On May 7, the government conducted the first civil defence exercise across the country. While the announcement was made a few days earlier amid heightened tensions with Pakistan in the wake of the ...

Mock Drill Highlights: Civil defence exercises, as part of 'Operation Shield' were conducted on Saturday in states and Union territories adjoining the western border – from Jammu and Kashmir to ...

The civil defence mock drills, under the banner of Operation Shield, conducted by District Administrations in collaboration with SDRF and Civil Defence, aimed at strengthening the preparedness for ...

Operation Shield, a large-scale civil defence exercise ... emergency preparedness amidst ongoing geopolitical tensions with Pakistan. The initiative, launched at the directive of the Union ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist ...

following the nationwide exercise that took place on May 7 in the wake of heightened tensions between India and Pakistan. The states and UTs where civil mock defence drills will take place include ...

The Haryana government will conduct a major statewide Civil Defence Exercise, "Operation Shield", on May 31, across all 22 districts to enhance the state's emergency preparedness and response ...

DOHA: The famous headquarters of the Civil Defence Department in Wadi Al Sail have moved to a new state-of-the-art five-storey facility, next to the Al Ahli Hospital. The Chairman of the ...

As someone who has lived through three wars with India in 1965, 1971 and then the recent conflict in 2025 I was a little surprised that the role of Civil Defence organization which used to be very ...

The high-alert drills, aimed at testing India’s readiness against aerial threats such as air raids, missile strikes, and drone attacks, will now be conducted across vulnerable states and Union ...

The states of Punjab and Haryana will conduct state-wide civil defence exercise on Saturday ... Operation Sindoor targeted terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and ...