Bangalore Blasts – Update 4 – Series of blasts – Terror Strikes Bangalore

Bangalore Blasts – Update 4 – 8th Blast – Series of blasts – First Time Ever in Bangalore

Bangalore has largely been a safe and sound city to stay in. Most of the IT companies find it as the safest haven with the best of talent and mostly stable political situation in the city. Even though the infrastructure of the city has been a area of concern for many organizations, however, with most of the positives these things take a back seat.

25th July’s Serial Bomb Blasts in Bangalore which lead to at least 1 killed and over 6 injured shook the city. These were low intensity blasts, however, this opened the city to the first ever serial blast risk. After Delhi and Mumbai serial blasts, Bangalore has been on high alert however, things were peaceful in the city. But after this series of bomb blast, things are different now. Even though the city is quickly recovering from the shock, the government and police needs to make sure the security is stepped up to the next level and such instances do not occur again!

A recent update seems to point out that there has been one more blast which is the 8th in the series now

Below is the – City News and Blog Update – News and related updates from across the city:

NDTV LIVE video reporting

Economic Times Reporting – Terror strikes Bangalore, Sensex ends lower

Neha Singh – Reuters UPDATE 3-Seven small blasts hit Indian IT city of Bangalore

Yahoo News – Five blasts hit Bangalore

Times of India – 7 blasts rock Bangalore; two killed, 20 wounded

Humsurfer reported – Bangalore Bomb Blast, 6 blasts rock Bangalore, Two killed, 20 injured, Bomb Blast In Bangalore, Bangalore News

DNA India – Serial blasts rock Bangalore, one dead

Blog updates on Bangalore Blasts:

http://justkeepsakes.blogspot.com/2008/07/blast-in-bangalore.html
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/07/25/india-bomb-blasts-in-bangalore/
http://rimahadchiti.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/bomb-blast-in-bangalore-today/
http://zdark.blogspot.com/2008/07/update-3-seven-small-blasts-hit-indian.html
http://sterex.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/bomb-blasts-in-bangalore/
http://amritanshuu.blogspot.com/2008/07/7-blasts-rock-bangalore-two-killed-70.html

Bangalore bomb blasts – Update 3

NEWS : Bangalore Blast : 5 bomb blasts in Bangalore – 1.30 PM 25th July
Update 1: 6 Bomb Blasts in Bangalore 1 killed- NDTV reporting LIVE
Update 2: 7 Bomb Blasts in Bangalore in 5 Locations – City in Chaos

I have just reached home and the area near koramangla and madivala seem to have been deserted. Either the police has cordoned off the entire area or people have just left the area completely. This was surprising as I was expecting the Traffic JAM which was there just 1 hour back…now it was completely calm.

City seems to be coming under control and things are cooling off. I am suspecting in the evening at 5.30 PM and 6.00 PM when many offices will have their off…things might become chaotic again. However, the way police has handled the situation till now, its commendable and I hope things will be fine by tomorrow morning.

A public appeal, if anyone sees anything suspicious please inform the police immediately and take care.

Bomb Blast in Bangalore – Update 2

Due to multiple and series of Bomb Blasts in Bangalore this afternoon many offices have announced holiday for the rest of the day. Bangalore police is reporting that it was triggered by a timer and some gelatin based material was used. All these bomb blasts happened apparently in just 12 minutes (NDTV reported).

I tried opening AAJTAK’s website and it didnt even open, NDTV has done a good job in keeping people informed and updated on the same.

As many offices have given off to the employees, the roads have been jammed. Large IT companies like Wipro, Infosys and TCS has not given the half day off and they are maintaining calm at their campus. Most of the roads are having chaotic traffic and jams because of this. 

As these blasts happened in a busy areas like Madivala (very near to Koramangla) a residential and commercial hub, things might go berserk. However, bangalore police is handling the situation well and asking people to maintain calm.

From the areas affected a small portion has been cordoned off by police men.

Bomb Blast in Bangalore 25th July – Update 1

Bangalore Bomb Blast – Update 1

NDTV is airing the video Live online of the bomb blast scene and the video can be seen at:http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/videopod/default.aspx

Recent updates total – 6 serial blasts
Reported (not confirmed) 3 killed, several injured
Areas where blast happened: (reported)

Nayandahalli,
Madivala,
Adugodi
mysore road
Mallya Hospital,
Langford Road

All Cell phones are getting jammed…

Bangalore Bomb Blast – 5 bombs went off

I was just passing by the area where apparently some bomb blast happened. Even though I didn’t see any scene of actual bomb exploding there, but I have heard there has been a series of bomb blasts in Bangalore upto 5 of them in multiple places.

The scene was busy with people getting anxious and asking what’s going on, however I have not see anything in particular. It was all filled with Police men trying to sort out the chaotic traffic and managing people.

Bangalore has been a high growth city for past 10 years now and has been peaceful. However, it seems like many people do not want that to happen. It can also be a political unrest or some kind of terrorist act. However, in the past couple of years this has been the 3rd biggest incident of Bomp blast in a city like Bangalore.

I wonder sometimes, what leads the people to do something as heinous as this? What do they get personally out of this?

I am sure like Mumbai … Bangalore is becoming resilient to such instances and will surely come back to normalcy within a day!