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Most schools that received the threat suspended classes and sent students back home
Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi attacked the Central government and said that the BJP-ruled central government has failed in its only task of providing security
Delhi Police, Bomb Disposal Squads, and fire department officials promptly responded, reaching DPS RK Puram and GD Goenka Paschim Vihar
In line with the CAQM's directive to revoke Grap-IV and Grap-III, the Delhi government's Directorate of Education issued an order to resume all classes in all schools to be held in physical mode
A day after a 12-year-old student of Class-6 died following a minor scuffle at a private school in the national capital, Delhi Police has apprehended a classmate of the deceased in connection with the case, officials said on Wednesday. Hundreds of people protested outside Chinmaya Vidyalaya in southwest Delhi after the mysterious death of Prince, who was a resident of Kudumpur Pahari in Vasant Vihar, following a minor scuffle with his classmates on Tuesday. A scrutiny of CCTV footage from the school showed some boys fighting with each other after the morning assembly, police said. "We have apprehended a 12-year-old boy studying in the same class as the victim under Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)," a police officer said. Prince, who got admission in Chinmaya Vidyalaya under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) quota, turned 12 on November 3, his family members said. Police said the Fortis Hospital in Vasant Kunj informe
The registration process of the Delhi Nursery Admission 2025-26 for the Entry-Level Classes (Nursery, Pre-Primary, and Class 1) in private unaided recognised schools will begun on November 28
Some parents have stopped sending their children to the school due to the tense environment
Officials from the Institute of IED Management in Pune, the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), and security personnel conducted investigations at the site
According to the Delhi police, no conclusive statement has been made yet on what caused the blast near the school
As per the Delhi Education Minister Atishi, all schools in the national capital, both government and private will stay shut today, on August 1, in view of heavy rainfall and waterlogging
Delhi grapples with waterlogging following heavy rainfall on Wednesday evening; Delhi minister issues last-minute school closure
Acting on the orders of Lt Governor V K Saxena, the Delhi government on Monday directed that the transfer of 5,000 school teachers, who have been posted in the same school for more than 10 years, be kept in abeyance. Saxena on Sunday directed chief secretary Naresh Kumar to keep the transfer orders issued last week in abeyance as an interim measure after a delegation of Delhi BJP leaders and representatives of teachers met the LG in his office. Addressing a press conference here, Delhi Education minister Atishi, however, alleged a conspiracy by the BJP behind the transfer orders. She also congratulated the people of Delhi on the orders being withdrawn. In an official order, the education department said it had received several representations in the matter of the recent transfer orders issued by the Directorate of Education (DoE), pertaining to teachers who have continued for more than 10 years in the same school. "After going through the representations and listening to the ...
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The threatening emails were reportedly sent from the Russian domain "mail.ru," the same one that was used to send the bomb threats to the Delhi schools
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Taking note of false claims circulating in WhatsApp groups that bombs were detected in schools, Delhi Police on Thursday said the messages have "no truth in them". Police made an appeal to people to not believe in the audio messages that have surfaced on WhatsApp groups making false claims about the bomb threat that schools in Delhi-NCR received on Wednesday morning. "Some audio messages are being pushed on WhatsApp and other chat groups that some suspicious objects were found in some schools," a statement issued by the Delhi Police said on Thursday. "These messages are false and have no truth in them. We request all to please convey further that these are false messages," the statement said. In a bomb scare of unprecedented scale, around 200 schools in Delhi-NCR received an identical threat e-mail on Wednesday claiming that explosives had been planted in their premises, triggering massive evacuations and searches as panic-stricken parents rushed to pick up their children. Nothing
She assured that the Delhi government is in constant touch with the police and the schools
Lt Governor VK Saxena said that Delhi Police has traced the origin of the bomb threat emails that were sent to multiple schools in Delhi-NCR on Wednesday, and assured that the culprits will be given strict punishment. Officials said the bomb threat appeared to be hoax and said there was no reason to panic. Saxena visited DAV school in Model Town area that also received the bomb threat. The LG said that Delhi Police responded quickly to the bomb scare and began action after cordoning off and searching the premises with bomb disposal teams and dog squads. Delhi was fully alert to prevent any untoward incident, he said at the school. "Delhi Police has found out from where these emails are coming. Investigation is going on. I would just say that the culprits will not be spared and strict punishment will be given for disrupting peace and harmony," he said. Panic gripped school students and parents early morning on Wednesday after at least 100 schools in the Delhi-NCR received bomb thr
Delhi Police has launched an investigation to trace the origin of the emails and urged the public not to panic, as the threats appeared to be hoax calls