Punjab Shuts Down Schools, Colleges For 3 Days Amid Rising Border Tensions

India-Pakistan Tensions: The faculties in Punjab’s a number of districts will stay close on Friday after the tensions between India and Pakistan escalated. 

In a publish at the social media platform X, Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains knowledgeable that colleges, faculties, and universities, whether or not executive, non-public, or aided, throughout Punjab, will stay close for the following 3 days. 

“In view of the evolving situation, it is hereby ordered that all Schools, Colleges, and Universities — Government, Private, and Aided — across entire Punjab shall remain completely closed for the next three days,” the Punjab Education Minister wrote within the publish. 

In view of the evolving scenario, it’s hereby ordered that each one Schools, Colleges, and Universities — Government, Private, and Aided — throughout whole Punjab shall stay utterly closed for the following 3 days
— Harjot Singh Bains (@harjotbains) May 8, 2025

Blackouts In Punjab

According to ANI, a blackout was once enforced in Kishtwar, Akhnoor, Samba, Jammu, and Amritsar, Jalandhar. 

In a observation, the Defence Ministry stated, “On the night of 07-08 May 2025, Pakistan attempted to engage a number of military targets in Northern and Western India including Awantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur, Bhatinda, Chandigarh, Nal, Phalodi, Uttarlai, and Bhuj, using drones and missiles. These were neutralised by the Integrated Counter UAS Grid and Air Defence systems. The debris of these attacks is now being recovered from a number of locations that prove the Pakistani attacks.”

(with ANI inputs)