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By: Express Web DeskUpdated: May 6, 2025 22:37 IST
While speaking at a public event in Ranchi, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said, “Why didn’t Centre deploy more security in Pahalgam even after having intelligence report on terror attack?” (Express Photo)
Kashmir Pahalgam Terror Attack News LIVE Updates: The United Nations Security Council held a closed-door meeting amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan, with envoys calling for restraint and dialogue. The meeting lasted about an hour and a half on Monday afternoon. While no statement as issued after the talks, representatives coming out of the meeting shared that there was a call for “dialogue and peaceful resolution of the conflict,” while the “situation remains volatile” between the two nuclear-armed countries.
India-Pak LoC skirmish continues: Pakistan armed forces continued to violate the ceasefire at the Line of Control (LoC), resorting to unprovoked firing in multiple sectors of Jammu and Kashmir last night. The attack prompted a strong, calibrated retaliation by the Indian Army, officials told PTI, marking the 12th consecutive night of provocations amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam episode. The exchange of fire is currently restricted to five out of the seven border districts of J&K.
MHA orders mock drills, air raid warnings in states: The Ministry of Home Affairs yesterday ordered all the states to conduct mock drills for civilians on May 7 to protect themselves in case of ‘hostile attacks’. Further, the MHA has planned multiple measures including operationalisation of air raid warning sirens, training of civilians and students on protective civil defence protocols, implementation of crash blackout procedures, and early camouflaging of critical infrastructure and installations.
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22:37 (IST) 6 May 2025
Pahalgam Terror Attack Live Updates: Air raids, blackouts | Mock drill in Delhi tomorrow
Delhi Airport’s Terminal 3, Khan Market, Kendriya Vidyalaya in Delhi Cantonment: These are among 55 locations where the Delhi government will conduct a mock drill exercise on Wednesday as the national capital prepares for a contingency plan in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack.
These drills are scheduled to be conducted across the country, following a directive from the Union Home Ministry in light of rising Indo-Pakistan tensions after the attack that killed 26 people.
Codenamed ‘Operation Abhyas’, it will simulate multiple hostile scenarios — such as incoming air raids with siren activation and blackout procedures, urban fire emergencies, search and rescue operations, casualty evacuation, temporary hospital setups, and evacuation of civilians to demilitarised zones/bunkers.
The exercises will start in the afternoon and will conclude at night. “Some parts of Delhi-NCR will witness complete blackouts in the evening hours following the sirens,” a police officer said.
Officials said the drills will be held across all 11 revenue districts — five locations per district — covering 660 schools and 40 markets.
For instance, in New Delhi, the drill will take place at Khan Market, the New Delhi Municipal Council office building (Palika Kendra), Charak Palika Hospital, Vasant Vihar D-6 residential colony, and Kendriya Vidyalaya in Delhi Cantonment.
In East Delhi, the drill will be conducted at Maharishi Valmiki College of Education, Scope Minar, DM East Office, Kondli Market, and Sahyog Apartments at 4 pm. Read Here
21:40 (IST) 6 May 2025
Pahalgam Terror Attack Live Updates: Air raid sirens to blackouts: The what, why, how and where of mock drills amid rising India-Pakistan tensions
India will hold mock drills on Wednesday amid growing expectations of military action after a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam claimed 26 civilian lives last month. These drills will be part of a longer list of civil defence measures that will be observed in 244 districts across India. The Centre’s decision came after the Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday directed states and Union Territories (UTs) to make necessary preparations for mock drills that will be held in the country for the first time since 1971. Many sites also held trial runs a day before on Tuesday and checked whether air raid sirens were operational.
The scheduled mock drills follow weeks of intense activity where Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the military “complete operational freedom to decide on the mode, targets and timing of our response” after meeting the military brass in New Delhi. India also took several diplomatic and non-military measures, including cancelling visas of Pakistani citizens and suspending the Indus Waters Treaty as part of a five-pronged strategy. In the second set of measures, India curbed the water flow through the Baglihar dam, banned import of products and docking of Pakistan-owned ships, and suspended the exchange of all mail and parcels, besides shutting Indian airspace for flights from Pakistan.
The mock drills on May 7 are the latest in India’s strategy to tighten the screws.
Why is India holding mock drills?
The mock drills will arm citizens with the knowledge of what to do in case India is attacked. The drills also aim “to assess and enhance the readiness of Civil Defence mechanisms across all States and Union Territories,” according to a letter from the Directorate General Fire Service, Civil Defence and Home Guards to the states and UTs. “In the current geo-political scenario, new and complex threats/challenges have emerged, hence, it would be prudent that optimum civil defence preparedness in the states/UTs is maintained at all times,” the letter added.... Read here
20:37 (IST) 6 May 2025
Pahalgam Terror Attack Live Updates: Why has the government announced the mock drill?
While the MHA communication to states has come in the wake of the Pahalgam attacks, it does not make any specific mention of an impending threat. It merely says that “this exercise aims to assess and enhance the readiness of Civil Defence mechanisms across all States and Union Territories”. It does, however, mention “training of civilians …in the event of hostile attack”.
It says the issue of strengthening of Civil Defence set up had been emphasised by PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah during their address at the ‘Chintan Shivir’ held at Surajkund, Haryana in October 2022, following which the MHA sent a DO Letter to states and UTs on January 16, 2023 regarding the same.
Yet, the timing of the communication and the emphasis on conducting drills (which was not part of the 2023 communication) cannot be ignored. The last time such elaborate drills were conducted in the country were during the build-up of the 1971 war. It also comes amid Pakistan test-firing two missiles over the past two days.
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