India, May 10 -- Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Saturday issued an advisory to all media channels to refrain from using Civil Defence Air Raid Sirens sounds in their programmes other than community awareness drives.

The MHA order comes amid escalating India-Pakistan tensions and drone attacks by the latter towards Indian territory, prompting authorities to issue air raid sirens and blackouts for the safety of the public.

Pakistan has been launching drones and missiles in the aftermath of the military strikes India carried out at terror infrastructures there under 'Operation Sindoor', which came in response to the April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, a strike in which terrorists linked to Pakistan were found t...