Mayawati today strongly condemned serial bomb blasts in Bodh Gaya and blamed the Centre and Bihar government for the explosions.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has pleaded for CISF takeover of the temple complex for better security.

The first blast took place at the temple at about 5.30 AM followed by nine successive explosions in a near simultaneous operation.

Head of monasteries of Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Tibet and other nations participated in the meeting.

An official said though the intention could be to damage the Buddha statue atop the platform, the attempt showed their audacity.

Thousands of people thronged the temple immediately after the gate was opened at 6 PM, Arvind Singh, a member of BTMC, said.

Sushil Kumar Modi hit out at Nitish Kumar calling his visit to the Buddhist pilgrim town after Sunday's blast as mere 'eyewash'.

Digvijay Singh criticised Nitish Kumar government in Bihar for keeping the security of Mahabodhi Temple in private hands despite intelligen...

The DGP said that prayers by the monks will be held as usual, but the temple premises will not be opened to common people for the time bein...