Operation Shield: Civil defence mock drill postponed in Gujarat
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], May 28 (ANI): The civil defence mock drill, earlier scheduled for May 29, has been postponed due to administrative reasons. However, the dates for the same are yet to be announced.
A statement released by Gujarat Information Department read, 'It is hereby intimated that the Civil Defence Exercise 'Operation Shield', which was planned to be held on May 29, 2025, is hereby postponed due to administrative reasons. It is requested that necessary directions to all the Controllers of Civil Defence and other stakeholders, may be issued accordingly. Next dates for the exercise shall be issued subsequently.'
Additionally, the civil defence exercise has also been postponed in Rajasthan and Union Territory of Chandigarh.
Earlier on Wednesday, as per the orders from the Government of India and under the guidance of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, a civil defence exercise was scheduled to be conducted in Gujarat on Thursday at 5:00 PM.
Regarding Operation Shield mock drill, Chief Secretary of the Revenue Department (Gujarat), Jayanti Ravi, on Wednesday, virtually reviewed preparations made by the district administration. Along with this, she also gave necessary instructions to all the District Collectors for successful implementation of mock drill.
Further, Jayanti Ravi said that during this exercise, various actions like ensuring the readiness of the local administration regarding civil security; taking the services of young volunteers like NCC, NSS, Bharat Scout and Guide; setting up a hotline between the Air Force and the Civil Security Control Room regarding enemy aircraft and missile attacks; activating the air raid siren; ensuring complete darkness and ensuring public safety and their property will be taken.
Operation Sindoor targeted terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK). The operation was a retaliatory response to the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which resulted in the deaths of 26 people, including one Nepalese national. (ANI)
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Hindu
24 minutes ago
- The Hindu
Seriously discussed walking away, Ashoka University co-founder says amid row
Addressing the row over Ashoka University Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad's controversial social media post on Operation Sindoor, Sanjeev Bikhchandani, co-founder of the institute, in an email to alumnus stated that he and his fellow co-founders had 'seriously discussed' the option of walking away from it. He was responding to an email from an anonymous alumnus, who had questioned the co-founder's stand on the row triggered by Mr. Mahmudabad's post and his subsequent arrest. Referring to the university's co-founders Pramath Raj Sinha and Ashish Dhawan in an internal email, Mr. Bhikchandani stated, 'Why don't you and other alumni offer to step in and take over? Pramath, Ashish, and I have seriously discussed the option of walking away. Ashoka is too much of a headache. Is it worth the effort? And you may not believe this, but money, even in this day and age, does not grow on trees but it still makes the world go round. Every rupee has to be sweated for.' Mr. Bhikchandani stated he was down with COVID-19 and further wrote, 'A political opinion expressed on Facebook or Twitter (X) or Instagram is not academic scholarship. Consequently, any public outcry about a political opinion an academic may express on social media is not an attack on academic freedom, even if the person expressing that opinion has a day job as an academic.' Had been feeling out of sorts for the last three days. Tested positive for Covid last evening. Went into isolation. A Sindhi friend in Mumbai had sent some Lolas. Feeling peckish at 5am I had half a Lola. I could not taste anything. Key learning - you know it is Covid when a… — Sanjeev Bikhchandani (@sbikh) June 1, 2025 Mr. Bhikchandani stated that the university is not obliged to support a person for the political opinions they express in their personal capacity.
India Today
26 minutes ago
- India Today
Army ramps up trials of indigenous drones, loitering ammunition after Op Sindoor
After Operation Sindoor, the Army has intensified efforts to boost its air defence and battlefield readiness by testing a wide range of homegrown defence technologies. These include drones, loitering munitions, radar systems, and electronic warfare platforms -- all being put through rigorous trials at multiple field firing ranges across the Operation Sindoor, loitering munitions — unmanned aerial weapons that hover over an area before striking a target — were widely deployed, and hundreds of enemy drones from Pakistan were detected and neutralised by India's air defence the Army is building on those lessons by conducting field trials of indigenous systems at locations like Pokhran, Babina, and Joshimath, with dedicated air defence demonstrations underway in Agra and Gopalpur. These trials are designed to simulate real combat conditions, including the use of electronic warfare tools to assess how modern military systems perform under pressure. The platforms under evaluation include the unmanned aerial system, precision-guided munitions, drone systems that can fly without a runway, counter drone solutions, loitering munitions, drones with special vertical launch, precision multi-munition delivery systems, integrated drone detection and interdiction systems, light radars that work at low altitudes and electronic warfare to the Indian Army, all these state-of-the-art technologies are being tested keeping in mind the needs of the future battlefield. The aim is to rapidly adopt new technologies in accordance with the changing conditions of the field trials aim to evaluate new-age battlefield technologies under near-combat conditions, including integrated electronic warfare (EW) InTrending Reel
India Today
26 minutes ago
- India Today
Assam cops reach home of Wajahat Khan, complainant In Sharmistha Panoli case
After Kolkata police, Assam cops now seek to arrest Wajahat Khan in connection with a case filed against him for allegedly spreading hate speech and hurting religious sentiments. The development follows days after social media influencer Sharmishta Panoli was arrested on the basis of Khan's complaint over hate Assam Police team, comprising five personnel, arrived at Khan's Kolkata home this afternoon, but found no one present. A police source told India Today that Wajahat's father, Saadat Khan, was asked to appear before the investigating officer for questioning. However, he too was not at home when the team Khan has reportedly been missing since Sunday afternoon. His father told India Today that he has been untraceable since then. A senior Kolkata Police officer confirmed to the media outlet that Khan is "absconding" since the FIR was registered against him. This development comes as Khan, head of the Rashidi Foundation, faces growing legal heat across multiple states. An FIR was earlier registered at Garden Reach police station—the same location where he had filed the complaint against Panoli—based on a complaint by a trust named Shri Ram Swabhiman Parishad. The complaint accuses Khan of uploading "malicious and inflammatory" posts targeting religious Police had first summoned Khan on Monday for questioning at the Golf Green police station regarding the hate speech allegations. After he failed to appear, a second notice was served at his residence on Tuesday, asking him to report to the station the same day. He remained untraceable, police sources made headlines after his complaint led to the arrest of Sharmistha Panoli, who was picked up from Gurugram for allegedly making communal comments in a video criticizing Bollywood actors for their silence on Operation Sindoor. She was sent to judicial custody till June 13 by a Kolkata court on Saturday.
