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UNVEIL CIVILIAN RULING BODY MANCHESTER UNITED 4-0 DEHRADUN HYDERABAD VIJAYWADA Late City Vol. 155 Issue 108 LUCKNOW, MONDAY APRIL 22, 2019; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable FIRST FILM IS SPECIAL: AYUSHMANN} } 14 VIVACITY www.dailypioneer.com On Easter, violence resurrects in Lanka 215 killed in 8 blasts; 3 Indians, 30 other foreigners among dead PTI n NEW DELHI Modi condemns string of eight devastating Ablasts, including suicide attacks, struck churches and attack, offers help; luxury hotels frequented by for- eigners in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing 215 people, including three Indians and an Sushma in touch American, and shattering a decade of peace in the island PNS n NEW DELHI Their names are Lakshmi, nation since the end of the bru- Narayan Chandrashekhar and tal civil war with the LTTE. ondemning the “cold- Ramesh, Sushma said adding The blasts — one of the Cblooded and pre-planned details are being ascertained. deadliest attacks in the coun- barbaric acts” in Sri Lanka, Sushma tweeted, “I con- try’s history — targeted St Prime Minister Narendra veyed to the Foreign Minister Anthony’s Church in Colombo, Modi spoke to Sri Lankan of Sri Lanka that India is St Sebastian’s Church in the President Maithripala Sirisena ready to provide all humani- western coastal town of and Prime Minister Ranil tarian assistance. We are ready Negombo and Zion Church in Wickremesingh and offered to despatch medical teams.” the eastern town of Batticaloa the southern neighbour all Sushma said, “In all eight around 8.45 am (local time) as possible help and assistance to bomb blasts have taken place the Easter Sunday mass were in deal with the situation. — one more in a guest house progress, police spokesman “Strongly condemn the in Dehiwela near Colombo Ruwan Gunasekera said. horrific blasts in Sri Lanka. and another in a housing Explosions were reported There is no place for such bar- colony in Dematagoda in from three five-star hotels — barism in our region,” Modi Colombo.” the Shangri-La, the Cinnamon tweeted. In a statement, the Grand and the Kingsbury in External Affairs Minister Ministry of External Affairs Colombo. Sushma Swaraj said, “Indian said there can be no justifica- Gunasekera confirmed 207 High Commission in tion for any act of terror and deaths. However, the News 1st Colombo has conveyed that called for concerted global channel said that 215 people National Hospital has action to effectively deal with have died in the blasts. informed them about the the menace, including cross- Chairman of Sri Lanka death of three Indians.” border terrorism. Tourism Kishu Gomes said 33 foreigners were killed in the coordinated attacks believed to be carried out by a single group. Director of the National Lanka blocks Trump goofs Hospital Dr Anil Jasinghe iden- tified 12 of the 33 foreign FB, Instagram up, tweets 138 nationals, which include three million dead Indians, two Chinese and one to curb canards each from Poland, Denmark, Dead bodies of victims lie inside St Sebastian’s Church damaged in blast in Negombo, north of Colombo, on Sunday AP Washington: US President Japan, Pakistan, America, Colombo: The Sri Lankan Donald Trump yet again com- Morocco and Bangladesh. the island nation for nearly 30 An unnamed official said a ful blast in the capital’s south- Government on Sunday mitted a faux pas on Sunday as Around 500 people, years before its collapse in suicide bomber blew himself ern suburb near the Colombo Fidayeen queued at hotel blocked social media platforms he erroneously tweeted “138 including Indians, were injured 2009 after the Sri Lankan Army up at the restaurant of the Zoo killed two persons, like the Facebook and million people” were killed in in the attacks. killed its supreme leader Cinnamon Grand hotel. Gunasekera said. Instagram to prevent the spread a string of blasts in Sri Lanka. No group has claimed Velupillai Prabhakaran. Gunasekara said that 66 When a police team buffet before ‘going off’ of false news reports after a “Heartfelt condolences from responsibility for Sunday’s Briefing reporters, bodies were kept at the entered a house in the series of blasts killed 215 peo- the people of the US to the attacks. However, most of the Gunasekera said the police National Hospital while 260 Colombo north suburb of Colombo: The suicide bomber the night before as Mohamed ple. The Presidential Secretariat people of Sri Lanka on the hor- deadly attacks in the past in Sri was not able to confirm at the injured were receiving treat- Orugodawatta to conduct a waited patiently in a queue for Azzam Mohamed, was just said the decision to block social rible terrorist attacks on Lanka were carried out by the moment if they were all suicide ment there and 104 bodies search, a suicide bomber blew the Easter Sunday breakfast about to be served when he set media was taken in reaction to churches and hotels that have Liberation Tigers of Tamil attacks. He, however, said that were placed at the Negombo himself up causing a concrete buffet at Sri Lanka's Cinnamon off his devastating strike in the false news reports spreading on killed at least 138 million peo- Eelam (LTTE) which ran a mil- one of the blasts at the Hospital and 100 injured were floor of a two-storey building Grand hotel before setting off packed restaurant, a social media. Meanwhile, ple. We stand ready to help!” itary campaign for a separate Katuwapitiya (Negombo) receiving treatment at the to crash on them, killing three explosives strapped to his back. manager at the Sri Lankan Facebook has activated its Trump said in a tweet which Tamil homeland in the north- church has signs of being what Hospital. policemen in the eighth blast. Carrying a plate, the man, hotel said. Crisis Response tool for the was taken down after more ern and eastern provinces of looked like a suicide attack. Later in the day, a power- Continued on Page 4 who had registered at the hotel Continued on Page 4 blasts, CNN reported. PTI than 20 minutes. PTI CAPSULE 7 KILLED IN STAMPEDE IN Pragya gets 2nd EC notice TAMIL NADU TEMPLE BJP picks 4 Delhi MPs on same seats Tiruchirappalli: A stampede during a local temple festival Hardeep Puri named for Sources said Deol could be the killed seven devotees and injured BJP candidate from Gurdaspur in 24 hrs, now over Ayodhya ten others near Thuraiyur, about Amritsar; Harsh Vardhan, earlier represented by late 45 km from here, on Sunday, Manoj Tiwari, Pravesh Vinod Khanna. The Congress PNS n NEW DELHI police said. has already fielded Gurjit Singh Verma, Ramesh Bidhuri Aujla from Amritsar which he Election Commission CAMPAIGNING FOR PH-3 earlier represented by Punjab T(EC) on Sunday issued a OF LS POLLS ENDS from national Capital Chief Minister Capt Amarinder showcause notice to BJP can- New Delhi: Campaigning for the Singh, who had defeated didate from Bhopal Sadhvi third phase of polling scheduled PNS n NEW DELHI Finance Minister Arun Jaitely. Pragya Thakur for her contro- for April 23 in 116 parliamentary Speculation remained for versial remarks about the Babri constituencies ended on Sunday ureaucrat-turned-politician the New Delhi, East Delhi and Masjid demolition, hours after with top leaders making a last- BUnion Minister Hardeep North West (Reserve) seats she was censured for her ditch effort to sway voters Singh Puri has been fielded currently held by Meenakshi remarks on 26/11 martyr in favour of their respective from the Amritsar Lok Sabha Lekhi, Mahesh Giri and Udit Hemant Karkare. parties. seat by the BJP while it Raj, respectively. She has been asked to reply announced the candidature of The BJP also announced Verma from West Delhi and Party sources said there are by Monday. However, Pragya 7 KILLED IN MISHAP ON Shankar Lalwani as its candi- four of the seven candidates for Ramesh Bidhuri from South likely to be a change in candi- has sought time from District AGRA-LUCKNOW E-WAY date from Indore in place of the Lok Sabha election in Delhi Delhi. Delhi will go to polls on dature of the remaining seats Election Officer to submit her BJP candidate for Bhopal Lok Sabha seat Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur meets party Mainpuri: A private bus on its Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra and renominated its four sitting May 12. and cricketer-turned-politician reply on Babri Masjid. national vice president Shivraj Singh Chouhan at BJP State headquarters, ahead of way to Varanasi from Delhi Mahajan. Lalwani is Chairman MPs. While Union Minister Puri’s candidature came as Gautam Gambhir, who joined In her reply on Karkare, the Lok Sabha Polls in Bhopal on Sunday PTI rammed into a truck on the of Indore Development Harsh Vardhan will contest a surprise amid the speculation the ruling party recently, may Pragya on Sunday said, “I did- Agra-Lucknow Expressway, Authority and it is believed that from his sitting seat of Chandni that the BJP can decide to field be fielded from New Delhi Lok n’t say any defamatory word was subjected to at the instance before public. I myself with- killing seven passengers and Lalwani candidature is an indi- Chowk, Delhi BJP chief Manoj Bollywood actor Sunny Deol Sabha seat. Lekhi, Raj and Giri about the martyrdom of any of the then Congress drew the statement in view of injuring 34 others, police said cation of the end of the elec- Tiwari will seek reelection from from Amritsar who met BJP are likely to be dropped from martyr in my speech..