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Delhi hoax emails: Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla reviews situation, emphasise
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
In a post on X, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Home Affairs posted, "The Home Secretary reviewed the situation in the wake of hoax emails received by some schools in Delhi last week. He stressed the need to prepare detailed protocols and SOPs to handle any such situation in the future.
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Delhi bomb threat: HC asks Delhi govt for reply; police explains steps tak
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Delhi High court on Monday sought a report from Delhi Police and the Delhi government in ten days, explaining the steps it has taken to ensure that children were evacuated safely from schools in the event of a bomb scare while hearing a plea related to hoax bomb call incident in private
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Security forces conduct mock drills at key locations in Delhi following re
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
After recent hoax bomb threats that targeted over 250 schools in the Delhi-NCR region, security forces have intensified their preparedness through a series of mock drills across various key locations in the city, including schools, airports, metro stations, and government buildings, said
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"Likely to be hoaxes," says Delhi Fire chief after over 80 schools receive
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
"We have received more than 80 calls in Delhi only. There were calls about bomb threats, and we responded to all the calls and sent fire tenders to all the locations. But some schools have started sending their vehicles back. I believe all these calls are likely to turn out to be hoaxes,"
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'No need to panic, email a hoax': MHA allays fears after bomb threat to De
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
After over 60 schools across Delhi-NCR received a bomb threat via email on Wednesday morning, setting off panic among parents and faculty and prompting frenetic searches, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued an official statement saying that the email appeared to be a 'hoax'.
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Mumbai airport receives hoax bomb call; police register case against unide
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Sharing details, the Mumbai police said, "A female employee working at Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Terminal-1 received a call from an unknown number about the bomb threat."
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High Court calls for detailed status report from Delhi govt on hoax bomb t
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Delhi High Court recently sought a detailed status report from the Delhi government on a hoax bomb call incident in private schools. The High Court has also warned that if the status report is not filed, the joint secretary-level officer will be present in court.
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Bomb threat for Kolkata-bound flight at Delhi's IGI airport, call found to
Updated : 2 years ago IST
According to official, the hoax call of bomb threat was received at the airport at around 5.15 am regarding a flight from Delhi to Kolkata which was scheduled to depart from IGI Airport.
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20-year-old arrested for hoax bomb threat at Delhi Airport
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Delhi Police on Monday nabbed a 20-year-old person for making a hoax bomb threat call at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, said the police.
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Delhi Police arrest man for making hoax call to blast IGI airport
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Sharing details about the incident, police said, "We received a PCR call at the IGI airport police station on January 28 at 5:11 p.m. wherein the caller said that he would blast the IGI airport."
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Maharashtra: Man held for making hoax bomb call to police control room
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
A man was arrested on Sunday over a hoax phone call to a police control room, allegedly claiming that explosives had been placed at a bank in Nagpur, officers said.
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Suspect used dark web to send hoax bomb threat mail to Delhi Public School
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The accused person behind the hoax bomb threat in Delhi Public School RK Puram sent the email through the dark web, police said on Wednesday.
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