Darjeeling, May 7 -- A civil defence mock drill was conducted at a school in Siliguri, West Bengal, on Wednesday, where security personnel briefed students and teachers on crisis preparedness.

Meanwhile, mock drill were also held at key locations in Maharashtra's Mumbai, including Cross Maidan and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) on Wednesday evening.

This comes after the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday instructed all states and union territories to carry out the drills to evaluate their preparedness against "new and complex threats."

The drills are being carried out across major cities, including Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Gwalior, and Jaipur, focusing on evaluating local response capabilities to security chal...