New Delhi, May 2 -- The school authorities sprung into action and took several measures on Wednesday morning to ensure that a panic-like situation is not created following about 131 schools in Delhi-NCR receiving bomb threats via an email. While the threat letters were received by the schools as early as 4 am in the morning, parents were only informed later to pick up their wards from the school.

However, from not informing students about a threat, the school authorities buckled up and gave minute-by-minute updates to parents about their wards. Schools in Delhi-NCR also took several measures to ensure that there was no panic-like situation due to a hoax e-mail received by them. While many schools said they were able to carry out a swift ev...