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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Apr 22, 2019, 23:18:03 IST
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Sri Lanka blasts live updates: Government declares emergency from midnight
A string of blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches as worshippers attended Easter services in Sri Lanka on Sunday. Stay here for all live updates:
17:46 (IST) Apr 21
Toll in Sri Lanka blasts rises to 207: Police (AFP)
17:20 (IST) Apr 21
May the one who gives us his peace end the roar of arms, both in areas of conflict and in our cities, and inspire the leaders of nations to work for an end to the arms race and the troubling spread of weaponry, especially in the economically more advanced countries
Pope Francis
17:07 (IST) Apr 21
Sri Lanka's defense minister says seven suspects have been arrested following series of blasts, reports AP
17:01 (IST) Apr 21
Sri Lanka's deputy transport minister says 190 dead in series of Easter Sunday blasts, reports AP
16:33 (IST) Apr 21
Trump offers Sri Lanka condolences on 'horrible terrorist attacks'
16:06 (IST) Apr 21
Police say eighth Sri Lanka blast was suicide bomb, killed three, reports AFP
15:53 (IST) Apr 21
World leaders react to deadly Sri Lanka blasts
World leaders have condemned a series of blasts in Sri Lanka that killed more than 150 people on Sunday, including dozens of foreigners - with British, Dutch and American citizens believed to be among them. Hospital sources also said Japanese citizens were among those injured by the bombs which ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services. Read full report
15:45 (IST) Apr 21
PM Modi offers all possible help and assistance to Sri Lanka
15:45 (IST) Apr 21
PM Modi had telephone conversation with the president and the prime minister of Sri Lanka and conveyed his condolences.
15:09 (IST) Apr 21
AIADMK condemns this deadly attack in Sri Lanka that has happened during the Easter festival. We have been condemning violence and terrorist attack wherever it has happened. We also express our deep condolences to victims and their family members.
Tamil Nadu Dy CM O Paneerselvam
15:08 (IST) Apr 21
The curfew will begin on Sunday night at 6:00pm local time (1230 GMT) and run until 6:00am local time (0030 GMT), the ministry said: AFP
14:57 (IST) Apr 21
Sri Lanka defence minister orders night curfew after blasts: AFP
14:56 (IST) Apr 21
Russian President Vladimir Putin has denounced a series of attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka as "cruel and cynical."
14:55 (IST) Apr 21
Sri Lanka government says it has shutdown access to major social media, messaging services: Reuters
14:49 (IST) Apr 21
Sri Lanka government declares curfew with immediate effect, is unclear on when it will be lifted
14:46 (IST) Apr 21
Eighth blast hits Sri Lankan capital: AFP quoting police
14:41 (IST) Apr 21
An eyewitness on local TV said he saw some body parts including a severed head lying on the ground near the hotel.
14:41 (IST) Apr 21
"There was an explosion in a hotel in Dehiwela near the zoo," a police official told Reuters adding that there were no further details available.
14:41 (IST) Apr 21
The latest explosion to be reported was at a hotel near the national zoo, which is in an area near the capital Colombo.
14:31 (IST) Apr 21
We strongly condemn the serial blasts on multiple locations in Sri Lanka today morning in which many people have been killed and injured: MEA
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