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India's Hyderabad hit by two explosions India's Hyderabad hit by two explosions
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At least 11 people have been killed by twin explosions in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, which PM Singh has condemned as a "dastardly attack". Two explosions have killed 11 people in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, in what Prime Minister Manmohan Singh labelled as a "dastardly attack".
The blasts rocked the city in Andhra Pradesh state than 10 minutes apart, police said. Television images showed casualties being rushed to hospital. The blasts that hit the city in Andhra Pradesh were 10 minutes apart, police said. Television images showed casualties being rushed to hospital.
India's home minister said bombs had been planted on bicycles 150m (500ft) apart near a crowded fruit market.
Police are investigating the cause of the explosions, which injured dozens.Police are investigating the cause of the explosions, which injured dozens.
India's home minister said bombs had been planted on bicycles about 150m (500ft) apart in a crowded market. "I talked to the chief minister who said both blasts took place within a radius of 150m," said home minister Sushil Shinde.
"I talked to the chief minister who said both blasts took place within a radius of 150 metres," said the minister Sushil Shinde. "Eight people died at one place, three at the other." He said 11 people had died and more than 50 were injured, but unconfirmed reports suggest the death toll may rise.
Unconfirmed reports have suggested the death toll may rise.
The blasts hit shortly after 19:00 (13:30 GMT), with a possible third blast reported shortly afterwards, Hyderabad police told the BBC.The blasts hit shortly after 19:00 (13:30 GMT), with a possible third blast reported shortly afterwards, Hyderabad police told the BBC.
Officials told the BBC between 10 and 20 people may have been killed and 50 injured. No group has said it carried out the attack, and Mr Singh urged the public to remain calm.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged the public to remain calm.
"The guilty will not go unpunished," he tweeted."The guilty will not go unpunished," he tweeted.
He has directed federal agencies to extend all possible help to the state authorities in the relief effort. He has directed federal agencies to extend all possible help to the state authorities in the relief effort, and offered 200,000 rupees (£2,500) to the next of kin of each person killed.
Hyderabad is one of southern India's main commercial hubs, and the explosions hit the busy Dilsukh Nagar neighbourhood, which is crowded with cinemas, shops, restaurants and a fruit and vegetable market. Mumbai and the rest of Maharashtra state have been put on high alert following the blasts, with measures such as increased police presence on the streets and random vehicle searches.
Britain opened a new deputy high commission in the city late last year. It is the first major bomb attack in India since a September 2011 blast outside Delhi's High Court killed 13 people.
The Muslim extremist group Harkat-ul Jihad al-Islami (Huji) said it carried out the Delhi attack.
Hyderabad is one of southern India's main commercial hubs, and the UK opened a new deputy high commission in the city late last year.
The explosions hit the busy Dilsukh Nagar neighbourhood, which is crowded with cinemas, shops, restaurants and one of India's largest fruit and vegetable markets.
There have been at least nine attacks on the city since 1992, including twin explosions in 2007 that killed more than 40 people.
The city has a sizeable Muslim minority, is a stronghold of the Muslim political party, MIM, and has a long history of religious tension, says the BBC's Soutik Biswas in Delhi.
He says religious tensions grew from the 1980s and 1990s with Hindus and Muslims moving out of mixed areas into community ghettos.
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