New Delhi, May 30 -- After the Government decided to carry out a civil defence exercise on Thursday in States and Union Territories adjoining the western border, Haryana, Rajasthan and Punjab on Wednesday postponed the scheduled mock drill. The Haryana Government on Wednesday evening said the civil defence exercise - Operation Shield - scheduled for Thursday stood postponed following the Union Home Ministry's directions.
"According to the instructions of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, the Haryana Home Department announced the postponement of the comprehensive civil defence exercise, Operation Shield, which was scheduled to be conducted on Thursday," an official statement said.
All the deputy commissioners and other stakeholders have ...