Chandigarh, May 29 -- In a critical move to ensure state-wide readiness amid rising cross-border tensions, the Punjab Government has rescheduled the coordinated mock drill under "Operation Shield" to June 3 at 7:30 pm, citing ongoing training of civil defence personnel as the reason for the deferral.
Initially scheduled for May 29, that is Thursday, as a part of nationwide simulation exercise directed by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the mock drill was intended to test preparedness and response systems across India's western border states - Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, and Gujarat - in the wake of escalated hostilities post-Operation Sindoor, India's retaliatory strike on terrorist camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK...