Today's Cancelled Trains
Bomb scare at New Delhi Railway station; many trains halted, some diverted
New Delhi: Several trains were delayed and some were diverted after a bomb scare at New Delhi Railway station on Sunday morning. According to reports, the Railway Board was informed by Mumbai ATS after latter received an e-mail threatening of bomb blast on Delhi-Kanpur train.
Several Kanpur-bound trains were evacuated and checked at New Delhi or neighbouring stations. Lucknow Shatabdi Express was evacuated at Ghaziabad and is being checked. Neelanchal Express was cleared to depart after a proper check
In its letter to the New Delhi Railway Station officials, Delhi Police asked them to thoroughly check and sanitise all the trains between New Delhi and Kanpur before letting them depart. The letter says that the sender has threatened to explode the trains within next 72 hours
At least four terrorists, suspected to be from Pakistan, were killed in a gunfight that lasted nearly 15 hours after they breached a high-security security perimeter and entered a frontline Indian Air Force (IAF) base near Pathankot town in northern Punjab early on Saturday to carry out a Fidayeen attack.
A tweet by Home Minister Rajnath Singh had said five terrorists had been killed in the operation. This was later withdrawn. Prior to the initial tweet, the number of terrorists killed had been placed at four. Also read: Fidayeen attack on Pathankot air base foiled, all terrorists killed, 3 jawans martyred
Police sources said that at least three IAF security personnel were killed and four others were injured in the terror attack that started around 3.30 am. The counter offensive lasted nearly 15 hours
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