Nine people were killed and 62 others were injured on Wednesday when a bomb exploded in a packed reception area at the entrance New Delhi’s High Court.

Ten people were killed and 62 others were injured on Wednesday when a bomb exploded in a packed reception area at the entrance New Delhi's High Court.

"Ten people have been confirmed dead. The number of injured is now 62," Delhi police spokesman Rajan Bhagat told AFP news agency.
Police said the device had apparently been placed in a suitcase near the reception where more than 100 people were gathering for their entry passes to the court complex, located in the center of the Indian capital.

The court buildings were evacuated as police blocked off the area and emergency services rushed the injured, some of them in a critical condition, to hospital.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh condemned the attack, saying that India would not be bowed by terrorism.
"This is a cowardly act of a terrorist nature," Singh, who is currently on a visit to Bangladesh, told television reporters in Dhaka.
"This is a long war in which all political parties, all the the people of India, have to stand united so that this scourge of terrorism is crushed."