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Topic: Bomb threat

Why Italian jets escorted Delhi-bound American Airlines plane diverted to Rome after ‘bomb threat’

Italian Air Force intercepted Boeing plane carrying 199 passengers plus crew as part of 24x7 national airspace surveillance, integrated with NATO air defence system. The jets were armed.

‘Fear of the unknown’: In Delhi, panic persists with recurrent hoax bomb threats to schools

With frequent bomb threat emails to several schools this year, parents rue mismanagement by schools & lack of efforts by Delhi govt. Schools admit dealing with the emergency is difficult.

No headway into who sent hoax calls to Indian airlines

New Delhi: Efforts and analysis of security agencies to trace preparators of hoax call threats have fallen flat. A senior official said that several teams...

22 incidents of hoax bomb threats to Indian airlines this week. What we know so far

Mumbai Police have lodged 5 cases so far, Delhi Police have registered 8. No arrests yet, but a minor and a 32-year-old shop owner from Chhattisgarh have been detained.

14-yr-old who sent hoax bomb threat to school was ‘hoping for a holiday’, apprehended by Delhi Police

Summer Fields School in GK-I was evacuated, searched after authorities discovered the email. The boy mentioned 2 other schools in email to make threat seem more genuine, it is learnt.

Delhi’s North Block on high alert after bomb threat mail

According to officials, search operations were underway, but nothing suspicious had been found so far.

Tihar jail latest target of email bomb threats after Delhi-NCR schools, hospitals & airport

Emails with bomb threats earlier targeted 8 hospitals, over 100 schools, and Indira Gandhi International Airport. Nothing suspicious has been found in any of the cases.

60-yr-old Imrana held for ‘dealing bombs’ in Muzaffarnagar, family refutes cops’ 2013 riots theory

Imrana was arrested on basis of statement by man who claimed he was on his way to her house to deliver IEDs. Her family says rioters burnt down their house in 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots.

‘Not letting our guard down,’ says Karnataka govt after Bengaluru schools get bomb threats again

Students were evacuated and extensive searches were carried out by bomb squads in several private schools across the Karnataka capital Friday morning.

Delhi Public School, Mathura Road gets bomb threat on mail, search reveals nothing suspicious

Earlier this month, The Indian Public School in the capital got a similar threat.

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Cautious optimism — India’s new relationship with Tarique Rahman’s Bangladesh

Both Bangladesh and India will have to work together to repair the damage done during the Yunus administration.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.