May 1, 2024 1:19 PM

Dozens of schools in Delhi-NCR evacuated after email bomb threat hoax

Dozens of schools in India's national capital region were evacuated on Wednesday after they received a bomb threat by email, police said, adding that "nothing objectionable" was found during searches of the schools. More than 50 schools in Delhi and the adjoining suburb of Noida received the threatening email, officials said, triggering panic among parents and prompting schools to send students home. The messages which arrived around 4 a.m. triggered immediate evacuations and thorough search o...