— PHOTO: P.V. SIVAKUMAR On alert: Police personnel conducting random checks on vehicles at S.R. Nagar intersection in Hyderabad on Friday. HYDERABAD: A high alert has been sounded in Hyderabad, Tirupati, Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada, and vigil intensified around places of worship and in crowded areas following the serial bombs blasts in Bengaluru on Friday. Condemning the attempts of terrorist elements to foment trouble, the State Government said terrorists would be dealt with ruthlessly. Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy held a meeting to review the law and order situation in the wake of the serial blasts and offered full assistance to the Karnataka police in identifying the culprits. Special teams Speaking to journalists later, Home Minister K. Jana Reddy said special and mobile police teams had been deployed to patrol...
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