Princeton University evacuated its sprawling campus in New Jersey on Tuesday after receiving a bomb threat to multiple buildings, the latest of threats that have disrupted schools, government buildings and air travel across the country the past two days.
"This is NOT a test. There has been a bomb threat to multiple unspecified campus buildings," the university tweeted about 10:30 am.
The threat came a week after Princeton's commencement, and a university spokesman said about 6,900 people were on campus, half of them university staff.
A Southwest Airlines flight bound for Texas from Los Angeles with 143 passengers aboard was forced to land in Phoenix on Monday after a telephoned bomb threat. Early on Tuesday, Richmond International Airport in Virginia was evacuated after a threatening phone call, but a sweep of the airport located no dangers, officials said....
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07:47 AM, Jun 12, 2013
Prague: Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas declared a state of emergency for most of the nation on Sunday as swollen rivers caused by days of heavy rain threatened Prague's historic centre and forced evacuations from low-lying areas. Prague authorities limited public transport and planned to close underground stations in the centre of the city as water from the Vltava River overflowed into picturesque areas popular with tourists. The main train...
12:21 AM, Jun 04, 2013
Santiago: Chilean and Argentine authorities on Monday declared a red alert and ordered the mandatory evacuation of a 25-km (15.5-mile) radius around the active Copahue volcano, which straddles the border between the two Andean nations. The volcano - located some 500 km (310 miles) south of capital Santiago, between Chile's Bio Bio region and Argentina's Neuquen province - has seen increasing seismic activity in recent weeks but has not erupted,...
06:48 AM, May 28, 2013
Washington: Reporters and photographers were temporarily evacuated from the West Wing of the White House on Saturday morning as an electrical problem set off a smoke alarm. The First Family was not affected, a White House official said. "Early this morning, an electrical transformer near the West Wing malfunctioned and set off a smoke alarm in the West Wing. The transformer problem was quickly resolved," the official said. "Electricity and...
08:40 PM, May 11, 2013
A considerable number of Delhi University Faculty members want the newly-introduced four-year undergraduate course to be scrapped while the administration wants to go ahead with the new format. Satish Deshpande, Sociology professor, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University, joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on what the major points of disagreement are. Q. Personally, what do you feel will benefit the students? Asked by: Saurav Tiwari A. What will benefit...
05:08 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Chandigarh: Savitri Jindal, said to be India's richest woman, was on Friday asked by the Punjab and Haryana High Court to vacate within 15 days her government accommodation, which she had been occupying unauthorisedly. The court said that if Jindal failed to vacate the government bungalow within the stipulated time, the estate officer here would complete eviction proceedings within six weeks. Jindal, a legislator of the ruling Congress in Haryana...
02:50 AM, Apr 27, 2013
Paris' iconic Eiffel Tower was evacuated on Saturday after a bomb scare. Hundreds of people were visiting the site when France's anti-terrorism police made the decision to evacuate it. ...
09:25 AM, Mar 31, 2013
The Tamil horror movie will also feature actors Monal Gajjar, Shraddha Das and Prabhu in key roles. ...
06:44 PM, Mar 01, 2013
An 11-year-old girl brought a hand grenade to her class in an Australian school for a 'show and tell' activity on Wednesday, prompting evacuation of over 500 students and teachers. Police were called to Hunter Christian School in Sydney after a teacher discovered the girl had brought a "pineapple" hand grenade, a model of weapon used in the World War-II and the Vietnam War. ...
11:45 AM, Dec 05, 2012
Count Dracula, a vampire set in Victorian-era England, was immortalized by writer Bram Stoker in 1897 in his book 'Dracula'. Though he was not the first one to invent the concept of the mythical undead, he gave a modern interpretation to the lore of bloodsuckers. According to popular opinion, Stoker's Dracula was said to be Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia who was also called Vlad the Impaler upon his death....
02:59 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Los Angeles: The desk where Bram Stoker wrote his famed 1897 book "Dracula" is going up for auction next month after having been restored and turned into a work of art, auction company Profiles in History said. The desk, which will be auctioned off by the California company on December 15 and 16, has had a long history, which, over the past century, has left it battered, with missing drawers...
11:47 AM, Nov 08, 2012
New Delhi: November 8, 2012 is the 165th birth anniversary of Bram Stoker (Abraham Stoker) and Google has posted a doodle inspired by the Irish author's most famous work - 'Dracula'. The lettering of the word Google on the Bram Stoker books doodle is inspired by the cover of the first edition of 'Dracula' published in 1897. In tune with the plot of the novel, the doodle has an eerie...
08:04 AM, Nov 08, 2012
New York: New York and New Jersey ordered the evacuation of nursing homes and low-lying coastal areas already devastated by deadly Superstorm Sandy as a smaller but still powerful Nor'easter approached from the Atlantic Ocean. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg closed parks and beaches and temporarily halted outdoor construction ahead of the storm, which was pelting the Washington area with ice pellets on Wednesday and whipping up seas as...
10:50 PM, Nov 07, 2012
New Delhi: November 8, 2012 is the 165th birth anniversary of Bram Stoker (Abraham Stoker) and Google has posted a doodle inspired by the Irish author's most famous work - 'Dracula'. The lettering of the word Google on the Bram Stoker doodle is inspired by the cover of the first edition of 'Dracula' published in 1897. In tune with the plot of the novel, the doodle has an eerie feel...
05:36 PM, Nov 07, 2012
New York: Sandy split New York City in two. The massive storm left people damp, miserable and in the dark in the lower part of the city. Yet in much of the rest of Manhattan, life was almost normal, albeit without some of the usual urban comforts. Almost every street below Times Square in the city's Midtown district lost power on Monday night after an explosion at a Consolidated Edison...
06:40 PM, Oct 31, 2012
This driver had a a miraculous escape while driving on the Kaluga to Kiev road in Russia on October 21. He smashed into a truck before spinning into a car, but walked away with only minor injuries according to news reports. ...
06:26 PM, Oct 31, 2012
Washington: President Barack Obama delivered a sober warning to millions in the path of Hurricane Sandy on Monday, declaring that even though food, water and generators have been moved into position, "this is going to be a difficult storm" with long-term power and transportation outages possible. In a direct appeal to those who live in harm's way, the president said, "Please listen to what your state and local officials are...
12:31 AM, Oct 30, 2012
New York: The New York Stock Exchange will close its trading floor Monday as Hurricane Sandy barrels its way up the Northeast, but Big Board trading will continue electronically. NYSE Euronext said Sunday it is putting in place its contingency plans beginning Monday and will announce later when the trading floor will reopen. The New York Mercantile Exchange, a commodity futures exchange, also will be shutting on Monday its trading...
07:18 AM, Oct 29, 2012
630..jpg "Cars wait in line on a highway over the flooded Berounka river on the outskirts of Prague.")
630.jpg "A general view of the flooded Berounka river is seen on the outskirts of Prague.")
