India, Jan. 29 -- The Punjab and Haryana civil secretariat in Sector 1 and the mini-secretariat in Sector 9 in Chandigarh, the joint capital of the two states, were evacuated on Thursday morning after authorities received a bomb threat via email.

The incident comes a day after 30 schools across Chandigarh received similar threats via emails. While those threats were declared hoaxes after a thorough search, the police are maintaining high vigil.

Police said the threat at the civil secretariat and mini-secretariat was reported around 9.30am on Thursday, leading to the temporary suspension of administrative work across both major government hubs.

After a message was received on the official email address of the Haryana civil secretariat, ...