India, May 28 -- The civil defence exercise scheduled to be held in the states bordering Pakistan on May 29 has been postponed.

The government decided to conduct a civil defence exercise on Thursday in the states bordering Pakistan - Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir - under "Operation Shield".

However, statements released by the governments in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir said that the exercise has been postponed due to administrative reasons and that the next date for it will be issued subsequently.

On May 7, hours before Operation Sindoor, the government conducted the first civil defence exercise across the country. At the time, the ministry of home affairs had directed 244 districts t...