Ahead of PM Modi's visit to Sacred Heart Cathedral Catholic Church on Easter Sunday, Fr. Francis Swaminathan said the visit will demonstrate his support for the minorities.
The name Holy Week was used in the 4th century by St. Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, and St. Epiphanius of Constantia. Originally, only Good Friday and Holy Saturday were observed as holy days.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's Director Legal, Hariguptha Rohanadheera, stated that the accused have been charged for carrying out suicide bomb blasts at eight locations, including three churches and three-star hotels in Colombo.
51 worshippers were shot dead in mosque attacks in the New Zealand city of Christchurch while more than 250 people died in Sri Lanka as a result of suicide bombings on Easter Sunday.
Expressing China's strong condemnation of the terror attacks in Sri Lanka, Xi said China is ready to stand alongside the Sri Lankan government and people.
A majority of radical groups have been active on Facebook, calling for the boycotts of Muslim-owned businesses and spreading hate messages and fake news on the platform.
Sri Lanka Army chief Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake had said that the bombers had visited Kashmir, Bengaluru and Kerala to possibly train in terrorist activities before carrying out the blasts.
On being asked why Sri Lanka had not acted on the intelligence inputs shared by India on the attacks, the army chief said, 'there was a gap in the government that everybody could see today'.
Kerala has been put on high alert and the police have upped the ante against possible extremist activity in the state in the wake of the Sri Lanka serial blasts.
India is the largest source market for Sri Lanka, which received 2.3 million tourists from around the world in 2018.
