Amid a barrage of bomb threats received by airlines over the past few days, the Union Ministry of Electronics and IT today blasted social media platform X (formerly Twitter) through which many of these hoaxes were circulated.

The Indian government is working on a new law to punish those spreading the menace of hoax bomb threat calls, which disrupt the flight schedules of airlines and cause massive inconvenience to thousand

Indian airlines have been targeted with more than 100 hoax bomb threats in the last week, affecting the global aviation network both across the country and beyond its shores. The threats, mostly made via the social media platform X (formerly Twitter),

India vowed to punish those responsible for hoax bomb threats that have disrupted dozens of flights and caused airlines huge financial losses.

At least 79 flights operated by Indian carriers received bomb threats between Monday night and Tuesday, India Today reported. During this period, 23 flights from IndiGo, 23 from Air India, 21 from Vistara and 12 from Akasa received such threats. This took the total number of bomb threats received by airlines to 169 since October 14.

KOCHI: As the incidents of bomb threats continued to be reported across the country, two flights from Kochi were targeted on Tuesday. The bomb threats to IndiGo

Bomb threats are causing disruptions, diversions and delays for scores of flights on multiple Indian airlines. Indian authorities said they were looking to increase punishments for perpetrators.

More than 70 fake bomb threats have been made against flights operated by multiple Indian airlines this week, Indian media reported Sunday, sparking fear among passengers and global delays.The global impact of delays and diversions has been heavy on airline schedules and costs.

India's aviation minister said Monday he wanted to tighten laws after more than 90 fake bomb threats against Indian airlines in the past week triggered travel chaos and terror.

Last week’s Air India bomb scare, which left hundreds of passengers stranded for 18 hours, has prompted a review into how Iqaluit International Airport can better handle emergencies, including bomb threats.

The string of bomb scares targeting domestic airlines continued on Tuesday, with 13 Air India flights receiving threat messages. Yesterday, 30 domestic and international flights operated by Indian airlines received bomb threats ,