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Business Recorder
a day ago
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- Business Recorder
Indian Navy will lead New Delhi's response to any future Pakistani aggression: Singh
NEW DELHI: India will use the firepower of its navy in response to any future aggression by Pakistan, India's defence minister said on Friday, weeks after the fiercest fighting in decades between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. Relations between India and Pakistan are tense after four days of fighting this month, which involved fighter jets, missiles, drones and artillery before a ceasefire was announced. 'If Pakistan resorts to anything evil or unethical, it will, this time, face the firepower and ire of the Indian Navy,' Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on the aircraft carrier INS Vikrant off the coast of the western Indian state of Goa. A spokesperson for Pakistan's military referred Reuters to a May 12 statement, which said there would be a 'comprehensive and decisive' response whenever Pakistan's sovereignty was 'threatened and territorial integrity violated'. The latest fighting erupted after 26 people, mostly Indian tourists, were killed in an April 22 attack in Kashmir, a disputed Himalayan territory claimed by both nations. New Delhi blamed the attack on 'terrorists' backed by Pakistan, which denied the charge. A ceasefire took effect on May 10 and a top Pakistani military official told Reuters on Friday that both countries were close to reducing their troop build-up along their border to pre-conflict levels. The Indian Navy has said it deployed its carrier battle group, submarines and other aviation assets in the northern Arabian Sea within 96 hours of the April 22 attack. Defence Minister Singh said 'Operation Sindoor', under which India launched the strikes on Pakistan, was paused, but not yet over. 'We stopped our military actions on our own terms. Our forces had not even started showing their might,' he said.
Hans India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Hans India
Rajnath: If Navy had acted, Pak would have split into 4
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh aboard India's first indigenously built aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, on Friday warned Pakistan of the Indian Navy's unmatched strength, stating that had the Navy joined its sister forces in active combat during Operation Sindoor, Pakistan would have faced a worse outcome than in 1971, surmising that it could have been divided into four parts. "1971 is a witness to this, that when the Indian Navy came into action, Pakistan was divided from one to two. If the Indian Navy had come into action in Operation Sindoor, then Pakistan would not only have been divided into two parts, but I think it would have been divided into four parts," Singh proclaimed. The Defence Minister was speaking during his visit to INS Vikrant, currently deployed in the Arabian Sea, where he reviewed operational readiness and praised the Navy's role in neutralising threats during the operation. Singh commended the Indian Navy's silent but effective role in bottling up Pakistani naval assets, asserting that their aggressive deployment, maritime dominance, and high state of preparedness prevented Pakistan from challenging Indian interests at sea and kept its naval assets confined to their own shores. "During 'Operation Sindoor', the Indian Navy has impressed every Indian with its silent service. Despite remaining silent, the Indian Navy succeeded in tying down the Pakistani Army," he said. "The role of the Navy in this entire integrated operation has been glorious. During Operation Sindoor, when the Air Force destroyed the terror bases on Pakistani soil, your aggressive deployment in the Arabian Sea, unmatched maritime domain awareness and maritime supremacy confined the Pakistani Navy to its own shores. They could not even muster the courage to come into the open sea," the minister added.
New Indian Express
2 days ago
- Politics
- New Indian Express
For talks, Pakistan should hand over Hafiz Saeed, Masood Azhar: Rajnath
NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday again clarified that if there are talks with Pakistan, they will 'only be on terrorism and PoK' and maintained that 'if Pakistan is serious about talks, it should hand over terrorists like Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar to India so that justice is served'. He asserted: 'Both of them are not only in India's list of 'Most Wanted Terrorists', they are also UN Designated Terrorists. Tahawwur Rana, an accused in the Mumbai attacks, has been brought to India recently. Hafiz Saeed is also guilty of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, and justice must be done for his crimes.' Addressing officers and sailors on board India's first indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, off the Goa coast, Singh refered to Operation Sindoor, saying, 'Operation Sindoor is not just military action, but India's frontal assault against terrorism, and if Pakistan resorts to anything evil or unethical, it will, this time, face the firepower and ire of the Indian Navy.' Commending the Indian Navy's 'silent service' during Operation Sindoor, the minister said the Navy's aggressive deployment in the Arabian Sea during Operation Sindoor, along with its unmatched maritime domain awareness and supremacy, confined the Pakistani Navy to its shores.
Business Recorder
2 days ago
- Politics
- Business Recorder
Navy will lead New Delhi's response to any future Pakistani aggression: Singh
NEW DELHI: India will use the firepower of its navy in response to any future aggression by Pakistan, India's defence minister said on Friday, weeks after the fiercest fighting in decades between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. Relations between India and Pakistan are tense after four days of fighting this month, which involved fighter jets, missiles, drones and artillery before a ceasefire was announced. 'If Pakistan resorts to anything evil or unethical, it will, this time, face the firepower and ire of the Indian Navy,' Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on the aircraft carrier INS Vikrant off the coast of the western Indian state of Goa. A spokesperson for Pakistan's military referred Reuters to a May 12 statement, which said there would be a 'comprehensive and decisive' response whenever Pakistan's sovereignty was 'threatened and territorial integrity violated'. The latest fighting erupted after 26 people, mostly Indian tourists, were killed in an April 22 attack in Kashmir, a disputed Himalayan territory claimed by both nations. New Delhi blamed the attack on 'terrorists' backed by Pakistan, which denied the charge. A ceasefire took effect on May 10 and a top Pakistani military official told Reuters on Friday that both countries were close to reducing their troop build-up along their border to pre-conflict levels. The Indian Navy has said it deployed its carrier battle group, submarines and other aviation assets in the northern Arabian Sea within 96 hours of the April 22 attack. Defence Minister Singh said 'Operation Sindoor', under which India launched the strikes on Pakistan, was paused, but not yet over. 'We stopped our military actions on our own terms. Our forces had not even started showing their might,' he said.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
'Pak's dangerous game of terror over': Defense minister Rajnath Singh
NEW DELHI: Pakistan needs to understand that the "dangerous game" of terrorism that it has been playing since 1947 is over, defence minister said Friday, demanding that Islamabad hand over terrorists like and to India for justice. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Stressing that PM Modi has made it clear that another terrorist act on Indian soil will be treated as "act of war", Singh said was India's "frontal assault" against terrorism and if Pakistan resorted to "anything evil or unethical" again, it would face the 's "firepower and ire" this time. "India will not hesitate. It will use every method to root out menace of terrorism. Even methods that Pakistan cannot think of," he said, addressing officers and sailors on board aircraft carrier off the coast of Goa. The minister went on to say that the last time the Indian Navy swung into action, Pakistan was divided into two in 1971. "If the Indian Navy had come into action in Operation Sindoor, then I think Pakistan would have been divided into four parts," he said, in the presence of top officers like Navy chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi and Western Naval Command chief Vice Admiral Sanjay J Singh. Several Indian warships and submarines led by INS Vikrant, with its MiG-29K fighters, were forward deployed in a dissuasive deterrent posture in the northern Arabian Sea, at the time IAF and Army launched deep precision strikes against nine terror hubs in Pakistan and PoK on May 7. It bottled up Pakistan Navy within its own shores in a defensive mode. Singh once again rebuffed Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif's suggestion of bilateral dialogue to cover all issues, reiterating that talks could take place only on terrorism and PoK.
