The National Cadet Corps (NCC) Directorate Andhra Pradesh and Telangana conducted a large-scale mock drill on Wednesday, in collaboration with the Civil Administration and Fire Services Department, across six different locations in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
A civil defence mock drill was conducted in Agartala by the West Tripura district administration to test multi-agency coordination and public awareness in the event of an earthquake or air raid scenario.
In a state cabinet meeting chaired by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, the Union Home Ministry's guidelines for the upcoming mock drill were reviewed. All ministers and in-charge secretaries were directed to support district administrations in their implementation.
The district administration in Rajasthan's Barmer has stepped up preparations ahead of a major mock drill scheduled for May 7, with officials and residents actively participating in civil defence measures.
A nationwide mock drill is scheduled for May 7, 2015, across 244 districts. The BJP Parliamentary Party office has directed all BJP MPS to take part in the drill as ordinary citizens and cooperate with the local administration. Each MP will participate in their respective constituency.
The police and local administration were also part of the rehearsal mock drills, which are scheduled to be carried out tomorrow as per the instructions of the Union Home Ministry.
"Instructions were received from the Government of India regarding the mock drill of civil defence. From there, 19 districts have been identified: one is in the A category, two are in the C category, and all the rest are in the B category. However, keeping in view the sensitivity of the p
Hours after the level of water significantly changed in the river Chenab in Akhnoor area of Jammu and Kashmir, police and local administration on Monday evening announced that the water level in the river is expected to rise significantly and urged the locals to evacuate the area.
He said that the movie industry in the US is "dying" a very fast death and added that other nations were offering incentives to draw the American filmmakers and studios away from the US.
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday criticised the reported proposal of the Governor to impose President's Rule in West Bengal over violence in Murshidabad, saying it cannot be implemented "arbitrarily" and blamed the state administration for the deteriorating law and order.<
Liutenant General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, attended the international symposium organised by the Interfaith Alliance for Safer Communities in cooperation with the Mohamed bin Zayed University for Humanities and the Religious Adminis