From correspondents in Karnataka, India, 12:02 AM IST
Leading IT firms Infosys and Wipro Friday said the serial blasts here had not impacted their operations and all their employees were safe.
Both have, however, increased security at their campuses.
Seven bombs went off within an hour in this IT hub's central business district and other crowded areas Friday afternoon, killing a woman at a deserted bus stop and injuring seven people.
'All our employees are safe and there has been no impact on our business operations. We are in touch with the police and will remain fully alert. We have increased security on our campus,' Infosys said in a statement.
'Bangalore has suffered bomb blasts across many locations today (Friday). The government and law enforcement authorities have assured all citizens that they will investigate and take all steps to apprehend those responsible. All of us support the government in this endeavor,' the statement added.
Wipro said in its statement that its employees were also safe and employees working at an office in one of the blast-hit areas were asked to go home early.
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It is almost clear to many that the terrorists have not attempted a series of blasts in Bangalore with deadly impact on society and economy. The mechanism is absent at state and national levels due to parties' obsession with vote bank politics. This the terrorists know. Sooner than can be imagined,the terrorists will likely a 'brilliant' blast which may be photographed from Mars. No catches even after a hundred such operations by the Islamists acting in cahoot with Al Qaeda.
The blast series just over in all probability is just a test run more to test how well the friends in our midst of us carry out the wishes of Islamic terrorists across border can organize a series and the objective was to evaluate the kind of improvements in methods for a holocaust at a future date, with very powerful explosive devices planted at highly crowded points so as to maximize loss of lives and property to unimaginable levels.
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