India, June 30 -- LUCKNOW A day after Gorakhpur airport received a hoax bomb threat ahead of President Droupadi Murmu's scheduled visit, Kanpur and Agra airports received similar threats on Monday, triggering heightened security responses across Uttar Pradesh.

This happened on a day when President Droupadi Murmu arrived in Gorakhpur, where she will grace the first convocation ceremony of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

At Kanpur airport, an anonymous email claimed that explosives had been planted on the premises. Following the alert, teams from the CISF and local police carried out a thorough search but did not find anything suspicious. "The initial investigation suggests the threat was fake. The Airports Authority ...