Kolkata Bomb Scare

A passing remark by a passenger led to a bomb scare at the Kolkata airport on Friday, delaying a flight to Pune by a few hours, an official said.

A suspicious object, mistaken for bomb, was detected near the railway track between Sealdah and Park Circus stations today morning that led to disruption of train services for nearly an hour, an Eastern Railway spokesman said. After examination, it was found to be a hoax, the official added. The suspicious material was removed by RPF and GRP person...

An abandoned can lying near an escalator at Rabindra Sadan station on Saturday triggered a scare as commuters suspected it to be a bomb which turned out to be a hoax, Metro Railway officials said.

A bomb disposal squad was rushed to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's office in Kolkata today after a bomb scare at West Bengal government's headquarters in Howrah.

A suspicious bag was found at a metro station in Kolkata, triggering a bomb alert.

An unclaimed bag reportedly carrying explosives was found early this morning at the Howrah railway station in Kolkata.

The over 200-year-old Writers' Building of Kolkata -- once the secretariat of the Bengal government and now undergoing renovation -- was evacuated this afternoon after a warning about a bomb attack reached the Kolkata police.

Two lunch boxes hidden in the toilets of a Jet Airways plane triggered first a bomb scare and then a smuggling probe as the tins were found to contain 12 gold bars each, a senior customs official said on Wednesday.

A suitcase found abandoned near the exit gate of the domestic terminal of the NSCB Airport in Kolkata on Tuesday created a bomb scare, Airport sources said.

An empty box lying outside the domestic terminal of the NSCB International Airport in Kolkata on Wednesday triggered a bomb scare, airport sources said.CISF personnel rushed to the spot after sighting the thermocol box in front of the terminal at 9 am.Personnel of the bomb squad opened the box and found it to be empty, the sources said. 

An unclaimed object, lying on a trolley outside the international lounge of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (NSCBI) in Kolkata threw security personnel into a tizzy on Thursday night.

A passing remark by a passenger led to a bomb scare at the Kolkata airport on Friday, delaying a flight to Pune by a few hours, an official said.

A suspicious object, mistaken for bomb, was detected near the railway track between Sealdah and Park Circus stations today morning that led to disruption of train services for nearly an hour, an Eastern Railway spokesman said. After examination, it was found to be a hoax, the official added. The suspicious material was removed by RPF and GRP person...

An abandoned can lying near an escalator at Rabindra Sadan station on Saturday triggered a scare as commuters suspected it to be a bomb which turned out to be a hoax, Metro Railway officials said.

A bomb disposal squad was rushed to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's office in Kolkata today after a bomb scare at West Bengal government's headquarters in Howrah.

A suspicious bag was found at a metro station in Kolkata, triggering a bomb alert.

An unclaimed bag reportedly carrying explosives was found early this morning at the Howrah railway station in Kolkata.

The over 200-year-old Writers' Building of Kolkata -- once the secretariat of the Bengal government and now undergoing renovation -- was evacuated this afternoon after a warning about a bomb attack reached the Kolkata police.

Two lunch boxes hidden in the toilets of a Jet Airways plane triggered first a bomb scare and then a smuggling probe as the tins were found to contain 12 gold bars each, a senior customs official said on Wednesday.

A suitcase found abandoned near the exit gate of the domestic terminal of the NSCB Airport in Kolkata on Tuesday created a bomb scare, Airport sources said.

An empty box lying outside the domestic terminal of the NSCB International Airport in Kolkata on Wednesday triggered a bomb scare, airport sources said.CISF personnel rushed to the spot after sighting the thermocol box in front of the terminal at 9 am.Personnel of the bomb squad opened the box and found it to be empty, the sources said. 

An unclaimed object, lying on a trolley outside the international lounge of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (NSCBI) in Kolkata threw security personnel into a tizzy on Thursday night.