Hoax caller arrested in DelhiOctober 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 26-year-old man has been arrested for making hoax calls to the police control room claiming that bombs have been planted in different places in the national capital. Ravinder Kumar Tiwari was arrested Wednesday from Wazirabad and two mobile phones and a motorbike were seized from him, police said Thursday.
Another hoax call has Delhi Police on its toesSeptember 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Police received yet another hoax call Friday warning of a bomb blast in Connaught Place, the heart of the national capital, officials said. "The call came on a landline of a computer institute whose office is in Connaught Plale at around 9.30 a.m.
Man detained making hoax bomb calls from hospital pay-phoneSeptember 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Police Wednesday detained a 45-year-old man from a hospital here on suspicion that he might have made a series of hoax bomb calls Tuesday. The suspect, Kanta Prasad, who is of Gorakhpur area of Uttar Pradesh and is at present living at Najafgarh area, was caught from a PCO (pay-phone) booth in the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital around 4 p.m.
Bomb scare in Delhi areas, Safdarjung Hospital evacuatedSeptember 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Panic spread in the national capital Tuesday with bomb scares being reported from four crowded places -- the New Delhi Railway Station, the Safdarjung Hospital as well as the high rise Palika Kendra and Vikas Minar. The sprawling Safdarjung Hospital in south Delhi was being evacuated.
Bomb hoax in Delhi buildings, hospitals leads to panic (Second Lead)September 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Panic gripped the national capital Tuesday after an anonymous caller threatened to blow up four crowded places - the Safdarjung Hospital, Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital, the Palika Kendra and Vikas Minar. The call turned out to be a hoax, but led to chaos and traffic jams, police said.
Hoax bomb call causes panic in DelhiSeptember 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There was panic in Delhi following anonymous call that bombs were placed at three important buildings-Vikas Minar, NDMC building and Safdarjang Hospital. Police received the anonymous call at 9.30 in the morning.
Bomb scares hit Delhi institutions, thousands hit (Roundup)September 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Anonymous calls warning of bomb blasts Tuesday affected two busy Delhi Metro stations, two hospitals and three government buildings, causing panic and leading to the evacuation of thousands from some of these places. In the end, it all turned out to be one big hoax.
Jharkhand to raise 10 bomb disposal squadsSeptember 5th, 2009 RANCHI - Jharkhand will raise 10 bomb disposal squads to tackle rising threats from Maoists and other terrorist groups, a senior police official said Saturday. "Each battalion of the JAP (Jharkhand Armed Police) will have its own bomb disposal squad.
IndiGo flight grounded in Delhi after bomb threatAugust 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Kolkata-bound IndiGo flight with 126 passengers on board was grounded at the Delhi airport Wednesday after a bomb threat call. The Delhi-Kolkata flight (No 203) was grounded after a call centre of IndiGo received an anonymous call by 3.30 p.m.
Bomb hoax at New York airportAugust 1st, 2009 NEW YORK - Flights in many parts of the US were disrupted after New York's La Guadia airport was put out of action for three hours Saturday following a bomb threat apparently by a drunk man. Police said the man claimed to have a bomb in his bag and threatened security staff.
IndiGo flight passenger's hoax creates midair scareJuly 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A passenger on board an IndiGo Airlines flight from Delhi to Mumbai created a scare Thursday when he falsely claimed there was a bomb in the aircraft and asked the crew to divert the plane to Pakistan. According to a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) official, the passenger, later identified as Sanjay Malik, created panic at around 11.45 a.m.
Hoax bomb call at Ashok HotelJuly 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A call to the police Thursday claiming a bomb had been placed in the Ashok Hotel here turned out to be a hoax, police said. An unidentified man called the Chanakyapuri police station around 9:45 a.m., saying that there was a bomb in the five-star hotel, a police officer said.
Delhi government for energy efficient buildingsJuly 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi government will promote energy efficient buildings with white roof and CFL bulbs. Starting from its secretariat, the Delhi government will undertake a slew of measures to conserve power in buildings under its jurisdiction.
Bomb scare on Air India declared hoaxApril 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An Air India aircraft fell victim to a scare Wednesday after a man in Mumbai called the arline call centre and said a bomb was placed on it. The aircraft was later thoroughly searched and declared as safe to fly.
Bomb hoax calls delay Delhi-Lucknow Shatabdi ExpressFebruary 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two bomb hoax calls delayed the New Delhi-Lucknow Shatabdi Express for more than an hour Wednesday. The first call came to the New Delhi railway station at around 4 a.m.
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