Bomb Threat

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The Department of Justice said Timothy Vaughn of Winston-Salem, North Carolina was a member of the Apophis Squad, a collective of hackers intent on using the internet to sow chaos. (Photo: AP)

Man pleads guilty to making false bomb threats to schools in US, Britain

A co-defendant, 19-year-old George Duke-Cohan of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, is currently serving a prison sentence in Britain.

26 Nov 2019 3:16 PM

A 24-year old M Tech student was on Wednesday arrested for allegedly sending an email threatening to blow up the Hyderabad international airport, police said. (Representational Image)

‘Jealous’ of friend travelling abroad, Hyd man sends bomb threat, arrested

Shashikanth had earlier tried to get his friend's visa cancelled by sending fake mails to Canadian authorities, the police said.

05 Sep 2019 12:26 PM

Air India flight makes emergency landing in London following 'bomb threat'

Further details awaited.

27 Jun 2019 3:26 PM

Operations at the Mumbai airport are already shut due to ongoing runway maintenance and repairing work, which commenced on February 7. (Representational Image)

Mumbai airport receives bomb threat call; part of T2 evacuated

A Mumbai airport official said security teams were carrying out searches in the premises.

02 Mar 2019 4:02 PM

The IndiGo aircraft was taken to isolated bay for secondary ladder point check after Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) found threat as 'specific'. Later, security agencies declared the plane 'safe'. (Representational Image)

Lucknow-bound IndiGo flight grounded in Mumbai after bomb threat

A woman travelling to Delhi on Go Air flight approached IndiGo check-in counter and informed there was bomb in IndiGo's 6E 3612 flight.

15 Dec 2018 10:56 AM

After hours of sweeping of the structure, there was no word of explosives found at the Facebook campus.

Bomb threat at Facebook, campus evacuated

A bomb threat prompted authorities on Tuesday to evacuate the headquarters of Facebook Inc near San Francisco.

12 Dec 2018 10:01 AM

The accused had purchased Bitcoins worth USD 3,000 but someone cheated him in the process, following which he lodged a complaint with the FBI in the United States, but did not get a desired response. (Representational image)

UP man cheated in bitcoin scam, threatens to blow up Miami airport; arrested

'I will come with AK-47, grenade, suicide belt and kill everyone,' the man said in his calls.

03 Nov 2018 3:00 PM

The bomb threat to IndiGo Jaipur-Mumbai flight was analysed and was classified as a 'specific bomb threat'. Representational Image (Photo: File/PTI)

Mystery caller warns of bomb in airborne Jaipur-Mumbai IndiGo flight

Investigations found the bomb threat call to Jaipur-Mumbai IndiGo flight to be essentially a hoax.

19 Jun 2018 11:27 AM

A bomb disposal team and a dog squad have found nothing suspicious so far at the market in the heart of the national capital. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Delhi Police gets bomb threat call from Khan Market, sweeps into action

A bomb threat call at Delhi's elite Khan Market shopping area, early on Friday morning has left Delhi Police sweep into action.

15 Dec 2017 9:56 AM

Harrowed passengers of Jet Airways flight 9W 339 at the Ahmedabad airport. (Photo: PTI)

Man plants threat note in Jet toilet

One top Government source said Birju had told authorities he was also thinking about plans to start an airline.

31 Oct 2017 12:58 AM

Fire engines arrive and High Court premises being evacuated. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Hoax bomb threat at Delhi HC sends cops into tizzy

Further details are awaited.

17 Aug 2017 1:00 PM

The aircraft was flying on the Delhi-Jodhpur-Jaipur sector. The passenger was handed over to authorities at Jodhpur for his misbehaviour and threat.

Jodhpur: Air India passenger held for bomb threat

All passengers were asked to alight from the aircraft at Jodhpur, following which it was thoroughly searched by authorities as per rules.

07 Aug 2017 1:32 AM

Malaysia Airlines traveller threatens to blow up plane, flight returns to Melbourne

A 25-year-old Sri Lankan man attempted to enter the cockpit clutching an electronic device and created panic among passengers.

01 Jun 2017 11:01 AM

Manchester sees spike in hate crimes after attack

From a daily average of 28, the number shot up to 56 by the middle of this week, Greater Manchester Police said.

28 May 2017 7:13 AM

The bomb threat against Lexington’s Masjid Bilal was received through the mail on Saturday from Sheffield, England, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said in a Facebook post. (Representational Image/ AP)

US: 5 mosques get intimidating messages, including a bomb threat

A mosque in Lexington, Kentucky, stepped up security following a bomb threat it received this weekend.

09 Mar 2017 7:51 AM

Port Authority spokesman Steve Coleman says Lufthansa Flight 441 was heading from Houston, Texas, to Frankfurt, Germany, Monday night when a threat was called in to the airline's corporate headquarters in Cologne (kuh-LOHN'), Germany. (Photo: Representational Image)

Flight diverted to New York airport due to bomb threat

The plane was taken to a remote area of the airport where 530 passengers and crew were evacuated.

13 Dec 2016 12:12 PM

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