Terror scare at girls' college in Rawalpindi, building evacuated

According to The Dawn, shots were heard as police exchanged fire with car thieves, Regional Police Officer Fakhar Sultan said.

Army personnel, Elite Forces commandos, members of the Bomb Disposal Squad reached the school to secure the area and the building was cleared.

Parents rushed to the school to collect their children after the firing.

Schools in the area have been closed for the day and are on alert after the incident. 

Delhi airport receives a threat call - `Someone from Amritsar present at IGI airport is a terrorist`

The call was later declared as "non-specific" by the Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC), airport sources said.

Flight operations during this period were unaffected, they said.

"At around 2.30 am, the call centre of the Indira Gandhi International Airport received an anonymous call saying that someone from Amritsar present at the airport was a terrorist. The information was immediately passed on to the airport authorities as well as all the aviation security agencies," the sources said.

The BTAC was formed to assess the threat, they said, adding, security agencies carried out an extensive screening of the people at the airport.

The BTAC declared the call as "non-specific" at around 3.30 am, the sources said.