India, May 9 -- Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday chaired a security meeting and asked state and district level administrations to set up war rooms at local levels, including housing societies in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.

Fadnavis held the high-level meeting at his official bungalow 'Varsha' along with officials from the home department, police force, intelligence cell, senior administrative officials to take stock of the preparedness in the light of conflict between India and Pakistan. The CM has also asked the administration to hold a meeting with central agencies and officials from the armed forces in the next few days.

While directing district administrations to conduct mock drills in line with the Centre'...