Plane in Boston inspected after 'bomb on board' note is found in bathroomSeptember 30th, 2009 Plane in Boston inspected after bomb note foundBOSTON — Authorities say they found no bomb on a plane that was inspected at Boston's Logan Airport after a threatening note was found. The American Airlines plane and luggage were searched Wednesday by police and a dog after a note reading "Bomb on board, Boston-Miami" was found on a bathroom wall.
Michigan woman cleaning out her garage finds live pipe bomb, turns device over to policeAugust 6th, 2009 Woman cleaning out her garage finds live pipe bombPORTLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A woman made an explosive discovery while cleaning out her garage: a live pipe bomb.
Chicago detectives say suspicious package found outside Winfrey's Harpo Studios is harmlessJuly 31st, 2009 Suspicious bag outside Harpo Studios is harmlessCHICAGO — Bomb and arson detectives say a suspicious package discovered outside Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Studios in Chicago is harmless. Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak says security personnel found a dark backpack with wires hanging out of it early Friday in a flower bed near the studios.
Kansas bomb squad blasts suspicious package left at the post office, but find BibleJune 16th, 2009 Bomb squad blasts suspicious package, find BibleLEAVENWORTH, Kan. — A bomb squad used a disrupter gun to blast a suspicious package left on the counter of the Leavenworth post office, but only a Bible was found inside.
Ohio widow's donation of WWII artillery shell spurs neighborhood shutdown as bomb squad calledJune 5th, 2009 Ohio widow's donation of WWII shell spurs shutdownCOLUMBUS, Ohio — A military museum near Columbus, Ohio got more than it bargained for when the widow of a World War II veteran tried to donate an artillery shell. Officials evacuated six businesses and temporarily shut down a road Thursday as firefighters, police and a bomb squad checked out the 18-inch long shell.
13-year-old beaten to death for plucking mangoesMay 4th, 2009 PATNA - A 13-year-old boy was beaten to death for allegedly plucking mangoes from an orchard in a Bihar village, police said Monday. Ravi Panda was beaten to death Sunday evening in Bakshaghat near Purnia town, about 400 km from here.
Bomb scare aboard Air India flight, man arrestedApril 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An Air India aircraft had a bomb scare Wednesday after a man in Mumbai called the airline and said a bomb was placed on it, an official said, adding that the plane was being searched and all passengers were safe. All passengers were moved out of the aircraft as soon as it landed at Jaipur airport and a bomb disposal squad took over the plane, an airline spokesman said.
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.
Hoax bomb call at Bagdogra airportApril 17th, 2009 SILIGURI - The security forces at Bagdogra airport in West Bengal were thrown into a tizzy when a caller claimed that a bomb had been planted in an Indian Airlines flight, the police said Friday. A man called the airport and said a bomb was planted in the Guwahati-Bagdogra-Delhi Indian Airlines flight number 879 that was scheduled to land here around 3 p.m.
Hoax bomb call at Kolkata airportMarch 20th, 2009 KOLKATA - A hoax bomb call at the international airport's cargo department here created panic Thursday, officials said. 'An anonymous call came at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport around 4.45 p.m.
Bomb hoax at Chandigarh bus terminusMarch 13th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - An anonymous call threatening of a bomb blast at the Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT) in Sector-17, the commercial hub of Chandigarh, kept police busy for about two hours but it turned out to be hoax. According to police, an unidentified man called up the fire brigade emergency number (101) and said he had planted a bomb at the ISBT.
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.
Raipur airport to be upgradeed with Rs.1.36 bn investmentFebruary 21st, 2009 RAIPUR - The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will invest Rs.1.36 billion for construction of a new integrated terminal at the Raipur airport, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said here Friday. 'The AAI will be investing Rs.136 crore (Rs.1.36 billion) for a new integrated terminal at Raipur airport to make it an international-standard airport,' Patel said here at a function to lay the foundation stone for the new terminal building.
Noida doesn't have a bomb disposal squadJanuary 25th, 2009 NOIDA - Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Budh Nagar, where two suspected Pakistani terrorists were killed early Sunday in a shoot-out with the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and weapons and explosives including lethal RDX seized, does not have a bomb disposal squad of its own. Noida, the headquarters of the district, is adjacent to New Delhi.
Bomb threat at Kolkata Metro station, security tightenedDecember 23rd, 2008 KOLKATA - Security has been stepped up at all the 17 Metro stations here after the city police received a tip-off about a possible bomb blast at one of the stations Wednesday, officials said. 'We have received information from a reliable source Wednesday afternoon that there will be a bomb blast at one of the 17 Metro stations by today (Wednesday) night,' Police Commissioner Gautam Mohan Chakraborty told IANS in the evening.