Chennai Bomb Threat

A few private schools in the city received a bomb threat via email early on Wednesday, police said and appealed to the public not to panic.

A Mumbai-bound IndiGo flight from Chennai received a bomb threat message on Tuesday, but it landed safely here, an airport source said.

Five major airports - Chennai and Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, Patna in Bihar, Vadodara in Gujarat, and Jaipur in Rajasthan - were among 41 that received bomb warning e-mails Tuesday in a worrying uptick of similar threats to schools and hospitals.

The departure of a Dubai-bound flight from Chennai International Airport was delayed today following a hoax bomb threat, police said.

A few schools in the Greater Chennai City Police limits received bomb threat e-mails on Thursday from an anonymous person, said police.

The office of the Director General of Police, Tamil Nadu on Wednesday received an e-mail claiming that 'bombs' have been 'planted in 30 spots' in Chennai, an official said.

A drunk man who wanted to prevent his family members from travelling out of the country on Saturday made a hoax bomb threat to a Dubai-bound private carrier, only to land in the police net.

A bomb threat by a suspected woman caller to the airport here on Monday turned out to be a hoax, after security personnel launched a thorough search, officials said.

Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed has threatened bomb attacks at several railway stations in Mumbai, Chennai and Bengaluru, the police said on Sunday.

A bomb threat to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami's residence in Tamil Nadu's Chennai on Monday turned out to be a hoax and a 23 year-old "mentally disturbed" man was detained in this connection, police said.

Chennai airport officials were put on high alert following a bomb threat call to an airline, hours before the arrival of the vice president and defence minister to the Tamil Nadu capital.

At least fifteen schools in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore shut down for the day after one school in the city received a bomb threat call which later turned out to be a hoax.

Several schools in Chennai declared holiday today after two of them received a bomb threat call.

In Chennai, the Office of DGP and Chennai Press Club have received a letter allegedly sent by terror outfit Islamic State (IS, or ISIS) threatening to "shoot" at least 10 RSS activists in state and carry out bomb blasts in the city next week, prompting police to launch a probe.

A Kendriya Vidyalaya school in Chennai has been provided police security after it received an anonymous letter today threatening that a bomb would be hurled inside if 'Sanskrit Week' celebrations are held.

A few private schools in the city received a bomb threat via email early on Wednesday, police said and appealed to the public not to panic.

A Mumbai-bound IndiGo flight from Chennai received a bomb threat message on Tuesday, but it landed safely here, an airport source said.

Five major airports - Chennai and Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, Patna in Bihar, Vadodara in Gujarat, and Jaipur in Rajasthan - were among 41 that received bomb warning e-mails Tuesday in a worrying uptick of similar threats to schools and hospitals.

The departure of a Dubai-bound flight from Chennai International Airport was delayed today following a hoax bomb threat, police said.

A few schools in the Greater Chennai City Police limits received bomb threat e-mails on Thursday from an anonymous person, said police.

The office of the Director General of Police, Tamil Nadu on Wednesday received an e-mail claiming that 'bombs' have been 'planted in 30 spots' in Chennai, an official said.

A drunk man who wanted to prevent his family members from travelling out of the country on Saturday made a hoax bomb threat to a Dubai-bound private carrier, only to land in the police net.

A bomb threat by a suspected woman caller to the airport here on Monday turned out to be a hoax, after security personnel launched a thorough search, officials said.

Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed has threatened bomb attacks at several railway stations in Mumbai, Chennai and Bengaluru, the police said on Sunday.

A bomb threat to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami's residence in Tamil Nadu's Chennai on Monday turned out to be a hoax and a 23 year-old "mentally disturbed" man was detained in this connection, police said.

Chennai airport officials were put on high alert following a bomb threat call to an airline, hours before the arrival of the vice president and defence minister to the Tamil Nadu capital.

At least fifteen schools in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore shut down for the day after one school in the city received a bomb threat call which later turned out to be a hoax.

Several schools in Chennai declared holiday today after two of them received a bomb threat call.

In Chennai, the Office of DGP and Chennai Press Club have received a letter allegedly sent by terror outfit Islamic State (IS, or ISIS) threatening to "shoot" at least 10 RSS activists in state and carry out bomb blasts in the city next week, prompting police to launch a probe.

A Kendriya Vidyalaya school in Chennai has been provided police security after it received an anonymous letter today threatening that a bomb would be hurled inside if 'Sanskrit Week' celebrations are held.