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2 days ago
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'No Strategist In Pakistan Was Prepared...': BJP Lauds CNN-News18's Op Sindoor Documentary
Last Updated: In the early hours of May 10, Indian airstrikes struck several Pakistani airbases, including Nur Khan, Rafiqi and Murid, dealing a heavy blow to their air command. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday released a new documentary by CNN-News18 on Operation Sindoor, which showcased the capabilities of the Indian Armed Forces and debunked Pakistan's fake narrative. The documentary titled WATCH INSIDE OPERATION SINDOOR: 88 Hours That Redefined India features CNN-News18's primetime anchors and senior editors who describe how Indian armed forces took out terrorist bases and then gave a befitting reply to Pakistani armed forces bid to attack India by striking Pakistan's air bases. 'As the night of May 9th faded into the early hours of May 10th, something extraordinary happened – something no military strategist in Islamabad had prepared for. Indian airpower, relentless and unyielding, descended again," said BJP IT department in-charge Amit Malviya on X. The documentary titled INSIDE OPERATION SINDOOR–The 88 Hours That Defined India | When Nur Khan Strike Spooked Pakistan features former Indian Air Force chief Retd Air Chief Marshall RKS Bhadauria, former GOC of the 15 Corps Lieutenant General DP Pandey, former NSAD member and author Tilak Devasher. Military analyst Tom Cooper also features in the documentary. In the early hours of May 10, Indian airstrikes struck several Pakistani airbases, including Nur Khan, Rafiqi and Murid. 'Within hours, Pakistan's prized military infrastructure was under coordinated aerial siege: Murid, Rafiqui, Sargodha, Chaklala," said Malviya. Several satellite images have shown evidence of extensive damage in Pakistani airbases, caused by Indian airstrikes during Operation Sindoor. The Indian strike on the Nur Khan airbase – located in Rawalpindi and close to Pakistan Army's headquarters – was a strategic and symbolic blow to Pakistan as it serves as the headquarters of its air mobility command. 'Operation Sindoor is not just a story of tactical success. It is a validation of India's defence indigenisation policies. From air defence systems to drones, from counter-UAS capabilities to net-centric warfare platforms — indigenous technology delivered when it mattered most," said Malviya. India's Operation Sindoor was in response to the barbaric terror attack in Pahalgam last month, in which 26 tourists were killed. First Published: May 31, 2025, 16:45 IST
News18
2 days ago
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CNN-News18's Op Sindoor Documentary Gets Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's Shout-Out
Last Updated: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan shared a CNN-News18 documentary on Operation Sindoor, detailing India's 88-hour assault on terrorist hideouts in Pakistan and PoK. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday morning shared a link to CNN-News18's documentary on Operation Sindoor and the India-Pakistan conflict that came after Indian armed forces struck terrorist hideouts inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). 'The inside story of Operation Sindoor that forced Pakistan to plead for ceasefire. 88 hours of frontal assault on terrorism, 88 hours of unyielding bravery of Indian Armed Forces that humbled Pakistan. Watch this @CNNnews18 special decoding everything that unfolded," Pradhan posted on X, along with a link to the documentary. The documentary titled WATCH INSIDE OPERATION SINDOOR: 88 Hours That Redefined India features CNN-News18's primetime anchors and senior editors who describe how Indian armed forces took out terrorist bases and then gave a befitting reply to Pakistani armed forces bid to attack India by striking Pakistan's air bases. India struck close to a dozen Pakistani air bases and caused extensive damage to the Nur Khan airbase. The documentary titled INSIDE OPERATION SINDOOR–The 88 Hours That Defined India | When Nur Khan Strike Spooked Pakistan features former Indian Air Force chief Retd Air Chief Marshall RKS Bhadauria, former GOC of the 15 Corps Lieutenant General DP Pandey, former NSAD member and author Tilak Devasher. Military analyst Tom Cooper also features in the documentary. The documentary also features Managing Editor Zakka Jacob, Senior Anchor and Managing Editor Anand Narasimhan, Consulting Editor Rahul Shivshankar, Executive Editor Aman Sharma and reporters on ground Ieshan Wani, Akash Sharma and Sidhant Mishra who decoded to viewers India's response to the deadly Pahalgam attack and then India's befitting response to Pakistan Army's misadventurism. They also decode how the ceasefire came into place and how in a span of 88 hours India tore apart Pakistan air defences and also took out terrorists that Pakistan shelters to fight its proxy wars. First Published: May 31, 2025, 13:51 IST
India Today
2 days ago
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- India Today
If we get hostility in return...: Chief of Defence Staff spells out Pak strategy
Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan underscored that India's current policy against Pakistan was of strategic disengagement as New Delhi received nothing but hostility from Islamabad despite diplomatic at the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's premier defence and security summit, General Chauhan said that despite Pakistan being ahead of India in many metrics after Independence, India was now ahead on all fronts - from the economy to human the India-Pakistan relationship, we are not operating without a strategy. When we gained independence, Pakistan was ahead of us on every metric: social, economic, GDP per capita. Today, India is ahead on all fronts: economic performance, human development, and social harmony, despite our greater diversity," General Chauhan said. He underlined that India had reached out to Pakistan several times, like in 2014 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited then-premier Nawaz Sharif to his oath ceremony after the BJP's win in the Lok Sabha next year, PM Modi made a surprise stop in Lahore to meet Sharif and wish him on his birthday."Diplomatically, we have reached out like in 2014 when the PM invited Nawaz Sharif. But it takes two hands to clap. If all we get in return is hostility, then disengagement may itself be a sound strategy for now," he OPERATION SINDOOR AND AKASH SYSTEMadvertisementSpeaking on Operation Sindoor, the Chief of Defence Staff pointed out how indigenous platforms like the Akash missile system were used effectively to neutralise attacks from the same breath, he highlighted that integrated radars, built into a cohesive network across India, proved to be crucial."We have not only used indigenous platforms like the Akash missile system effectively, but we have also built our own networking infrastructure for air defence without relying on foreign vendors. We have integrated radars from multiple sources into a cohesive network across India and that was crucial," General Chauhan Akash missile system was pivotal in thwarting Pakistan's sustained drone and missile attacks during Operation Sindoor, India's response to the Pahalgam terror attack, earlier this month. In retaliation, Indian forces targeted 11 key Pakistani military sites, including the Nur Khan air base, which is just 10 km from the Army Watch
The Hindu
2 days ago
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- The Hindu
Army chief awards felicitates woman BSF officer for exceptional courage during Operation Sindoor
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Upendra Dwivedi, on Friday (May 30, 2025) awarded Border Security Force (BSF) Assistant Commandant Neha Bhandari with the Commendation Disc for her exceptional courage and operational proficiency during Operation Sindoor in the Jammu frontier. Commanding a border outpost within eyeball-to-eyeball contact of a Pakistani post along the International Border, the assistant commandant led her troops to silence three forward hostile posts across the zero line (the area closest to enemy territory) by giving a befitting reply. #GeneralUpendraDwivedi, #COAS reviewed operational preparedness in J&K's Paragwal Sector and visited the Tiger Division where he commended troops for their outstanding performance in OPERATION SINDOOR . He stressed the importance of staying agile and vigilant in response to… — ADG PI - INDIAN ARMY (@adgpi) May 31, 2025 "On 30 May 2025, COAS General Upendra Dwivedi, PVSM, AVSM, felicitated Assistant Commandant Neha Bhandari of BSF Jammu with the Commendation Disc for her exceptional courage and operational proficiency during Operation Sindoor," BSF Jammu said on X. She gallantly commanded a forward-deployed BSF company under challenging conditions, it said. Apart from Neha, six women constables held gun positions at a forward border post, with their "josh" rising with every bullet they fired at the enemy positions across the IB in the Samba, R S Pura and Akhnoor sectors. On 30 May 2025, COAS General Upendra Dwivedi, PVSM, AVSM, felicitated Assistant Commandant Neha Bhandari of BSF Jammu with the Commendation Disc for her exceptional courage and operational proficiency during Operation Sindoor. She gallantly commanded a forward deployed BSF… — BSF JAMMU (@bsf_jammu) May 30, 2025 Neha, a third-generation officer from her family in Uttarakhand, takes pride in being a part of the BSF and commanding a border outpost in the Pargwal forward area of Akhnoor sector in Jammu district during Operation Sindoor. "I feel proud to be manning a post along the International Border with my troops. It is approximately 150 meters away from the Pakistani post in the Akhnoor–Pargwal area," she told PTI here on Wednesday. Neha's grandfather served in the Indian Army and her parents are from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), making her a third-generation officer in the family. "My grandfather served in the Army. My father was in the CRPF. My mother is in the CRPF. I am a third-generation officer in the force," she said.
News18
3 days ago
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Mamata Downplays Op Sindoor In Bengal, Abhishek Praises It Abroad: TMC's ‘Divide & Rule' Strategy
Last Updated: Abhishek's travel abroad to burnish India's image using Operation Sindoor and Mamata Banerjee's criticism of the action back home are part of a strategy, say political experts Even as India is revelling in the success of Operation Sindoor against Pakistan, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee downplayed it in a press briefing in Kolkata held after PM Narendra Modi's address in north Bengal on Thursday. 'It was not a war, but a small skirmish", she said, to the surprise of many. At a time when her party Trinamool Congress's general secretary Abhishek Banerjee is travelling abroad as part of India's official delegation to spread the word on Operation Sindoor on a global platform, the TMC, like some other opposition parties, was expected to align with the national sentiment. However, Banerjee dismissed the military operation, questioning its name, launching personal attacks on the PM, and accusing him of indulging in 'war marketing". Banerjee picked Abhishek to be part of the delegation. Political analysts say this apparent contradiction is not about creating confusion, but a calculated move – it is a mix of electoral-political needs and national posturing. It is also about Banerjee's old-school identity politics versus Abhishek's emerging ambition for a national, centrist image, they said. Here is a breakdown of the seemingly 'confusing' statements. WHY DILUTING OPERATION SINDOOR IS KEY TO UNDERMINING MODI With assembly elections approaching in 2026, Banerjee is back in full election mode – not just as a regional leader, but as a hyperlocal tactician. The process was accelerated after PM Modi's visit and address in north Bengal, invoking nationalism through Operation Sindoor. Banerjee still remembers the aftermath of the Balakot strike in 2019. Her party lost 18 Lok Sabha seats, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) became a formidable opposition. However, since then, things have changed on political and organisational level. The TMC has regained lost ground in some regions. But a seasoned politician like Banerjee does not want to take chances. Her calculated dismissal of Operation Sindoor is not anti-national, it is pro-survival. The TMC has been losing political capital since 2019, and with the BJP making aggressive inroads in border districts and SC/ST belts, she needs to keep her core Muslim base consolidated. Her rhetoric is crafted for local consumption, not for national applause. I am glad to see all-party delegation visiting various countries as part of India's global outreach against terrorism. As I have consistently maintained, the AITC stands firmly behind any step the Union takes in the national interest and in defence of our sovereignty. I urge the… — Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) May 23, 2025 ' Mamata Banerjee knows Bengal politics better than anyone else. She understands that she needs to dilute the impact of Operation Sindoor. She cannot allow Modi to dominate the narrative on nationalism and influence voters in her stronghold," said senior political analyst and author Professor Biswanath Chakraborty. 'In India, foreign policy and domestic electoral politics have always operated on different planes. In Bengal, even if Modi highlights Operation Sindoor and backs the BJP with funds and visibility, the party unit here still lacks the organisational depth and logistical capacity to take on the Trinamool, which remains deeply rooted across the state. So Mamata Banerjee has to concentrate on their weakness," he added. Banerjee's 2026 assembly poll campaign will rely heavily on consolidated Muslim support, as it always has. In 2021, this demographic helped her achieve an epic comeback. But politics is a rapidly changing world. With the rise of AIMIM-style parties and the BJP's targeted Hindu vote bank strategy, Banerjee knows that even a 5% dent in the Muslim vote and a minuscule swing in Hindu votes could be disastrous for her party. Hence, her statements are carefully crafted – criticising the 'Sindoor" nomenclature (a Hindu symbol) was not accidental. It was seemingly a subtle signal to reassure her minority base that she is not endorsing a 'Hindu Rashtra' narrative. 'I might differ with the ruling dispensation or the political party, I will fight with them tooth and nail. But when it comes to the national security of my country, I will stand firmly and serve towards what is in the best interest of my nation. I will not let my political… — All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) May 28, 2025 While Abhishek travels abroad to burnish India's image using Operation Sindoor, at home, Banerjee deconstructs it. It is not a contradiction, it is a choreographed strategy, say experts. 'I don't think there is any serious internal conflict within Trinamool Congress. Mamata and Abhishek are working in sync, managing both national and regional compulsions. The party is focused on strengthening its organisation. By July, they are planning a full-scale outreach across the state. Compared to 2019, they are better organised now. They have brought in professionals to manage social media, development messaging, and grassroots coordination – without relying solely on the Chief Minister's office. In contrast, the BJP still struggles with ground-level presence and real public engagement in Bengal. That gap is widening," said Maidul Islam, professor of political science at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC). 'When someone is part of the official delegation to talk about the country's army operation, they naturally have to praise the operation despite being members of the opposition. However, on the home front, questions are being raised about the alleged US intervention. Meanwhile, Pakistan has also made certain moves in response. So, there is also pressure for parliamentary discussion and deliberation on the matter. Within a year or less, these issues will require official clarification – both in terms of policy and public communication. Mamata Banerjee is paving that path," he added. About the Author Madhuparna Das Madhuparna Das, Associate Editor (policy) at CNN News 18, has been in journalism for nearly 14 years. She has extensively been covering politics, policy, crime and internal security issues. She has covered More Get Latest Updates on Movies, Breaking News On India, World, Live Cricket Scores, And Stock Market Updates. Also Download the News18 App to stay updated! tags : abhishek banerjee Mamata Banerjee news18 specials Trinamool Congress (TMC) Location : New Delhi, India, India First Published: May 30, 2025, 14:31 IST News politics Mamata Downplays Op Sindoor In Bengal, Abhishek Praises It Abroad: TMC's 'Divide & Rule' Strategy
