Sri Lanka Attacks

Sri Lankan cricket board conducted a meeting with the players to inform them about the security arrangements and were given the freedom to decide on their participation in the tour

The counting will start soon after the end of voting. The first results are expected after mid night, officials said. The final results will come on Monday.

Raids were conducted by a team of NIA sleuths at seven places in the city on the basis of inputs that certain people are reportedly in touch with those behind the Easter day attacks on social media

The MEA said Sri Lanka has beefed up security in the country but a nation-wide emergency including night time curfew has been in place which may affect travel within Sri Lanka

The group's Amaq News sent a tweet citing a "security source" as saying the attacks were the work of "fighters of the Islamic State"