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Hans India
16-07-2025
- Hans India
Wave Of Hoax Bomb Threats Disrupts Delhi Educational Institutions For Third Straight Day
A series of false bomb alerts continued to terrorize Delhi's educational landscape on Wednesday, marking the third consecutive day of disruptions as five more schools received threatening emails. The ongoing pattern has now affected a total of ten schools and one college across the capital, prompting extensive security operations and student evacuations. The latest wave of threats targeted prominent educational institutions including St. Thomas School in Dwarka, Vasant Valley School in Vasant Kunj, Mother's International School in Hauz Khas, Richmond Global School in Paschim Vihar, and Sardar Patel Vidyalaya in Lodi Estate. Notably, St. Thomas School received its second threat in as many days, having been targeted the previous day as well. Delhi Police confirmed that all the threatening emails, which arrived around 8 am on Wednesday morning, have been declared hoax communications. However, standard security protocols required comprehensive searches of all affected premises. The emails contained alarming claims about explosive devices being planted on school campuses, necessitating immediate emergency responses. Emergency response teams comprising Delhi Fire Service personnel, local police units, and specialized bomb detection and disposal squads were deployed rapidly to each threatened location. Students who had already arrived at school were promptly evacuated and relocated outside the premises while their families received immediate notification about the situation. A senior police official detailed the coordinated response effort, explaining how alerts were received early in the morning from multiple schools regarding the threatening emails. Specialized teams from the bomb detection and disposal squad worked alongside special cell officials to conduct thorough investigations. Despite extensive searches, no suspicious items or substances were discovered at any of the targeted institutions. The pattern of threats began on Monday when Navy School in Chanakyapuri, CRPF School in Dwarka, and a Rohini-based educational institution received similar threatening communications. Tuesday saw St. Thomas School and St. Stephen's College facing evacuation after receiving comparable threats, both of which were subsequently determined to be false alarms. Law enforcement agencies are actively investigating the source of these threatening communications but have not yet identified the perpetrator responsible for the systematic targeting of Delhi's educational institutions. The investigation involves analyzing digital footprints and email metadata to trace the origin of these disruptive messages. The disruption prompted Sardar Patel Vidyalaya to issue a comprehensive communication to parents explaining the situation and the institution's response. The school's message informed families that due to the potential bomb threat received that morning and following police advice, the school would remain closed for the day while bomb disposal squads conducted complete sanitization of the premises. The school's communication provided detailed instructions for parents, explaining pickup procedures for students who travel independently and arrangements for those using school transportation services. The institution assured parents that regular updates would be provided as the situation developed. These repeated threats have created significant anxiety among parents, students, and educational staff across Delhi. The systematic nature of the threats, occurring over three consecutive days and targeting multiple institutions, suggests a coordinated effort to disrupt the educational system and create widespread panic. The incidents highlight the vulnerability of educational institutions to such threats and the substantial resources required to respond appropriately to each alert. Even though the threats have proven to be hoaxes, authorities cannot afford to treat them lightly given the potential consequences of ignoring a genuine threat. The ongoing investigation continues as authorities work to identify the perpetrator and prevent future incidents. The pattern of threats has raised concerns about the security of educational institutions and the need for enhanced protective measures to ensure student safety while maintaining normal academic operations. Educational institutions across Delhi remain on high alert as the investigation progresses, with security protocols being reviewed and strengthened to better respond to similar threats in the future.
Hindustan Times
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Delhiwale: His heap of broken images
While the sun beats, the dead tree gives no shelter, and the cricket no relief. The world is a heap of broken images. This evocation from poet TS Eliot's Waste Land can get uncomfortably personal. After all, a substantial chunk of our lives consists of a heap of unfinished fragments. We rarely reach the end of things. Our incomplete endeavours are of many types—a broken New Year resolution, an aborted love affair, or even a thing as banal as the Uber driver cancelling the ride. Here are three of citizen Arjit Roy's many untitled verses that failed to find their end. This evening, the Rohini-based poet scrolls through his mobile phone, showing the poems he couldn't complete due to various reasons, despite his best attempts. (Judgmental readers must be gently told that Arijit has already published a book of completed poems! Brave of him to share his incomplete works, instead of the other way round.) 1. The moon is cut in two equal halves tonight It is cut with such exactness Such quality Such precision That I look at the moon and wonder If a scale was used perhaps So perfect it indeed seems That the mind is forced to ask Was it possible without human touch Or is it so perfect Because of its very absence 2. Why is April The National Poetry Writing Month Is it because No other month had a say Or Nothing is more lovely Than a summer's day But not in India though Then why so Is April given this status? I think it's for the April's fool And just to look a bit more cool For only fools write poetry, that too in English in India And that too for 30 days Surely, these chaps didn't know of life's other ways MBA, Civils, NET, SSC, IIT & GATE Those who aren't really poets, can leave You aren't late 3. O Amaltas tree If I touch your lowest flower Will you also grow into me?
Hindustan Times
01-06-2025
- Hindustan Times
Street Dog-Free Delhi: To be or not to be? Residents, RWAs, animal lovers debate on ‘rehabilitation' policy
Increased instances of dog bites have led Delhi High Court to direct the city government to 'rehabilitate' community dogs. But, is this the right move? Residents of the Capital and animal lovers, activitists are yet again at warring sided ever since the news has come to the fore. Several residents, especially those who have had unpleasant encounters with aggressive stray dogs, strongly feel that this action was long overdue. 'In every RWA meeting, the issue of stray dogs comes up and it's embarrassing to know that guests who visit our neighbourhood get chased or bitten by street dogs. In just the last three months we have had two such incidents,' says Anand Goel, president, Vivek Vihar Residents Welfare Association (RWA), adding: 'We have been trying to find a solution to the dog menace for so long and this step is in the right direction. Why can't we place the strays in shelters for the betterment of both the residents and dogs?' 'Leaving aside the biting incidents, some stray dogs in my society bark all night long and are a severe noise nuisance, especially to the elderly and sick persons living here,' says Rohan Mehta, a Rohini-based entrepreneur who recently held a local movement to get rid of strays in his locality. He adds: 'I care about animals, but the grievances of residents matter equally.' For animal lovers and welfare activists, the policy for the 'rehabilitation of community dogs at an institutional level' spells a nightmare. 'It's a harsh and misguided move since relocating dogs causes them huge trauma,' opines Jigyasa Dhingra, founder, PawsInPaws. She has helped in sterilisation of over 100 dogs and feels, 'Such a drive is inhumane because many dogs get injured or even die in the process. These strays have lived their entire lives on the streets. In such a scenario, we need long-term, compassionate solutions like vaccination and mass sterilisation to curb their over population.' 'Stray dogs aren't a problem unless you make them one,' says Raunak, a second-year student at Delhi University's Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), where the issue of community dogs has been a bone of contention for long. He adds: 'Our campus dogs are our friends. Sure they act out sometimes, but that's where we step in. If every neighbourhood had a group of volunteers to check in on strays, get them vaccinated, designate their feeding zones, and get them treated whenever needed — that's enough to make it work!'
