Operation Sindoor LIVE: Pak drone, munition attacks along western border effectively repulsed; says Army Pakistan multiple attacks using drones and other munitions, along the western border on the intervening night of May 8-9, were “effectively repulsed”, the Indian Army said on Friday, May 9, 2025

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Air raid sirens were sounded in the Union Territory – Chandigarh on Friday morning (around 9:30 am), citizens in Chandigarh and Mohali advised to stay indoors by administration Air raid sirens were sounded in the Union Territory – Chandigarh on Friday morning (around 9:30 am), following an air warning received from the Air Force station surrounding a possible aerial attack. The sirens were sounded across the city as a precautionary measure, and all were advised to remain indoors and away from balconies, according to a message issued by the Deputy Commissioner, Chandigarh. Later in a post at 10.16 a.m. Chandigarh admin said the alert has ended for the time being. Pakistan armed forces launched multiple attacks using drones and other munitions along the entire western border on the intervening night of May 8-9, which were “effectively repulsed”, the Indian Army said on Friday (May 9, 2025). Pakistani troops also resorted to “numerous ceasefire violations” along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian Army said in an early morning post on X. A blackout was observed in several districts of Punjab including Pathankot, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Rupnagar, Fazilka, Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur and Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, and also the Union Territory Chandigarh on Thursday (May 8, 2025) night according to officials. Punjab government has ordered that all Schools, Colleges, and Universities — Government, Private, and Aided — across entire Punjab shall remain completely closed for the next three days. The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday (May 8, 2025) decided to close all the educational institutes for the next two days in the Union Territory (UT) and put senior officers in charge of border districts to improve communication interface in case of any eventuality. Chartered Accountants Final, Intermediate and Post Qualification Course Examinations (International Taxation –Assessment Test) postponed The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) Thursday night announced the remaining papers for qualification, both at the final and intermediate level scheduled to take place between May 9 and 14, have been postponed. It said this was in light of the “tense and security situation in the country”. Revised dates would be announced in due course, ICAI informed. The apex body regulating conduct of chartered accountancy in India further informed that the Post Qualification Course Examinations (International Taxation –Assessment Test), or the INTT AT, also stands postponed. 2025-05-09 By Anushka Tripathi

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