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India Gazette
13-05-2025
- Politics
- India Gazette
Operation Sindoor: BJD's Amar Patnaik hails armed forces, says strong message sent to Pakistan
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 13 (ANI): Reacting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation on the aftermath of Operation Sindoor, BJD leader Amar Patnaik praised the courage of the Indian armed forces and said they have sent a clear message to Pakistan. 'We really salute the bravery and valour of our armed forces. Not only have they destroyed the terror infrastructure, they have also given a very strong message to the sponsor of terrorism, that is the state of Pakistan,' Patnaik said. He added that since Operation Sindoor is still ongoing, it is clear that a powerful message has been sent to both Pakistan and the terrorists. 'A strong message has been given to Pakistan and the terror infrastructure sponsored by them, as also to the terrorists, that wherever they are inside Pakistan, India is in a position to hit them and annihilate them,' he said. He further stated, 'In the all-party meeting, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) had already stated that they are with the government in the entire action they are proposing to take against terrorism and its sponsors. Since Operation Sindoor 2.0 is still continuing, as I understand, I think a detailed elaboration of it may not be necessary at this stage. One thing is sufficient to say: yes, indeed a very strong message has been given to Pakistan.' 'The second point which the Prime Minister made in his speech is that the threshold for attack has now come in the form of a new doctrine- that any act of terror will be considered an act of war against India. I think the message is very clear, and this message has been reiterated by the Prime Minister in today's address to the nation,' said BJD leader Amar Patnaik. In a first address to the nation since India's military retaliation 'Operation Sindoor,' PM Modi outlined three key pillars of India's security doctrine. Firstly, the 'Decisive Retaliation,' any terrorist attack on India will be met with a strong and resolute response. India will retaliate on its terms, targeting terror hubs at their roots. The second is 'No Tolerance for Nuclear Blackmail'. PM Modi said India will not be intimidated by nuclear threats. Any terrorist safe haven operating under this pretext will face precise and decisive strikes. The third pillar is 'No distinction between terror sponsors and terrorists.' PM Modi said India will no longer see terrorist leaders and the governments sheltering them as separate entities. PM pointed out that during Operation Sindoor, the world once again witnessed Pakistan's disturbing reality--senior Pakistani military officials openly attending funerals of eliminated terrorists, proving Pakistan's deep involvement in state-sponsored terrorism. The Prime Minister reaffirmed that India will continue taking decisive steps to safeguard its citizens against any threat. India effectively repelled escalation by the Pakistan military following Operation Sindoor and also pounded some airbases. (ANI)
Economic Times
10-05-2025
- Climate
- Economic Times
MEA special briefing on Operation Sindoor
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) held an official press briefing to provide key updates on Operation Sindoor 2.0, an ongoing evacuation and assistance mission launched to support Indian nationals in crisis-hit regions. Show more 03:12 03:39 03:39 09:58 02:14 03:47 03:47 03:14 03:10 03:49 07:51 02:59 01:42 06:20 04:56 02:21 03:50 03:00 02:03 02:32 04:17 03:50 09:03 01:52 03:55 04:04 08:08 03:06 03:05 03:06 03:34 02:42 06:08 04:44 03:32 04:39 03:34
Time of India
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
MEA special briefing on Operation Sindoor
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) held an official press briefing to provide key updates on Operation Sindoor 2.0, an ongoing evacuation and assistance mission launched to support Indian nationals in crisis-hit regions. Show more Show less
Mint
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Mint
‘State funerals to terrorists may be a practice in Pakistan': FS Misri junking ‘civilians killed' in Indian strike claim
Operation Sindoor 2.0: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on 8 May junked the Pakistan's claim that civilians were killed during India's Operation Sindoor citing the reported incident where designated terrorist attended the funeral of three terrorists killed in Wednesday morning strike. Mrisri held up the photo where Hafiz Abdul Rauf, a US-designated global terrorist and high-level Lashkar-e-Taiba commander, is purportedly seen leading funeral prayers for those who died in the Indian missile strikes. Misri said it was odd that the 'funerals of civilians' are carried out with the coffins being draped in Pakistani flags. 'It's also odd that funerals of civilians are being carried out with coffins wrapped in their national flag, and state honours are being accorded. The individuals eliminated at these facilities were terrorists. Giving state funerals to terrorists may be a practice in Pakistan, but it doesn't seem to make much sense to us,' he said. It's also odd that funerals of civilians are being carried out with coffins wrapped in their national flag. The funeral, held on Wednesday in Muridke — approximately 40 kilometers from Lahore — was also attended by members of Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD), the banned organisation led by Hafiz Saeed, according to news agency PTI. The three terrorists — Qari Abdul Malik, Khalid, and Mudassir — were killed in a targeted strike on terror group's headquarters in Muridke, carried out by Indian forces as part of 'Operation Sindoor,' according to news reports. Government of India has not officially released the names or numbers of the dead in the strike. Indian armed forces carried out precision strikes at terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the government said early Wednesday morning. In all, 9 areas have been targeted, the government said in the statement, codenaming the strike 'Operation Sindoor.' In one of the deadliest ever attacks on civilians in Jammu and Kashmir, 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed when a group of terrorists attacked Baisaran valley in South Kashmir's Pahalgam on 22 April. 'We have made the point very clearly that all attacks on the morning of May 7 were against carefully selected terrorist infrastructure, terrorist targets. In fact, seeing some of the coverage of the after effects of these strikes, including the funerals for the terrorists that are held yesterday, I think a lot of you have seen the reports and the coverage on media,' Misri said at the Thursday's presser.
Mint
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Mint
Operation Sindoor 2.0 LIVE: India shoots down Pakistan's drones and missiles; MEA briefing to begin at 5.30 pm
08 May 2025, 07:01 PM IST Operation Sindoor 2.0 LIVE: All government and private schools of Baramulla, Kupwara, Sub-Division (Gurez) and schools falling in the proximity of Srinagar and Awantipora Airport will remain closed on May 9 and 10, 2025 as precautionary measures, a notification by the Director School Education, Kashmir, said on Thursday. 08 May 2025, 06:59 PM IST Operation Sindoor 2.0 LIVE: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on May 8 that any further action by Pakistan, is nothing but escalation and will be responded to and is being responded to appropriately. Misri repeated that original escalation was seen in Pahalgam, and that India is responding in restrained manner. "Any further action by Pakistan, some of which we are seeing today, is nothing but escalation by Pakistan once again, and will be responded to and is being responded to appropriately," he said at a special press conference here on Thursday. 08 May 2025, 06:33 PM IST Operation Sindoor 2.0 LIVE: 'Pakistan trying to wash its hands off any or all involvement with terrorism', Foreign secretary Vikram Ministry set records straight on disinformation on Thursday during a press briefing. 'Several terrorist organisations in the world where Pakistani fingerprints were found', Misri asserted, also adding 'Pahalgam terror attack was original escalation'. 08 May 2025, 06:19 PM IST Operation Sindoor 2.0 LIVE: While talking about the Indus Waters Treaty, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said that Pakistan was deliberately creating roadblocks over the years. He was addressing the media at a Ministry of External Affairs briefing on Thursday. 08 May 2025, 06:15 PM IST Operation Sindoor 2.0 LIVE: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Thursday said that the retaliatory actions of Pakistan is impacting civilians, referring to the fresh cross-border firing at the Line of Control (LoC). Families living near the LoC in the Akhnoor sector have been forced to leave their homes once again due to ongoing cross-border firing and to take shelter at safer places, an ANI report said on Thursday. 08 May 2025, 05:59 PM IST Operation Sindoor 2.0 LIVE: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said that Pakistan has been pursuing cross-border terrorism against India for decades. Misri, along with Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, was addressing the media at a Ministry of External Affairs briefing on Thursday. 08 May 2025, 05:58 PM IST Operation Sindoor 2.0 LIVE: During the Ministry of External Affairs briefing on Thursday, Colonel Sofiya Qureshi said that any attack on military targets in India will invite a suitable response. The Colonel was referring to Pakistan's attempt to engage several Indian military targets using drones and missiles on the intervening night of May 7-8. These drones were effectively neutralised by the Indian Armed Forces 08 May 2025, 05:28 PM IST Operation Sindoor 2.0 LIVE: A Ministry of Information and Broadcasting advisory, issued on Thursday, directed all OTT platforms, media streaming platforms, and intermediaries to discontinue streaming all Pakistani-origin content. 'In the interest of national security, all OTT platforms, media streaming platforms and intermediaries operating in India are advised to discontinue the web-series, films, songs, podcasts and other streaming media content, whether made available on a subscription based model or otherwise, having its origins in Pakistan with immediate effect,' the ministry said in a statement. Government advisory on Pakistani-origin content for OTT platforms and media. 08 May 2025, 05:14 PM IST Operation Sindoor 2.0 LIVE: After reports of "drone explosions, downed drones, and possible airspace incursions," the US has asked its citizens to leave Lahore or "shelter-in-place." The US Consulate in a statement also advised its citizens to have evacuation plans that do not rely on US government assistance, carry up-to-date and easily accessible travel documents, monitor local media for updates, carry proper identification, and cooperate with authorities, an ANI report said. "Due to reports of drone explosions, downed drones, and possible airspace incursions in and near Lahore, the US Consulate General in Lahore has directed all consulate personnel to shelter-in-place," the statement said. 08 May 2025, 04:51 PM IST Operation Sindoor 2.0 LIVE: Several flights scheduled for arrival and departures from Delhi Airport were cancelled on Thursday due to the closure of airspace, said airport sources. These 90 cancelled flights include 46 domestic departures and 33 domestic arrival flights while it included five international departure and six international arrival flights. These cancelled flights were scheduled between 8 am and 2 pm, an ANI report said. 08 May 2025, 04:37 PM IST Operation Sindoor 2.0 LIVE: The Punjab government have issued directives under the Civil Defence Act, 1968, to enforce a complete blackout in the Gurdaspur district from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM, effective from May 8, 2025, until further orders. The statement released reads, "Due to a sensitive environment on the Indo-Pak border, guidelines of the Government of India and the Government of Punjab. According to this, further orders will be issued from 08.05.2025 to deal with the emergency situation under the Civil Defense Act 1968. From 9.00 pm to 5.00 am the next day, there will be complete "black out" in district Gurdaspur. This order will not be applicable in Central Jail Gurdaspur and hospitals. Though, the windows of Gurdaspur jail and hospitals will be closed every day from 9.00 pm to 5.00 am the next day." 08 May 2025, 04:32 PM IST Operation Sindoor 2.0 LIVE: Union Minister Jitendra Singh met Jammu's Divisional Commissioner, along with District Magistrate (DM) of Kahtua, Samba, Jammu, Poonch, and Rajouri districts on Thursday. Singh, in a post on X, said that he 'held a detailed review of the administrative arrangements and public confidence building measures in the wake of the developments of the last two days'. 08 May 2025, 04:26 PM IST Operation Sindoor 2.0 LIVE: Authorities in the Union Territory of Ladakh on Thursday prohibited flying of drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in Leh district, citing credible inputs and security concerns about their 'potential misuse' by anti-national elements. District Magistrate of Leh, Santosh Sukhadeve, ordered the prohibition on flying of drones and UAVs by locals, tourists, or private persons and said any violation of the order shall attract strict legal action under relevant laws, news agency PTI reported. "This order is issued ex-parte in the interest of public safety and security and shall remain in force until further notice," he said. 08 May 2025, 04:33 PM IST Operation Sindoor 2.0 LIVE: Pakistan attempted to target several Indian military targets using drones and missiles on the intervening night of May 7-8. These drones were effectively neutralised by the Indian Armed Forces, a Ministry of Defence statement said. In response, Indian Armed Forces targeted Air Defence Radars and systems in various locations in Pakistan, the statement added. '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,' it said. 'Indian response has been in the same domain with same intensity as Pakistan. It has been reliably learnt that an Air Defence system at Lahore has been neutralised,' it added.
