New Delhi, May 7 -- Aligning with the Ministry of Home Affairs' (MHA) latest directive, mock drills began across several states in India from 4 pm. As a part of the mock drill, multiple states and areas such as Mumbai, Delhi, Punjab will witness power blackouts for around 10-15 minutes.

Amid soaring tensions between India and Pakistan, earlier today, India carried launched a joint military action - Operation Sindoor - on terror hotbeds, striking nine locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Operation Sindoor comes days after the brutal Pahalgam terrorist attacks on April 22, which prompted the MHA to direct nationwide mock drills in the wake of the "new and complex threats" that have emerged lately between India and Pakistan...