India Pakistan news LIVE: Ceasefire prevails overnight across J&K, border towns
India Pakistan news LIVE: While ceasefire remained intact across Jammu and Kashmir and border towns, the Indian armed forces continued to keep strict vigil.
India Pakistan news LIVE: Ceasefire prevailed overnight across Jammu and Kashmir and other border towns in states including, Punjab and Rajasthan. This came just hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday night, in a bold and clear message to Pakistan, said that India has merely paused its retaliation against terrorist and military bases of Islamabad and not ended it. He roared that with Operation Sindoor, the terrorist know the price of removing women's 'sindoor'. ...Read More
PM Modi also gave a clear and loud warning to Pakistan that India will not tolerate any 'nuclear blackmail', adding that operations against Islamabad have been kept in abeyance and the future will depend on their behavior.
However, shortly after his address, 10 to 12 drones were intercepted in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba. The Hoshiarpur administration in Punjab also said that explosions were heard.
Meanwhile, the directors general of military operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan spoke to each other over the hotline at around 5 pm on Monday, for about 30 minutes. They discussed the upholding of the understanding reached on May 10, to stop all military actions against each other.
They discussed continuing the commitment that both sides "must not fire a single shot" or initiate any aggressive or inimical action against each other, the army said.
India and Pakistan on Saturday, May 10, had arrived at an understanding to put an immediate stoppage to all military actions against each other across land, air, and sea. This truce came after four days of intense cross-border fighting which followed India's Operation Sindoor against terror infrastructure in Pakistan.
Operation Sindoor was launched on May 7 to strike down targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as a response to the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 people, most civilians.
Operation Sindoor | Key Points Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed the Pahalgam terror attack as the most 'barbaric face of terrorism' and expressed the deep pain it brought for him. He noted how the nation stood united against terrorism in one voice and that the Centre gave full freedom to the armed forces to finish off terrorists.
PM Modi gave a big warning to Pakistan, saying that India will "test every step of the country (Pakistan) to see what role it has adopted".
Top officials at a briefing on Monday said that the Indian military's resilient, multi-tiered air defence (AD) network thwarted multiple waves of Pakistani attacks on several locations from May 7 to 10, and minimised damage to military and civilian infrastructure.
The DGMOs of both India and Pakistan spoke to each other on Monday evening and discussed the commitment to remain firm on the understanding reached on May 10, to stop all military actions against each other.
India on Monday rebutted US President Donald Trump's claim that he used trade to stop a conflict between the two countries with "lots of nuclear weapons" and said that 'trade' did not figure at all in recent discussions between top American and Indian leaders on the crisis with Pakistan.
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May 13, 2025 5:49 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday praised Operation Sindoor, stating that it is not just a name but a reflection of the nation's countless emotions.
The operation embodies India's unwavering commitment to justice, highlighting how Pakistan, after slumping into gloom following the attack on terror camps, he added.
'The terrorists removed the 'sindoor' of our sisters. That's why India annihilated the terror headquarters. More than 100 dreaded terrorists were slaughtered in an Indian attack. Terrorists who were openly conspiring against India were openly roaming in Pakistan, but India slaughtered them in just one go. India's actions were a huge setback for Pakistan,' PM Modi said in his address to the nation.
May 13, 2025 5:46 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Pahalgam terror attack prompted the whole nation to stand against terrorism in one voice, as it was a huge pain on a personal level.
In his address to the nation after the ceasefire 'understanding' with Pakistan, PM Modi slammed the neighboring country for cross-border terrorism. He pointed out that the terrorists who killed 26 people in Pahalgam on April 22 asked about the religion before shooting.
"On a personal level, the pain was huge. This terror attack prompted the whole nation, every citizen, every community, and every political party to stand up against terrorism in one voice. We gave full freedom to the armed forces to finish off the terrorists," PM Modi said in his address to the nation.
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