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Bomb Threat Calls

Hazrat Nizamuddin - M.G.R.Chennai Central Garib Rath Express (12612), was stopped at the Dholpur station in Rajasthan for three hours, after a passenger claimed that there was a bomb on the train

Updated On: 21 Feb 2023 | 7:44 AM IST

Confirming the news of the bomb threat, IndiGo said that all necessary security protocols were followed and the aircraft was cleared for takeoff

Updated On: 20 Feb 2023 | 4:33 PM IST

The Chandigarh Police launched a search operation in the district court complex here Tuesday afternoon following a bomb threat call, officials said. "We got information from the control room that there might be a bomb (inside the court complex). After this, a massive search operation has been launched," a senior Chandigarh police official said. The court complex in Sector 43 was evacuated, with the police asking all present inside including the judges and advocates to move out. The area was cordoned off, and bomb disposal and dog squads were deployed at the site, which lies next to the busy interstate bus terminus in sector 43. An advocate also said information received suggested that there could be a bomb inside. Police deployment in the area has been strengthened.

Updated On: 24 Jan 2023 | 3:00 PM IST

After receiving the complaint, a case was registered under relevant sections, they said

Updated On: 13 Jan 2023 | 8:39 PM IST

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

Updated On: 12 Jan 2023 | 11:42 PM IST

According to the airport director, the flight will depart from Jamnagar to Goa between 10.30 am and 11 am

Updated On: 10 Jan 2023 | 9:26 AM IST

A Moscow-to-Goa flight made an emergency landing at Gujarat's Jamnagar airport on Monday night following a bomb threat, police said. All the 236 passengers and crew members were evacuated safely and the plane is being checked by local authorities along with police and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS), Inspector General of Police (Rajkot and Jamnagar Range) Ashok Kumar Yadav said. "The plane going from Moscow to Goa was forced to make an emergency landing at the Jamnagar airport due to a bomb threat. After landing, all 236 passengers and crew members were deboarded safely. Police, BDDS and local authorities are searching the entire plane," he said. An official of the Russian embassy in New Delhi said the embassy was alerted by the Indian authorities about the alleged bomb scare on the Azur Air flight en route from Moscow to Goa. "The aircraft has made an emergency landing at the Jamnagar Indian Air Force base. Everyone on board is safe. The authorities are conducting a .

Updated On: 10 Jan 2023 | 7:29 AM IST

Mumbai police on Wednesday received a 'suspicious' call from an unidentified caller informing that bombs are planted at several key places across Mumbai

Updated On: 20 Oct 2022 | 6:43 AM IST

A call threatening to blow up the State Bank of India office in Mumbai's Nariman Point and kill the bank chairman was received at the branch, police said

Updated On: 15 Oct 2022 | 8:59 AM IST

Situation at Indira Gandhi International Airport became chaotic after the Delhi Police received a PCR call about a bomb in a flight that was coming from Moscow

Updated On: 14 Oct 2022 | 5:35 PM IST

According to sources, inputs were received by security agencies in Delhi about the possibility of a bomb on board, which triggered an alert and permission was not granted to the plane to land in Delhi

Updated On: 03 Oct 2022 | 11:31 AM IST

A case was registered after an unidentified person sent an email to the Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) threatening to blow up a flight of IndiGo airline, a Mumbai police official said on Sunday. The email threat, which was received on Saturday night, turned out to be a hoax after nothing suspicious was found post a thorough check of the aircraft, the Sahar police station official said. The email had a sentence that read "I will blow up flight 6E 6045", he said, adding that an FIR has been registered under Indian Penal Code section 506B (issuing death threat) and other offences. IndiGo, in a statement, said "due to a specific bomb threat, IndiGo flight from Mumbai to Ahmedabad was impacted on October 1, 2022." "The bomb threat protocol was initiated and the flight operated after all the checks were completed," the airline said in its statement, though it did not share details like the number of passengers on board, flight number and delay in departure due to the ...

Updated On: 02 Oct 2022 | 7:55 PM IST

Security agencies have been put on alert after an email was received at the Mumbai international airport warning about a bomb on an IndiGo plane, police officials said

Updated On: 02 Oct 2022 | 1:23 PM IST

Singapore's Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) announced on Wednesday that a bomb threat on Singapore Airlines flight SQ33 from San Francisco has been verified to be false

Updated On: 28 Sep 2022 | 1:33 PM IST

A call about a bomb threat sparked panic at a hotel in Gurugram on Tuesday and a search is on to trace it, police said. The call was received at Leela Hotel in the Ambiance Mall complex around 11:35 am. The police were immediately informed following which bomb disposal and dog squads reached the hotel and evacuated it, sources said. A senior police officer said that the threat call to the hotel was made from a mobile number which was found switched off. "The search is on and the police are trying to identify the caller," the official added.

Updated On: 13 Sep 2022 | 2:50 PM IST

A threat to blow up a five-star hotel near Mumbai airport turned out to be a hoax, though the Mumbai Police again went into a high alert mode for the third time in barely five days

Updated On: 23 Aug 2022 | 1:28 PM IST

The home minister, however, did not specify which central agency is involved in the investigation

Updated On: 09 Apr 2022 | 6:18 PM IST

Following this, the premises were emptied and the police rushed to the schools along with bomb disposal and dog squads and carried out search operations.

Updated On: 08 Apr 2022 | 6:13 PM IST

Nothing was found on any of the campuses that received threats, university officials said

Updated On: 01 Feb 2022 | 10:28 AM IST

A bomb threat call was reported from the CRPF headquarters in Delhi evening which was later declared a hoax, officials said.

Updated On: 20 Jan 2022 | 8:09 AM IST