DELHI , India ( CNN ) -- India is on high alert after a series of near-simultaneous explosions killed at least 60 people and wounded 150 others in a top tourist spot , government and local officials told CNN-IBN . An injured man rests at Swai Man Singh Hospital in Jaipur . Bicycles and rickshaws were strewn about the streets , with pools of blood nearby , in the northwestern city of Jaipur . Motorcycles , pieces of which were found at nearly every bomb site , appear to have been used in the attacks , said Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria . There was no immediate claim of responsibility , but Indian government officials -- including Minister of State for Home Affairs Shriprakash Jaiswal -- were quick to label it a terrorist attack . The eight explosions started at about 7:30 p.m. ( 1400 GMT ) and detonated within 12 minutes of each other , police said . The bombs exploded within about 500 meters ( 0.3 mile ) of each other in Jaipur 's old city , which is frequented by tourists . See the aftermath of the explosions . » . An ninth bomb was defused , according to H.G . Raghavendra , a Jaipur city official . He described all the bombs as `` medium intensity . '' `` There is no reason to panic , '' he told CNN-IBN . `` Everything is under control . '' One blast struck near Hanuman Temple , which was crowded with Hindus worshipping Hanuman , the religion 's monkey god . Another struck near a market area inside Jaipur 's walled city where tourists and locals frequent restaurants and shops . Jaipur , known as the `` pink city , '' is about 260 kilometers ( 160 miles ) southwest of India 's capital , New Delhi . Many of the casualties were taken to SMS Hospital , the largest government hospital in Jaipur . People gathered outside the hospital to hear news about friends and relatives ; the hospital issued an urgent appeal for blood donations . The state of Rajasthan , where Jaipur is located , was placed on alert , local officials said . Delhi police officials said they too were on high alert after the blasts and were receiving regular updates from Jaipur on developments in the investigation . The Deputy Chief Minister for the state of Maharashtra , R.R . Patil , said the entire state was also on high alert . Mumbai is in the state of Maharashtra . The attack was immediately condemned by the United States . U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the attacks were `` quite clearly an act intended to take innocent lives . '' He told reporters at his daily briefing that Washington was still collecting information , and could not `` offer insight into who may be responsible . '' According to the U.S. State Department , India ranks among the countries where terrorism is most common . `` The conflict in Jammu and Kashmir , attacks by extreme leftist Naxalites and Maoists in eastern and central India , assaults by ethno-linguistic nationalists in the northeastern states , and terrorist strikes nationwide by Islamic extremists took more than 2,300 lives this year , '' the agency said . It said India 's counterterrorism efforts `` are hampered by outdated and overburdened law enforcement and legal systems , '' and described the country 's court system as `` slow , laborious , and prone to corruption . ''
Eight quickfire explosions kill Eight people in northwest Rajasthan city . Bombs explode within about 7:30 p.m. of each other , at least 60 people also wounded . Explosions within a small radius in the United States 's old city , popular with tourists . Motorcycles appear to have been used in the attacks , state minister says .