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All the passengers and crew members are safe, they said, adding that the aircraft is being checked
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,
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
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
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
Mumbai police on Wednesday received a 'suspicious' call from an unidentified caller informing that bombs are planted at several key places across Mumbai
A Malaysia-bound flight on Friday was delayed over a false bomb alarm after a fight between two passengers on board the plane at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here, officials said. Seucrity agencies were alerted about the bomb call from the Malaysia Airlines's MH173 around 1 pm after which they thoroughly checked the flight, the officials said. The aircraft finally departed for Kuala Lumpur after a delay of two hours and 40 minutes and four passengers allegedly involved in the incident were handed over to the local police, they said. "A fight broke out between two passengers for keeping their bags in the overhead cabin of the aircraft. When one passenger asked the other what was in his bag, the other replied 'bomb'. The flight was then grounded as the pilot was informed about it and the pilot intimated the ATC (air traffic controller)," official sources told PTI. "A bomb threat assessment committee immediately probed the matter and the flight was put through checks after
After intense checking of their entire luggage, they were taken to a separate room for the security checking. Security personnel thoroughly checked them and their luggage and also questioned them
A Delhi-bound IndiGo flight (6e 2126) reportedly grounded at Patna airport after a passenger claimed that he had a bomb in his bag
The San Francisco International Airport's international terminal was evacuated on Friday night due to a bomb threat, potentially incendiary device found. One person is in custody
Besides Kazi and Waze, other accused in the case include former encounter specialist officer Pradip Sharma and former policemen Vinayak Shinde and Sunil Mane
It was a "secret operation", former police officer Sachin Waze told his official driver, the NIA said
A special court here will on Thursday pass an order on NIA's application seeking one-month extension to file a charge-sheet in the Antilia bomb scare-Mansukh Hiran murder case
Dismissed policeman Sachin Waze has moved a default bail plea in a special court here citing failure on the part of the NIA to file a charge sheet within the stipulated time.
Hong Kong police on Tuesday said they arrested nine people on suspicion of engaging in terrorist activity, after uncovering an attempt to make explosives and plant bombs across the city
The agency conducted a raid at former encounter specialist's residence in suburban Andheri in connection with its probe into the Antilia' bomb scare case and Mansukh Hiran's murder
The NIA Thursday conducted searches at a club over the alleged murder of businessman Mansukh Hiran, and recovered crucial documents pertaining to the SIMs used by suspended police officer Sachin Waze
Shiv Sena slammed the Centre for handing the Antilia bomb scare case to NIA saying the agency is meant to investigate terrorism cases and has been handed a case without it any terrorism links
The threat led the police, CISF and other security agencies to swing into action swiftly
The plane was taken to a remote area of the airport where 530 passengers and crew were evacuated