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.
In a boost to civil defence preparations amid tensions with Pakistan, the Union Home Ministry has decided to organise Civil Defence Exercise and Rehearsal across 244 categorised districts on May 7.
Shiv Sena UBT MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Sunday condemned the alleged online abuse faced by the wife of the Navy personnel killed in the recent Pahalgam terror attack, criticising the Union Minister for Electronics and IT, Ashwini Vaishnaw, for his "silence" on the matter.
"If a Governor, a temporary agent of the Union Government, can override decisions made by the elected Chief Minister, what is the value of the people's vote?" he asked.
Speaking to ANI, DK Shivakumar said, "We are very happy that the Union Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil has called a meeting on the Krishna Tribunal-2 Gazette Notification...A big loss exists, so we have already wasted about 15 years. So, we are demanding and appealing before the central governm
Addressing the issue of the Union Government's recent decision to include caste enumeration in the upcoming population census, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said it is necessary to review the development and changes in the country post-independence.
The Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked small arms firing across the LoC in areas opposite the Kupwara, Uri, and Akhnoor areas of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. According to officials, the Indian Army responded promptly and proportionately to the same.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Friday said that the state government will support the Union government in its efforts to eradicate terrorism.
NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Thursday welcomed the Union government's decision to conduct a caste census along with the decadal census, calling it a long-pending demand since 1992.
Former Secretary, Department of Sports, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Sujata Chaturvedi, on Thursday assumed charge as Member of the Union Public Service Commission.
Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Union Cabinet's approval to include the caste census in the national census, while launching a sharp attack on the Congress saying PM washed "countless sins" of Congress by approving caste census.