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Ferozepur (Punjab), April 6 The district court complexes in Ferozepur and Mohali received bomb threats via email on Monday, which later turned out to be a hoax, officials said.In Ferozepur, the threat message, received at the court's official email ID in the morning, warned that an explosive...

New Delhi, April 6 Students from Delhi University's Ramjas College and Miranda House were evacuated on Monday morning after the colleges received bomb threat emails, an official said.According to Principal of Ramjas College, Ajay Kumar Arora, the email had been sent to the college's email ID...

New Delhi, April 6 Multiple agencies rushed to the Ramjas and Miranda House colleges of Delhi University after the institutions received bomb threat emails on Monday, police said.However, they found no suspicious objects in either of the premises."Although there was no mention of a bomb in...

Gangtok, April 5 Around 800 tourists are stranded in Lachen, in the Mangan district of Sikkim, as the road connecting it to Chungthang has been closed due to a breach, officials said on Sunday.The breach occurred near the Tarum Chu bridge on the Lachen-Chungthang road, they said.The Mangan...

A total of 345 Indian fishermen who were stranded in Iran during the ongoing West Asia conflict arrived safely in Chennai yesterday evening after being evacuated through Armenia.According to the Ministry of External Affairs, the fishermen were brought back as part of India's continued efforts...

Silvassa, April 4 At least four people were killed and two were injured after a powerful explosion occurred inside a warehouse in Silvassa, in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, on Saturday morning, officials said.The explosion occurred around 9 am at M/s S K Enterprise while gas...

Jakarta, April 4 – Flooding in the Demak Regency, in Central Java province of Indonesia, has forced around 3,000 residents to evacuate, with one person reported missing, the country's National Disaster Management Agency said on Saturday.The disaster was caused by heavy rainfall in upstream...

New Delhi, April 4 – India expressed gratitude to Armenia on Saturday for facilitating the evacuation of its nationals from Iran, as efforts continue to bring back citizens amid the intensifying conflict in West Asia.The evacuation of Indian fishermen through Armenia marks another step in New...

April 03, New Delhi — Nepal continues its evacuation efforts in the wake of the West Asia crisis, bringing hundreds of citizens back from Kuwait. Authorities are arranging special flights for repatriation.A total of 318 Nepali citizens were repatriated from Kuwait on a Kuwait Airways flight...

New Delhi, April 2 A civil defense mock drill was conducted across all 13 districts of Delhi on Thursday, simulating a hostile attack scenario with air raid warnings, blackout measures, and evacuation exercises in place.The large-scale exercise, carried out by the Directorate of Civil Defence...

New Delhi/Baku, April 2: India expressed its gratitude to the government of Azerbaijan on Thursday for assisting in the evacuation of Indian nationals from Iran through its land border.Speaking at a weekly media briefing in New Delhi, spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)...

April 02, New Delhi: During an inter-ministerial briefing on Thursday regarding the West Asia crisis, officials stated that the government is taking coordinated measures to ensure energy security, trade stability, and the safety of Indian nationals abroad.Sanjay Mangal, Member (CBIC)...

April 02, New Delhi: A 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the waters off North Sulawesi and North Maluku, Indonesia, early Thursday, causing widespread damage in cities including Bitung, Manado, and Ternate.Residents reported feeling strong tremors for 10–20 seconds, which damaged furniture...

Guwahati (Assam), March 31 Two World War-II era bombs recovered from the Tinsukia district of Assam were defused on Tuesday, officials said.According to Defence Spokesperson Lt Col Mahender Rawat, a set of unexploded ordnance, including a World War II-era general-purpose bomb and an incendiary...

Srinagar, March 31 The Army rescued 34 people, including 30 students and four teachers, who were trapped in a school hostel in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday after heavy rainfall caused a sudden rise in water levels, officials said."Continuous and heavy rainfall caused...

New Delhi, March 30 – The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) issued a fact-check on Monday, rejecting certain social media posts and maps alleging the closure of fertiliser production units in the country and a potential resulting shortage threatening foodgrain availability in the next season as...

Srinagar, March 30 – A timely rescue operation on Monday helped the safe evacuation of 22 vehicles carrying tourists and other passengers after snow and a landslide blocked the Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora-Gurez road.Officials said that the Bandipora District Administration, in close...

New Delhi, March 29 Four people, including a child, were injured after they jumped from the first floor of a residential building in northeast Delhi's Gokal Puri area to escape a fire that broke out in the early hours of Sunday.The incident was reported around 2:30 am from a house in F block...

Mumbai, March 29 – In a case of a false bomb threat, a 58-year-old passenger was arrested at the Mumbai airport for allegedly causing chaos with a hoax bomb alert, police said.According to officials, the accused, Shanti Kothari, was arrested after immigration officials at Mumbai's Chhatrapati...

New Delhi, March 29 Four people, including a toddler, were injured after they jumped from the first floor of a building in northeast Delhi's Gokal Puri area to escape a fire that broke out in the early hours of Sunday, officials said.Eight people were rescued from the six-storey building that...