Amit Shah says he has met with the governors of states bordering Pakistan and Nepal and asked them “to maintain the availability of essential goods and services and to keep relief and rescue forces” on alert. “Instructed to monitor and take swift action on anti-national propaganda on all media platforms and to maintain seamless communication and security at vulnerable points,” Shah said in a social media post.

In view of the ongoing tension between Pakistan and India, India conducted mock drill in 244 districts on Wednesday, during which a complete blackout was imposed in these districts for some time. During the mock drill, people, employees and students were also taught rescue and evacuation methods in emergency situations. During the mock drill, many cities of Punjab including Jalandhar, Amritsar and Mohali-Ludhiana echoed with the sound of sirens. A mock drill was conducted in 20 districts of Punjab from 7.30 pm, as soon as the siren sounded, the lights went off, vehicles stopped on the roads

India fired three missiles across the border into Pakistani-controlled territory early Wednesday, Pakistani security officials said, amid soaring tensions between the countries over last month's militant attack in India's portion of Kashmir.The missiles struck locations in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and in the country's eastern Punjab province, according to three security officials. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media on the record.There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, and no immediate announcement about t

A mock drill was conducted by the Army in the Jalandhar Cantonment area of Punjab today. In which other defence teams including fire brigade teams were present. At around 8.15 pm, darkness descended on the entire cantonment area and sirens started sounding in the area. The entire area remained in blackout for about an hour and power was restored around 9 pm. Similarly, a mock drill was also conducted in Ferozepur. However, these are being seen as a practice before the main mock drill to be held tomorrow i.e. Wednesday.

Amid the ongoing water dispute between Punjab and Haryana, former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupendra Singh Hooda says that the Central government should fulfill its responsibility in this matter. He said that the Punjab government's move to stop drinking water is unconstitutional, unacceptable and undemocratic. Hooda alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party government of Punjab is doing this only keeping in mind the elections. He told Chief Minister Naib Singh Saini that like the Punjab government, Haryana should also immediately convene a special session of the Vidhan Sabha on this issue. He said th

Former Punjab BJP president and MLA Ashwani Sharma said that Punjab BJP stands with Punjabis on the issue of giving extra water to Haryana. Talking to reporters outside the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Ashwani Sharma said that Punjab does not have extra water and he has already made his stand on this issue clear in the all-party meeting. Along with this, Ashwani Sharma raised the question that three years have passed since the formation of the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab and during this time too, extra water has been given to Haryana, but why did it become a reason for creating a controver

Amid tensions with Pakistan, the Indian government has asked many states to conduct mock drills on May 7. This is being done to ensure the safety of people in a war situation, during this mock drill, people will be trained to protect themselves. This is happening in India after 54 years, such a mock drill was held in 1971, when there was a war between India and Pakistan. According to reports, a blackout practice was conducted in the Ferozepur Cantonment area of Punjab on Thursday and Monday night. During this time, electricity was cut off in villages and neighborhoods from 9 pm to 9:30 pm.

Amidst Punjab's water dispute with Haryana, a special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha was held today. During this session that lasted for about 5 hours, all parties unanimously passed 6 proposals, out of which one proposal said that Punjab will not give a single drop of its share of water to Haryana and the 4 thousand cusecs of water that is being given on humanitarian grounds will be continued. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said that we are giving this water to Haryana at present, but if there is an attack on the interests of Punjab, then it will not be available in the future either. CM

Under the leadership of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, all the parties in the state today unanimously decided not to provide additional water to Haryana and have given the Chief Minister the authority to decide the strategy on this issue. The all-party meeting was held in a friendly atmosphere and political leaders also talked about meeting the Prime Minister on this issue. The Chief Minister said that a decision will be taken to meet the Prime Minister after the special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha. He said that the Bhakra Beas Management Board adopted the wrong method to provi