Bomb Scare

Panic grips parents after 40 schools receive bomb threats in Delhi

Panic and fear gripped parents across Delhi on Monday morning after 40 schools reportedly received bomb threats via email, prompting immediate evacuations and emergency responses. As the alarming news spread, parents rushed to the schools, their faces etched with anxiety, to ensure the safety of their children. Vipin Bhatra, a parent, shared his distress, and said "I rushed to the school as soon as I received the message about the bomb threat. If situations like this persist, how can we send our children to school with peace of mind?" Another parent, Anuradha echoed similar fears saying that she took her child home but she is still tense. Education is important but incidents like these are terrifying to all parents. Schools should be safe, not a place of constant threats, she said. Scenes of chaos were witnessed at several schools as parents anxious parents led their children away from the school premises. Meanwhile, teachers and staff managed the crisis by gathering students to

Bomb scare in Aligarh: Suspects at large, AMU authorities roped in

Six days after a bomb scare at Aligarh Junction Railway Station, local police continue their search for the alleged suspects. Authorities sprang into action on the evening of November 7, the day Railway Police Force (RPF) was alerted to the possible threat. The police swiftly conducted security measures at the station to prevent any mishap. In an effort to trace the culprits, the police sought assistance from the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). AMU authorities, led by Proctor Mohamad Waseem Ali, have been working alongside the police, using CCTV footage to identify the suspects. Ali spoke to reporters on Tuesday, stating that despite their efforts, the suspects have not yet been identified. "We have not yet found anyone matching the descriptions from the footage. However, we are continuing our efforts," he said. RPF in-charge at Aligarh, Amit Kumar Singh, said their force is coordinating with the local police and AMU. "We have been maintaining round-the-clock surveillance sinc

After Air India, IndiGo flight scare, Mumbai-Howrah Mail gets bomb threat

Monday (Oct 14) started with a series of bomb threats affecting both train and air travel. 2 IndiGo flights, a New York-bound Air India aircraft, Howrah-bound Mumbai-Howrah Mail received bomb threats

Two IndiGo flights from Mumbai receive bomb threats after Air India scare

While IndiGo flight 6E 56 was en route from Mumbai to Jeddah, another flight, 6E 1275, was headed to Muscat

Delhi malls, hospitals get bomb threat emails: Why is tracking sender tough

Bombs threats, mostly hoax calls, to schools, hospitals, malls, and other public places have become increasingly frequent since last year. The latest threats also seem to mirror the previous incidents

Bomb scare at Delhi museums, health institutes; nothing suspicious found

Several museums, including the National Museum and Rail Museum, and two mental health institutes -- IHBAS (Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences) and VIMHANS (Vidyasagar Institute of Mental Health, Neuro and Allied Sciences) -- have received bomb threat e-mails, officials said on Wednesday. The officials said that nothing suspicious was found in the searches and later the calls were declared hoax. The e-mails were received by the National Museum in Kartavya Path, Rail Museum in Chanakyapuri and Gandhi Museum in Daryaganj and several others stating that the bomb was planted in their premises, they said. Two medical facilities -- IHBAS located in Shahdara and Vimhans Hospital in Lajpat Nagar -- have also received the threat e-mails containing the same contents, the officials said. An officer said that after receiving the calls and information about these e-mails, the installations were checked by the bomb detection team, bomb disposal squad, fire officials and local police

Home Ministry receives bomb threat mail, nothing found during search

This incident adds to the recent rise in hoax bomb threats affecting numerous institutions across the national capital, including schools, airports, hospitals, and prisons

After Delhi and Jaipur, bomb threats made to 10 schools in UP's Kanpur

Schools in Kanpur were threatened a day after seven Delhi hospitals received bomb threats by email on Tuesday

Some schools in Jaipur evacuated after getting bomb threats on email

At least four schools in Jaipur have received bomb threats via email. Police teams, along with bomb squads and sniffer dogs, have been deployed to conduct searches

Delhi's Chacha Nehru Hospital receives bomb threat, investigation underway

An email containing a bomb threat was sent to the Chacha Nehru Hospital on Tuesday; officials said no suspicious items have been found on the hospital premises

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Delhi Police arrests man for making threat call to blow up IGI airport

A 38-year-old man was arrested Saturday for allegedly making a threat call to blow up the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport here on January 28, police said. Krishno Mahto, who hails from Bihar's West Champaran, was arrested in Delhi's Kapashera, they said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI Airport) Usha Rangnani said during an interrogation, Mahto confessed to making the bomb threat call. On January 28, he was heavily inebriated when he made the call from a mobile phone and threatened to blow up IGI airport, Rangnani said. He was arrested following a long chase as he had switched off his mobile phone after making the call. A police team also visited his native place in Bihar as the mobile phone number was registered at his home address.

Delhi's Amity Int'l School receives bomb threat email, search operation on

The Amity International School in Pushp Vihar here received an email regarding a bomb threat on Monday morning, prompting police to launch a search operation, officials said. A thorough checking of the school premises is being done by a bomb detection squad which has found nothing suspicious so far, a Delhi Police officer said. No immediate reaction was available from the school administration on the matter. "An email was received today morning at around 3.10 am at Amity International School, Pushp Vihar regarding a bomb threat. A thorough checking of the school is being done through BDT but nothing found yet," the police officer said.

Bomb explosion kills 6 Pak policemen going to escort polio vaccination team

A bomb explosion targeted policemen going to provide security for polio vaccination workers in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday, killing six of them and injuring 22 others. The incident occurred in the Mamund tehsil of Bajaur district in the province bordering Afghanistan. The police personnel had just boarded a van to join security duty with polio vaccination teams when the explosion occurred. The injured have been shifted to a nearby hospital, where an emergency was declared. Six policemen were killed and 22 others injured in the explosion. The police spokesperson said all the casualties were of police personnel. Caretaker Chief Minister KPK Arshad Hussain condemned the attack and said the war against terrorism would go on till the elimination of the last terrorist. Polio teams are often targeted by militants in Pakistan due to opposition to the vaccine. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack but Islamist militants, including the

UP Special Task Force arrests two for bomb threat to Ram temple, CM Yogi

Two people were arrested on Wednesday for a social media post which threatened to bomb Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and blow up Ayodhya's Ram temple in a blast, officials said. A team of Uttar Pradesh's Special Task Force arrested Tahar Singh and Omprakash Mishra from Vibhuti Khand area of Gomti Nagar in Lucknow, according to a statement. The two had threatened Adityanath, STF chief Amitabh Yash and Ayodhya's Ram temple in a post on X' in November using the handle @iDevendraOffice', the statement said. Investigation initially revealed that email IDs alamansarikhan608@gmail.com' and zubairkhanisi199@gmail.com' were used to send the threat posts, it said. After technical analysis of the email IDs, it was found that Tahar Singh created the email accounts and Omprakash Mishra sent the threat messages, it added. Singh and Mishra are both residents of Gonda and work in a paramedical institute, the statement said. The STF is probing the matter further, it added.

Bomb call grounds SpiceJet Delhi-Pune flight; all passengers safe: Police

All the passengers and crew members are safe, they said, adding that the aircraft is being checked

Bomb found near Punjab, Haryana chief ministers' official residences

A bomb disposal squad was rushed to the spot after a live bomb was found a few hundred metres away from the helipad used by Punjab and Haryana chief ministers here on Monday, police said. The shell was found in the fields on the Nayagaon-Kansal road, which is about one kilometre away from the helipad and about two kilometres from the official residences of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar, they said. An official of the disaster management department who reached the spot told reporters that the police control room received a message that a bomb-like object had been seen near the Kansal and Nayagaon T-point. "When we checked it and found that it was a live shell," he said, adding the area has been sealed. "It is a matter of investigation how this shell reached the spot," the official said. With the help of police and the bomb disposal squad, the shell has been placed in a drum and covered with sandbags and the Army has been alerted,

Antilia bomb case: Bombay HC grants bail to Mumbai cop Riyazuddin Kazi

The Bombay High Court granted bail to suspended Assistant Police Inspector Riyazuddin Kazi who is currently lodged in jail in connection with the Antilia bomb scare case

Bomb threat disrupts Patti LaBelle's Christmas concert in Wisconsin

Patti LaBelle was abruptly rushed off stage just a couple of songs into her Christmas concert in Milwaukee after a bomb threat forced authorities to evacuate the theatre. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that video from the Riverside Theatre on Saturday night shows what appears to be two security officers interrupting the 78-year-old LaBelle as she chats with an audience member. They rush her off stage. Shortly after, someone announced that the nearly full 2,500-seat theater had to be evacuated because of a bomb threat. Catherine Brunson, who documented the evacuation on Facebook Live, told the newspaper that the evacuation happened two songs into LaBelle's concert around 9:24 p.m. We came out and police had the block taped off. ... A whole lot of people were pretty upset. ... It's scary, Brunson said. Scott Pierce, who also attended the concert, said everyone exited the theatre calmly, but it's just sad that someone does this. Milwaukee Police Capt. Warren Allen Jr. said

Toronto island airport evacuated after possible bomb scare, two detained

Flights at the Toronto island airport were suspended and passengers ordered evacuated as police reported a possible explosive device was found near the airport's ferry terminal. Police said two people had been detained and were cooperating with the investigation. Police said they were called shortly before 4 pm on Saturday to Billy Bishop airport's mainland ferry terminal to investigate a suspicious package. We are dealing with a potential explosive device, Toronto police said in a tweet. Two residential buildings near the ferry terminal also were evacuated and a third partially evacuated. The airport said its runway was closed and two Air Canada flights were diverted to Hamilton, Ontario. Passengers stranded inside the terminal for several hours said they were being evacuated by water taxis. Runway is closed for the evening. Porter has completed its flight schedule for the evening. Two Air Canada flights diverted to Hamilton. Passengers remaining in terminal being evacuated at