Deralakatte: Kanachur hospital receives bomb threat
Mangaluru (PTI): A bomb threat call made to a private medical college hospital here caused panic on Wednesday, prompting an emergency response from the police and bomb disposal squad.
The threat call was later confirmed to be a hoax.
According to officials, an unidentified caller made a threat over the phone to Kanachur Medical College near Deralakatte in Ullal taluk, claiming that a bomb had been planted on the premises. The college comes under Konaje police station limits.
Authorities immediately evacuated people from the hospital and informed the bomb detection and disposal squad (BDDS), who came along with sniffer dogs and personnel from the local police force.
After a thorough search lasting several hours, no explosives were found, and the threat was declared false.
Konaje police have registered a case and launched an investigation to trace the caller.
Preliminary investigation has suggested that the call was made from a mobile phone, and technical teams are now examining call records to identify the source, a senior police officer said.
Police officials said stringent action would be taken against those involved, noting that bomb hoaxes are a serious offence under Indian law and can cause unnecessary panic and disruption, especially in critical healthcare settings.
Kanachur Medical College is one of the key medical institutions in the region, located in coastal Dakshina Kannada district, which
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Rupee declines 27 paise to 90.95 against US dollar in early trade
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee depreciated 27 paise to 90.95 against the US dollar in early trade on Friday, weighed down by a strong American currency and higher crude oil prices due to the escalated geopolitical tension.
A selling rush in domestic equities further pressured the Indian currency, forex traders said.
At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 90.94 and slipped further to trade at 90.95 against the greenback in early deals, losing 27 paise from its previous closing level.
The rupee rose 4 paise to settle at 90.68 against the US dollar on Wednesday. The currency exchange markets were closed on Thursday on account of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti.
Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.04 per cent higher at 97.89.
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, was trading 0.14 per cent higher at USD 71.77 per barrel in futures trade.
Analysts attributed the strengthening dollar and crude prices to heightened tension between the US and Iran, with both countries signalling they are prepared for war if talks on Tehran's nuclear programme fizzle out.
On the domestic equity market front, Sensex fell 150.35 points to 82,347.79 in early trade while the Nifty declined 35.15 points to 25,419.20.
On Thursday, foreign institutional investors offloaded equities worth Rs 880.49 crore, according to exchange data.
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