Hoax Bomb Scare
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Punjab: Several schools receive bomb threat in Jalandhar, Faridkot; police search premises
India | May 07, 2026, 02:43 PM ISTThe affected schools were evacuated, and search operations were carried out. No suspicious objects have been recovered so far during the searches.
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Mumbai Police gets message threatening blasts, attack on PM Modi, accused arrested
Maharashtra | Dec 09, 2024, 08:37 AM ISTDuring the investigation, the Mumbai Police found out that the accused had sent similar hoax threat messages to the police of other states. He belongs to Jharkhand and was nabbed in Ajmer, Rajasthan.
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Hoax bomb threats to flights: These social media handles causing losses worth crores | EXCLUSIVE
India | Oct 22, 2024, 06:43 PM ISTThe flights for which bomb threats have been received include IndiGo, Vistara, Akasa and Air India. In the last 9 days, bomb threats have been received by more than 150 flights operated by Indian airlines.
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Gujarat: Airport, including in Vadodara, Ahmedabad receives bomb threat through email, FIR lodged
Gujarat | Oct 05, 2024, 02:58 PM ISTThe threat email was received on Friday at Vadodara Airport. The email also mentioned a bomb scare for Ahmedabad, Rajkot, and Bhuj. The threat turned out to be a hoax eventually.
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Dubai-bound plane receives bomb threat minutes before takeoff from IGI Airport: Official
India | Jun 18, 2024, 09:57 AM ISTA senior police official said an email containing a bomb threat against the Delhi to Dubai flight was received at the DIAL office of the IGI Airport. This prompted the official to check the entire flight.
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Delhi-Varanasi IndiGo flight bomb threat 'turned out to be hoax', says official
India | May 28, 2024, 09:10 AM ISTThe bomb threat was received at 5:35 am after which the officials swung into action. The flight was moved to isolation bay to conduct a search operation. According to an official, the threat turned out to be hoax.
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Union Home Secretary urges close coordination between Delhi Police and schools to tackle hoax emails
India | May 06, 2024, 09:40 PM ISTUnion Home Secretary's directions comes after multiple emails of bomb threats alarmed the schools of National Capital on May 1. The threats were later turned out to be hoax. However, the incident raised security concerns and need for effective preventive measures.
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Telangana: Bomb threat at Hyderabad Airport, turns out to be hoax
Hyderabad | Aug 29, 2023, 05:53 PM ISTSecurity was increased and Hyderabad Police rushed a police team to the airport and conducted a detailed search operation but did not recover anything, officials said.
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Delhi: Amrita School receives hoax bomb threat via email; Delhi police vacate premises
Delhi | May 16, 2023, 10:15 AM ISTDelhi: The threat was received by the Amrita School via email at 6:35 am.
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'Meeting with female friends'-Story behind Delhi-Pune Spicejet flight hoax bomb call, accused nabbed
Jan 13, 2023, 07:53 PM ISTDelhi-Pune Spicejet flight hoax bomb call: "On Jan 12, a call was received at SpiceJet reservation office of a bomb in the aircraft scheduled to operate flight SG 8938 (Delhi-Pune). The boarding for flight had not yet started. The aircraft was moved to an isolation bay," the spokesperson said.
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Punjab: Amritsar school student makes hoax bomb threat to dodge exams, arrested
India | Sep 13, 2022, 09:00 AM ISTPunjab news: Police on investigation found that it a hoax bomb threat was made by two students, due to upcoming exams.
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Bengaluru private school receives hoax bomb threat; premises evacuated, searched
India | Jul 18, 2022, 01:05 PM ISTBengaluru: As news about the bomb threat spread, panic-stricken parents rushed to the school to enquire about safety of their children.
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Bengaluru International airport: Hoax bomb call triggers panic
India | May 20, 2022, 01:03 PM ISTAfter conducting a thorough check it was ascertained that the threat was a hoax bomb call. Security has been tightened on the airport premises after the incident. Further investigations are underway.
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Delhi: Man held for making hoax call about bomb on plane
India | Jun 14, 2021, 02:12 PM ISTA 22-year-old man onboard a Delhi-Patna flight was apprehended on Monday for allegedly making a hoax call to Delhi's Police Control Room.
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Delhi Police writes to telecom service providers to trace 'hoax bomb' caller from UAE
India | Dec 13, 2019, 06:27 PM ISTThe Delhi Police has written to telecom service providers to trace the UAE caller who made a "hoax bomb call" to the office of an airline at the Delhi airport, police said on Friday. Police were informed about a "bomb in flight which is coming to Delhi" call at around 6 pm on Monday.
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Man arrested for sending hoax bomb message to KV school teacher
India | Oct 04, 2019, 10:08 PM ISTDuring the interrogation, Akhtar Khan confessed of sending hoax message to take revenge from Sajid, who is an admission agent in the Central school. He took Sajid's mobile number from his Aadhaar number to send fake messages.
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Hoax Bomb Scare Delays Punjab Mail By Two Hours
India | Oct 30, 2011, 09:29 AM ISTFirozpur(Punjab), Oct 30: Mumbai-bound Punjab Mail was stranded for about two hours here on Saturday night following a hoax bomb scare created by an inebriated man. The Firozpur-Mumbai train was scheduled to depart at 9:45