Major civil defence drills are set to take place across six states and union territories on Saturday, May 31. The Civil Defence Exercise under 'Operation Shield' will be conducted in Punjab, Haryana, ...

Chandigarh, May 31 (PTI) The authorities in Punjab and Haryana on Saturday conducted a major statewide civil defence exercise named “Operation ... In response, a coordinated effort was simulated to ...

All stakeholders are actively involved in this initiative, including civil administration, civil defence, police personnel, SDMs, and relief and rescue teams. Public instructions and guidelines have ...

The civil defence mock drills ... The exercises involved demonstrations of rapid response tactics, simulated rescue operations, and real-time coordination between various emergency services ...

The Union Home Ministry has officially announced that “Operation Shield”, a large-scale civil defence mock drill, will be carried out on Saturday, May 31, from 5 pm onwards, across all districts in ...

India is conducting large-scale civil defence mock drills, code-named "Operation Shield," across states and union territories bordering Pakistan, including Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, ...

The Haryana government will conduct a major statewide Civil Defence Exercise, "Operation Shield", on May 31, across all 22 districts to enhance the state's emergency preparedness and response ...

The emergency situations were simulated in all districts of the two neighbouring states during the exercise, which began on Saturday evening.

Civil defence ... of the civil defence amid security threats and test the existing civil defence mechanisms. It will include black out rehearsal, evacuation of civilians on the sound of sirens along ...

Civil Defence Mock Drill Live Updates: Operation Shield is a strategic civil defence initiative designed to test India’s readiness for potential external threats. Civil Defence Mock Drill Live ...

The guests also toured the vehicles, equipment and devices used by the Civil Defence for rescue operations and fire fighting. The Civil Defence team made a demonstration on rescuing a person from a ...

As someone who has lived through three wars with India in 1965, 1971 and then the recent conflict in 2025 I was a little surprised that the role of Civil Defence organization which used to be very ...