukhnagar and inspected the blasts scene along with Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, state Home Minister Sabita Indra Reddy and other officials. Director General of Police Dinesh Reddy briefed Shinde about the two near-simultaneous blasts in the crowded area.

Death toll reaches 13 in Hyderabad twin blasts.

The deadly twin blasts that rocked Hyderabad on Thursday was planned and executed to take revenge for the execution of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, sources told Zee News on Friday.

Eight of the 12 people killed in the twin bomb blasts in Hyderabad have been identified.

The United States strongly condemned the terrorist bombings in Hyderabad and offered assistance in investigation if requested by the Indian government.

NIA and the National Security Guards (NSG) teams are in Hyderabad to probe the explosions.

Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu has cancelled his padyatra in the wake of the twin blasts.

After condemning the “barbaric act”, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy convened a law and order meet at 12:30 am.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described the twin blasts as a "dastardly attack" and said the guilty should not "go unpunished".

Shinde visits Hyderabad blast sites, toll climbs to 14

Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde along with Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan and Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy visit the scene of the bomb blasts at Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad on Friday. Director-General of Police V. Dinesh Reddy explains the sequence of events to him. Photo: P.V. Sivakumar

Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Friday visited the twin bomb blasts site at Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad even as the toll in the attack rose to 14.

Mr. Shinde, who reached Hyderabad by a special flight this morning, drove straight to Dilsukhnagar and inspected the blast site.

Speaking to reporters, he said 14 people were killed in the blast and 110 were injured, six of them critically.

Investigations have begun and the State government has appointed a probe team, he said.

Replying to a query about inputs suggesting that a blast might take place in Hyderabad, he said there was no specific alert and only a general alert was issued to the States.

To another query about the involvement of group in the blast, he said such things can’t be said at the moment.

The Minister, who was accompanied by Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan, Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy and Union Home Secretary N.K. Singh, inspected the fast food centre where the bicycle bomb killed at least eight persons on the spot.

He then went to the bus shelter about 150 meters away where the second blast killed another six people and left many injured.

Mr. Shinde also spoke with officials of the National Investigating Agency and enquired about the clues gathered from the scene.

The Union Minister later visited some hospitals where the injured persons were undergoing treatment.

Director General of Police V. Dinesh Reddy briefed the Union Home Minister about the two blasts.

Two powerful near-simultaneous blasts had ripped through a crowded area close to a cluster of bus stands in Dilsukhnagar area on Thursday.

The blasts triggered by Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) tied to two bicycles took place at two sites 100 meters apart outside a roadside eatery near Konark and Venkatadiri theatres in the area located on the Hyderabad-Vijaywada National Highway in Cyberabad police limits.

DGP Reddy had said it was “definitely the handiwork of a terrorist network” and IEDs were used in the attack.

The Union Home Secretary had said the two near-simultaneous and very powerful blasts indicate that it was a “terror attack”.

The Dilsukhnagar area is thickly populated and traffic jams are routine in the evenings with office-goers and students rushing home. Large numbers of people wait at the numerous bus shelters, eateries and shops in the area.

Meanwhile, police have established the identity of 12 of the 14 killed in the blasts.

Two of the deceased were MBA students, a release from Cyberabad Police Commissioner’s office said.

Post-mortem of the bodies was conducted at Osmania General Hospital.

Keywords: Hyderabad blast, Dilsukhnagar blast, Hyderabad twin blasts, National Investigating Agency, Improvised Explosive Devices, Sushil Kumar Shinde

Hyderabad blast: 14 dead, 75 injured; Shinde visits site

8:12 am: While the death toll has climbed to 14, more than 75 people have been injured in the twin blasts in Hyderabad.

8:00 am: The death toll in Hyderabad blasts has reached 14 and authorities further it may rise further. 57 others have been injured in the blasts. Of the 14 dead, 12 bodies have been identified and handed over after post-mortem. Two bodies are yet to be identified. 

The injured are now at the Osmania, Yashoda, Omni, and Kamineni hospitals. The police have set up helpline numbers and have urged citizens to remain vigilant.

Investigations are on in full flow with NIA and Organisation for Counter Terrorist Operations (Octopus) teams at the blast sites. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy convened a law and order meet at 12:30 am on Thursday night. Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Union Home Secretary RK Singh are at the blasts site. Meanwhile, TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu has cancelled his padyatra.

7:30 am: Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has left for Hyderabad and will visit the blast sites in Dilsukh Nagar. Twelve people have died and over 55 were injured in two blasts on Thursday and officials fear the death toll could rise. Both the blasts took place in crowded market areas and an NIA team is reaching the city to take over investigations.

The blasts were reportedly carried out using Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and aimed at causing maximum damage, Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) V Dinesh Reddy said. The two explosions took place near Venkatadri and Konark movie theatres in one of the most crowded areas of the Andhra Pradesh capital. According to the police one bomb may have been placed on a cycle and the other was put inside a tiffin box.

Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said that the government received an attack alert two days ago, but there was no specific information. However, a police interrogation report, accessed by CNN-IBN said specific information was provided during the interrogation of a suspected Indian Mujahideen operative.

In the interrogation by the Special Cell of Delhi Police, which took place in October 2012, the Indian Mujahideen suspect had confessed doing reconnaissance of three areas, including Dilsukh Nagar, in Hyderabad. However, it is not known if the specific bit of information was passed on the Hyderabad police.

"IEDs were used in the two bomb blasts which were acts of terror and were aimed at causing maximum damage," said the Andhra Pradesh DGP. The seriously injured would be shifted to corporate super-speciality hospitals in the city for better treatment if needed, he said. Noting that the entire area has been sanitised after the blast, he appealed to the people not to panic and believe in rumours.

Meanwhile, personnel of National Investigation Agency (NIA), stationed in Hyderabad, visited the scene and picked up clues from burnt two-wheelers.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar, who visited the site shortly after the blasts, termed them as shocking. "What happened in Hyderabad is shocking...innocent people have been killed...the state government has reacted swiftly," he said. The Chief Minister announced a compensation of Rs 6 lakh each for the families of those killed in the blast, and assured that the government would bear the expense of the treatment of those who got injured. He termed the Hyderabad blasts as "an act of the coward", asserting that those responsible would soon be brought to book.

Referring to the serial blasts, Union Home Secretary RK Singh said IG NIA and probe team of NSG had been flown from Delhi by a special BSF plane. He said that high alert had been issued in Delhi, Mumbai and several other states, but maintained that there was no information on who carried out the explosions.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also condemned the blasts. The Prime Minister also sanctioned Rs 2 lakh each to the families of those killed in the incident, and Rs 50,000 each to those seriously injured. The Prime Minister also directed the central agencies to extend all possible help to the Andhra Pradesh state authorities in relief operations. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi also condemned the blasts and expressed her sorrow.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh termed the blasts as most unfortunate and expressed his grief for those who lost their lives and their loved ones in the terror attack. Expressing confidence into the government for providing all assistance to those hit by the terror attack, the BJP president said that a thorough inquiry should be conducted into the blasts. Former BJP president Venkaiah Naidu said that the blasts were unfortunate and condemnable.

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader Kiran Rao said the situation in the Andhra Pradesh capital was very chaotic. "This is not a time to have political divisions...this is an attack on our country and democracy, we all are together," said Kiran Rao.

The United States also strongly condemned the blasts and offered assistance in investigation if requested by the Indian government. "We condemn the cowardly attack in Hyderabad, India, in the strongest possible terms, and we extend our deepest sympathies to those affected and to the people of India," the State Department spokesperson, Victoria Nuland, told reporters at her daily news conference.

Dilsukh Nagar, the area were the incident took place is a crowded area in Hyderabad, and one of the main commercial areas of the city. Gaddianaram market in Dilsukh Nagar is the biggest in Andhra Pradesh. The blast took place near the main bus stand near Hyderabad-Mumbai highway.

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Previous instances of blasts in Hyderabad:

2002: 2 killed in blast at Sai Baba Temple, Dilsukh Nagar

May 18, 2007: 14 killed in blast at Mecca Masjid

August 25,2007: 42 killed in two blasts at Gokul Chat shop

August 26, 2007: Police find 19 unexploded blasts

Hyderabad blasts: Don't think the police has failed, says Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde is not yet ready to blame the police for the twin blasts that rocked Dilsukh Nagar in Hyderabad on Thursday evening. Mentioning that the death toll had risen to 14 and that the list of the injured had increased to 119, the Home Minister said that he doesn't think the police has failed, "at the moment".

"A general alert was given to the whole country, not a specific area. I don't think the police has failed, at this moment," Shinde said at a press conference held at the blast site on Friday morning.

Shinde reached Hyderabad in the morning along with the Home Secretary and the Director General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA). He visited the blast sites with Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy and other senior officials.

Shinde assured that no stones will be left unturned in nabbing the culprits. "Investigation have begun and the state government has appointed a probe team," he said. Replying to a query about inputs suggesting that a blast might take place in Hyderabad, he said there was no specific alert and only a general alert was issued to the states.

To another query about the involvement of group in the blast, he said such things can't be said at the moment. Shinde, accompanied by the senior officials, inspected the fast food centre where the bicycle bomb killed at least eight persons on the spot.

He then went to the bus shelter about 150 meters away where the second blast killed another six people and left many injured. Shinde also spoke with officials of the NIA and enquired about the clues gathered from the scene.

The Union Minister later visited some hospitals where the injured persons were undergoing treatment. Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy briefed the Union Home Minister about the two blasts.

Two powerful near simultaneous blasts had ripped through a crowded area close to a cluster of bus stands in Dilsukhnagar area on Thursday. The blasts triggered by Improvised Explosive Devices

(IED) tied to two bicycles took place at two sites 100 metres apart outside a roadside eatery near Konark and Venkatadiri theatres in the area located on the Hyderabad-Vijaywada national highway in Cyberabad police limits.

DGP Reddy had said it was "definitely the handiwork of a terrorist network" and IEDs were used in the attack. The Union Home Secretary had said the near two simultaneous very powerful blasts indicate that it was a "terror attack".

The Dilsukhnagar area is thickly populated and traffic jams are routine in the evenings with officegoers and students rushing home. Large numbers of people wait at the numerous bus shelters, eateries and shops in the area.

Meanwhile, police have established the identity of 12 of the 14 killed in the blasts. Two of the deceased were MBA students, a release from Cyberabad Police Commissioner's office said. Post-mortem of the bodies was conducted at Osmania General Hospital.

With additional information from PTI

Hyderabad blast: 14 people dead, 119 injured

Terror revisited Hyderabad on Thursday as two powerful bombs ripped through a busy street junction in the Dilsukhnagar area of Hyderabad during the evening rush hour, killing at least 14 people and injuring at least 119.

Sujatha wails after seeing her husband Venkateshwarulu's body (unseen) killed in the blast.

Women arrive at the bomb blast site desperately looking for their relatives in Hyderabad.

The twin blast in Hyderabad has left more than 114 injured, 6 of which are crical.

Doctors attend to the victims injured during twin bomb blasts in Hyderabad.

Doctors treat a victim who was injured during the twin bomb blast in Hyderabad

A victim who was injured during a bomb blast is carried on a wheel chair at a hospital.

A victim injured during a bomb blast lies on a stretcher at a hospital.

Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N Kiran Kumar Reddy visits bomb blast site in Hyderabad.
Azghar Ali cries after identifying the body of his relative killed in the Hyderabad bomb blast, outside the mortuary of a Government hospital.

Terror revisited Hyderabad on Thursday as two powerful bombs ripped through a busy street junction in the Dilsukhnagar area of the city during the evening rush hour, killing at least 14 people and injuring at least 119, of which six are critical.
The bombs were kept in tiffin boxes inside rexine bags that were placed on bicycles parked outside two popular cinema halls, Venkatadri and Konark, where new films are released.
Hyderabad was last targeted on August 25, 2007, when two near-simultaneous explosions killed 42 people and injured more than 50. Those explosions took place at Lumbini amusement park and Gokul Chat Bhandar. (IE Photo: Harsha Vadlamani)

Hyderabad blast: Modi offers condolences to kin of victims

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said he was saddened by the news of bomb blasts in Hyderabad and condoled the loss of lives in the terror attack.

"News of blasts in Hyderabad is saddening. My condolences to the families of those who lost their lives. Praying for peace & calm there," Modi tweeted. 

The blasts rocked a busy commercial hub of Hyderabad close to a crowded bus stand at Dilsukhnagar. 

Meanwhile, police administration in Gujarat has been put on high alert in the wake of the explosions. 

"We have asked all District Superintendents of Police (SPs) and city Police Commissioners to keep a tight vigil at crowded places like railway and bus stations, malls and markets," Director General of Police Chittaranjan Singh told PTI. 

Gujarat's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and Intelligence Bureau (IB) of the state have been asked to be in contact with their counterparts in Hyderabad, he added. 

Serial blasts rock Hyderabad

HYDERABAD, FEB 21:  

Serial blasts rocked a busy commercial hub of Hyderabad this evening killing nearly 15 people and injuring over a score others.

Around 1915 hrs, the first blast occurred near a cinema theatre in Dilsukhnagar area on the busy Vijayawada highway. Thereafter, a couple of other explosions in quick succession in the vicinity sent shock waves and panic.

Initially, gas cylinder blasts were suspected, but the series of explosions, point to extraneous elements, said police. Fire tenders and ambulances were rushed to the spot, even as the police tried to cordon of the area and halt traffic flows towards the busy area.

The injured have been rushed to the nearly Yashoda Hospital and the Government run Osmnia Hospital.

Dilsuknagar is one of the densely populated areas and the place where the explosions occurred is a beehive of commercial, education and eateries. The area adjourns the old city of Hyderabad. Nearly a decade ago a blast had occurred in the neighbourhood.

Hyderabad has seen a blast after 5-6 years. The blasts in Gokul chat and Lumbini Park in 2007 had taken a heavy toll.

The Chief Minister expressed condolences and asked the administration to take quick steps.

Hyderabad blasts - LIVE: Three explosions rock Dilsukh Nagar area, 15 feared dead

Hyderabad: Three bomb blasts rocked the city of Hyderabad on Thursday evening with at least fifteen people feared dead in the explosions. 

The explosions are said to have occurred at Dilsukh Nagar area of the city near a bus stop. The blasts happened at three points - Anand Kishan Centre, Konark theater and Venkatadri movie theater. The blasts happened simultaneously at around 7pm. 

The first blast occurred at 7:01 pm. The second blast happened at 7:06 pm. 

The blasts have been said to have been caused by tiffin bombs. One bomb has been found to be un exploded near a foot bridge. 

As per reports more than 50 people have have been injured in the blasts and have been rushed to the nearby hospital. 

The locality is said to be very crowded and hosts a fruit market. This is the old area of the city. The place is said to have been filled with people at the time of blasts. 

The local ploice has reached the spot and prelimnary investigations are on. 

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy visited the spot to take stock of the situation. 

Around two days back an alert had been sounded by the intelligence agencies to various couple of states of impending blasts at various places. The matter had been discussed at the Union Cabinet's meet. 

The NI, NSG and IB team has been rushed to the spot. The state has been put on high alert. Alert has been sounded in Maharashtra and Karnataka too. 

Talking to reporters in the national capital Union Home Minsiter Sushilkumar Shinde said that he had apprised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of the blasts in Hyderabad. However, he said, "Cannot speculate on the perpetrators of the blast." 

Union Home Secretary RK Singh also told reporters, "I have information about the blasts. The area has been cordoned off. Investigation has started." 

The city of Hyderabad has been rocked by blasts last in 2007 in which 42 people were dead. 

Hyderabad blasts - LIVE: Three explosions in Dilsukh Nagar area, 15 feared dead

Hyderabad: Three bomb blasts rocked the city of Hyderabad on Thursday evening with at least fifteen people feared dead in the explosions. 

The explosions are said to have occurred at Dilsukh Nagar area of the city near a bus stop. The blasts happened at three points - Anand Kishan Centre, Konark theater and Venkatadri movie theater. The blasts happened simultaneously at around 7pm. 

The first blast occurred at 7:01 pm. 

As per reports more than 40 people have have been injured in the blasts and have been rushed to the nearby hospital. 

The locality is said to be very crowded and hosts a fruit market. This is the old area of the city. The place is said to have been filled with people at the time of blasts. 

The local ploice has reached the spot and prelimnary investigations are on. 

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy visited the spot to take stock of the situation. 

Around two days back an alert had been sounded by the intelligence agencies to various couple of states of impending blasts at various places. The matter had been discussed at the Union Cabinet's meet. 

The NI, NSG and IB team has been rushed to the spot. The state has been put on high alert. Alert has been sounded in Maharashtra and Karnataka too. 

Talking to reporters in the national capital Union Home Secretary told reporters, "I have information about the blasts. The area has been cordoned off. Investigation has started." 

The city of Hyderabad has been rocked by blasts last in 2007 in which 42 people were dead. 

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