Weeks after several schools in the national capital and other major Indian cities reported receiving bomb hoax emails, at least four hospitals in Delhi received bomb threat calls this morning.

The Delhi Fire Department reported that bomb threat calls have been received by the Delhi State Cancer Institute near the GTB Hospital, Dada Dev Hospital in Dabri, Hedgewar Hospital, and Deep Chandra Bandhu Hospital. The fire department stated that the calls are being investigated.

The list also included two government hospitals, Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Mangolpuri and Burari Government Hospital, which received similar emails. However, the Delhi Police has launched investigation in this matter.

A number of bomb hoaxes have been recorded in recent weeks, coinciding with nationwide security increases due to the upcoming elections.

On May 1, hoax bomb emails were sent to almost 100 schools in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), frightening parents and school administrators.

Email bomb threats were sent to seven schools in Ahmedabad on May 6. Sources said that servers bearing Russian IP addresses were used to send the emails. However, bomb disposal squads searched and discovered nothing suspicious.

On Sunday, several addresses, including major hospitals in the city, as well as the Delhi airport received emails containing similar bomb threats. It was later discovered that the threats were false.

Four Jaipur schools got bomb threats via email yesterday. The youngsters were sent home right away, and sniffer dogs and the explosives squad were sent in.

The email was referred to as a hoax in an official statement by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi died at the age of 72 on Monday. In April of this year, Sushil Kumar Modi revealed that he was suffering with illness and that, as a result, he would not contest for the Lok Sabha in 2024.

A close friend of former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi, Union Minister Ashwini Choubey, broke down in tears as he paid tribute to the deceased. He conveyed his profound sorrow, saying he has lost a brother.

Choubey said on Tuesday in a self-made video, Sushil Kumar Modi ji was just not his friend, he was his family. He has lost his brother today, he said. Choubey also said,  Sushil Modi was constantly by his side, encouraging him and offering advice when he needed it. Choubey used to chastise him too sometimes, but he never seemed to mind. Ashwini Choubey said he never would have thought that Ihe would also have to witness this day.

Speaking about Sushil Modi, Aswhini Choubey further said, he was an exceptionally courteous leader. He used to tell him, Choubey ji, yeh mujhe lagta hai ki daat diya uss aadmi ko, whenever he was upset with someone. Choubey said he has never known a politician who was more committed to his party, the BJP, than this one. He was once a computer that picked up knowledge quickly. He used to retain every piece of information, much like a computer. Choubey said,  he was knowledgeable in every discipline.

Meanwhile, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar also conveyed his sorrow at the passing of the former deputy chief minister.

The mortal remains of Sushil Modi will be brought from Delhi to Patna by a special plane and his funeral will be conducted with state honours. The Chief Minister’s Office reported that CM consoled his wife Jessie George by speaking with her on the phone.

From 2005 until 2013 and again from 2017 to 2020, Sushil Modi served as Bihar’s deputy chief minister.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers at Dashashwamedh Ghat on the banks of the Ganga river in Varanasi before filling his nomination from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat on Tuesday in Uttar Pradesh. Today also marks the auspicious day of Ganga Saptami and the prime minister also participated in prayers and performed the Ganga Aarti at the Ghat.

PM Modi is the sitting MP and BJP’s candiatate and will file his nomination papers from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, from where he has secured wins with large margins for the last 2 terms. PM Modi will also offer prayers at Kal Bhairav Temple before filing his nomination.

The prime minister is seeking a 3rd term and hoping for a record margin. Varanasi goes in for elections on June 1 in the last phase of the Lok sabha elections. Security has been tightened outside the office of the District Magistrate in Varanasi ahead of PM Modi’s nomination.

Ahead of the nomination, BJP took to X and posted in hindi on X that the temple town of Kashi is once again ready to send its servant (PM Modi) to the Parliament. PM Modi said that he had neither come here nor has anyone sent him here, Maa Ganga had called him. This relationship between Kashi, Kashi residents and the Chief Servant is one of development, trust and affection. Kashi is once again ready to send its beloved chief servant to the parliament by winning him with record votes.

The prime minister also posted on X about his association with the city. He wrote that his relationship with Kashi is amazing, inseparable and incomparable. All he could say is that it cannot be expressed in words! Voting in Varanasi will take place on 1st June in the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections.