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Hans India
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Terrorists and their masters in Pak paid a heavy price, says Kishan Reddy
Hyderabad: G Kishan Reddy, Operation Sindoor, Terrorism in India, Mann Ki Baat, BJP Telangana, Modi government The government led by Prime Minister Modi has now put an end to the policy of paying homage with roses and lighting candles when the people of the country lose their lives in terrorist attacks and has shown them (Pakistan terrorists) that if they attack, they will have to pay a heavy price for it, said Union Minister for Coal and Mines and Telangana BJP President G Kishan Reddy. Speaking after watching Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 122nd episode of Mann Ki Baat along with people, BJP leaders and workers in the Sanatnagar constituency on Sunday, he urged everyone to watch the programme and appealed to put into practice important issues like cleanliness, yoga and diabetes that the Prime Minister spoke about. He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Mann Ki Baat' is meant to awaken people, unite them and create a healthy society. Union Minister Kishan Reddy urged everyone to follow the suggestions and advice given by the Prime Minister on the key issues relating to health for building a healthy nation. Regarding Operation Sindoor, Kishan Reddy said that it is a strong message by India to Pakistan which has been spreading terrorism against India for the last 46 years with many attacks like the ones at Lumbini Park, Gokul Chat, Sai Baba Temple, Dil Sukh Nagar blasts, Mumbai train attacks, Parliament attacks and many others. He said 'During these attacks, people used to pay homage and make peace. But after the Modi government came to power, he gave a strong message that terrorism and the country that nurtures terrorism will be taught a lesson – through the Pathankot – surgical strike, Pulwama – air strike, Pahalgam – Operation Sindoor.' He said that it is at such times that the entire country needs to stand united, putting aside parties, castes, religions, communities and colours. Operation Sindoor had destroyed nine terror camps in Pakistani territory. He said that the role of Indian soldiers was crucial in this. The Union Minister said that it is sad that a soldier from Visakhapatnam also lost his life in this operation. He said that there is a great need for everyone to participate in the Tiranga Yatras and rallies being organised at such times and show the unity of the country. The State BJP chief pointed out that the Pahalgam attack exposed the brutality of the terror outfits and their masters in Pakistan. He said, 'A father was killed in front of his children and a husband in front of his wife. Besides, Hindus were identified and killed and the kin of the victims were asked to go and tell Modi.' He said that India has given a strong response to their attacks through Operation Sindoor. 'From now on, every terrorist attack that takes place in India will be responded to and Pakistan will be shown its place,' he informed.
CNA
10-05-2025
- Politics
- CNA
Pakistan PM says 'avenged the blood of innocent lives'
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday (May 10) the military had given "a befitting response" to India after the worst confrontations in decades between the nuclear-armed neighbours. "Today, we have given India a befitting response and avenged the blood of innocent lives," he said in a statement issued by his office, after speaking with all political parties. Pakistan said it had launched counterattacks against India on Saturday, using medium-range Fateh missiles to target an Indian missile storage facility and air bases in Pathankot and Udhampur. The strikes came after Islamabad said India had fired missiles at three airbases in the country. Indian wing commander Vyomika Singh told a briefing on Saturday there were "several high-speed missile attacks" on air bases, but "limited damage" to equipment. Pakistan earlier accused India of targeting three of its bases with missiles, including one in Rawalpindi, some 10km from the capital, Islamabad. At least 13 civilians were killed in Pakistani Kashmir in 12 hours until noon on Saturday, the region's disaster authority said, as India and Pakistan traded fire after Islamabad's military action against India in the early hours of the day. More than 50 people were also injured in the region, the authority said. The government has named its new retaliatory operation against India "Bunyan-un-Marsoos". Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said the name means 'a wall fortified with lead'. Pakistan's defence minister added on Saturday that no meeting of the top military and civil body overseeing the country's nuclear arsenal had been scheduled following its earlier military operation against India. "This thing that you have spoken about (nuclear option) is present, but let's not talk about it - we should treat it as a very distant possibility, we shouldn't even discuss it in the immediate context," Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif told ARY TV. "Before we get to that point, I think temperatures will come down. No meeting has happened of the National Command Authority, nor is any such meeting scheduled." The clashes, involving fighter jets, missiles, drones and artillery, are the worst in decades and have killed more than 60 civilians. The fighting was touched off by an attack last month in the Indian-administered side of disputed Kashmir that killed 26 tourists, mostly Hindu men, which Delhi blamed on Islamabad. India accused the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba - a UN-designated terrorist organisation - of carrying out the attack, but Islamabad has denied any involvement and called for an independent probe. The countries have fought several wars over the Muslim-majority Kashmir, which both claim in full but administer separate portions of since gaining independence from British rule in 1947. "AVOID MISCALCULATION" In a series of calls to senior officials in both countries, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged them to restore direct communication to "avoid miscalculation". Rubio "emphasised that both sides need to identify methods to de-escalate and re-establish direct communication to avoid miscalculation", State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said. For the first known time since the conflict erupted, Rubio also spoke with Pakistan's army chief, considered the country's key powerbroker. China also made a similar appeal as did the G7 group of industrialised nations. The overnight Indian attack on the Rawalpindi air base could be heard from Islamabad. The air base is used to receive foreign dignitaries, and Saudi Arabia's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir had departed just hours earlier. Separately, AFP reported loud explosions in Srinagar, the capital of India-administered Kashmir. A police officer speaking on condition of anonymity said the Awantipora military airbase outside the city had been struck. "Pakistan's blatant escalation with drone strikes and other munitions continues along our western border," the army said on X. The army said "multiple enemy drones were spotted flying over" a military cantonment in Amritsar in Punjab, a state adjoining Kashmir, and were "instantly engaged and destroyed by our air defence units". RUSH TO LEAVE In Jammu, Indian-run Kashmir's second biggest city, people scrambled to board a special train dispatched to ferry people out. "There are loud explosions the entire night," said Karan Varma, a 41-year-old mason. "There is no choice but to leave." The overwhelming majority were poor labourers from other parts of India seeking to return to their homes. On Friday, the Indian army said it had "repulsed" waves of Pakistani attacks using drones and other munitions overnight, and gave a "befitting reply". Pakistan's military spokesman denied that Islamabad was carrying out such attacks, and vowed revenge for India's initial strikes on Wednesday. Pakistani military sources said its forces had shot down 77 drones, with debris of many incursions seen by AFP in cities across the country. Pakistan's military on Saturday morning claimed New Delhi's forces had bombed their own territory in Amritsar, without providing evidence. The conflict has caused major disruptions to international aviation, with airlines having to cancel flights or use longer routes that do not overfly the India-Pakistan frontier. India has closed 32 airports, while schools in areas close to the border on both sides were shuttered, affecting millions of children.
Asharq Al-Awsat
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Pakistan Retaliates after India Fires Missiles at 3 Air Bases inside Country
Pakistan said India fired missiles at three air bases inside the country Saturday but most of the missiles were intercepted and that retaliatory strikes on India were underway. It's the latest escalation in a conflict triggered by a massacre last month that India blames on Pakistan. The Pakistani military said it used medium-range Fateh missiles to target an Indian missile storage facility and airbases in Pathankot and Udhampur. There was no way to independently verify all the actions attributed to Pakistan or India. Army spokesman, Lt. Gen. Ahmad Sharif, said Pakistan's air force assets were safe following the Indian strikes, adding that some of the Indian missiles also hit India's eastern Punjab. 'This is a provocation of the highest order,' Sharif said. There was no immediate comment from India. State-run Pakistan Television reported that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has convened a meeting of the National Command Authority, the body responsible for overseeing the country's missile program and other strategic assets. Tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals have soared since an attack at a popular tourist site in India-controlled Kashmir left 26 civilians dead, mostly Hindu Indian tourists, on April 22. New Delhi has blamed Pakistan for backing the assault, an accusation Islamabad rejects. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir on Friday. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said Rubio continued to urge both parties to 'find ways to deescalate and offered US assistance in starting constructive talks' in order to avoid future conflicts. The call for calm came ahead of Saturday's Indian missile strikes, which targeted Nur Khan air base in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near the capital Islamabad, Murid air base in Chakwal city and Rafiqui air base in the Jhang district of eastern Punjab province, according to Pakistan's military spokesman. There was no media access to the air base in Rawalpindi, a densely populated city, and no immediate reports of residents hearing or seeing the strike or its aftermath. Following the announcement of Pakistani retaliation, residents in Indian-controlled Kashmir said they heard loud explosions at multiple places in the region, including the two big cities of Srinagar and Jammu, and the garrison town of Udhampur. 'Explosions that we are hearing today are different from the ones we heard the last two nights during drone attacks,' said Shesh Paul Vaid, the region's former top police official and Jammu resident. 'It looks like a war here.' Vaid said explosions were heard from areas with military bases, adding it appeared that army sites were being targeted. Srinagar appeared calm early Saturday but some residents in neighborhoods close to the city's airport, which is also an air base, said they were rattled by the explosions and booming sound of fighter jets. 'I was already awake but the explosions jolted my kids out of their sleep. They started crying,' said Srinagar resident Mohammed Yasin, adding he heard at least two explosions. Praveen Donthi, a senior analyst with the International Crisis Group for India, said the two countries were at war even if they had not yet labelled it as one. 'It's become a remorseless race for military one-upmanship with no apparent strategic end goals from either side,' said Donthi. 'With increasing civilian casualties on both sides, finding an exit or off-ramp is going to be challenging.' India's army said it destroyed multiple armed Pakistani drones that were spotted flying over a military cantonment in northern Punjab state's Amritsar city early Saturday. 'Pakistan's blatant attempt to violate India's sovereignty and endanger civilians is unacceptable,' the statement said. In Pakistan, the civil aviation authority shut the country's airports for all flight operations and people in major cities were seen chanting slogans supporting the armed forces. 'Thank God we have finally responded to Indian aggression,' said Muhammad Ashraf, who had headed out for breakfast in the eastern city of Lahore. The Indian army said late Friday that drones were sighted in 26 locations across many areas in Indian states bordering Pakistan and Indian-controlled Kashmir, including Srinagar. It said the drones were tracked and engaged. 'The situation is under close and constant watch, and prompt action is being taken wherever necessary,' the statement added. India and Pakistan have traded strikes and heavy cross-border fire for days, resulting in civilian casualties on both sides. The Group of Seven nations, or G7, urged 'maximum restraint' from India and Pakistan. It warned Friday that further military escalation posed a serious threat to regional stability.
Bloomberg
10-05-2025
- Bloomberg
Border Strife Triggers Food Hoarding, Canceled Trips in India
Many Indians, especially those living in areas closer to the Pakistan border, have started hoarding groceries, medicines, gasoline and canceling travel plans, amid a rapid escalation in military conflict between the two nuclear-armed nations. Citizens across towns in Punjab in India, such as Pathankot, Amritsar and Chandigarh, are seeing such panic buying. Gagandeep Madan, a 42-year-old who owns a 'kirana' shop — a mom-and-pop store — about 9 miles short of the Attari-Wagah border near Amritsar in Punjab, said almost all shops in the area, including his, had run out of food essentials on Wednesday.
Irish Times
09-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
IPL cricket suspended amid growing India-Pakistan tensions
The Indian Premier League has been suspended, initially for a week, because of concerns about the security situation in the country amid rising tensions along its border with Pakistan. The news came hours after the decision was taken to relocate the final fixtures in the Pakistan Super League to the UAE because of safety concerns. In a statement the IPL said: 'Further updates regarding the new schedule and venues of the tournament will be announced in due course after a comprehensive assessment of the situation in consultation with relevant authorities and stakeholders.' Transport within India has been complicated by the closure of 27 airports over security concerns, including in the host city of Dharamsala. Thursday's game there between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals was abandoned on Thursday after 10.1 overs, with the players and staff of the two teams rushed out of the ground, mingled on each other's coaches and with some still wearing their pads, before returning to Delhi by chartered train on Friday morning. READ MORE Dharamsala is about 80km from Pathankot, the location of one of the three Indian military bases targeted by what the Indian military described as 'missiles and drones' on Thursday, leading to the decision to abandon the game. 'It does not look nice that cricket goes on while the country is at war,' an official of the Board of Control for Cricket in India told the news agency PTI. Punjab Kings' Priyansh Arya plays a shot during the match against Delhi Capitals before play was halted. Photograph:The BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla said on Thursday that a decision on the immediate future of the IPL would be taken on Friday after consultation with government officials. 'At the moment our priority is the safety of all players, fans and stakeholders,' he said. With 58 games played and 12 group-stage fixtures remaining, plus four play-off ties, the BCCI must now decide if and how to complete the competition. The option of relocating to the UAE – where the tournament was shifted to when it was forced to shut down due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 – is off the table because it is already set to host the PSL, but a move to South Africa is feasible, aided by the fact that all six teams in that country's own franchise tournament, the SA20, are controlled by owners of IPL sides. The IPL was also moved to South Africa in 2009 because it coincided with Indian elections. The last time the IPL was shut down, when Covid flared up again in 2021, it resumed and concluded in the UAE that September, and a resumption later this year, after the conclusion of India's Test series in England, is possible. India are currently due to play six white-ball matches in Bangladesh in August followed by the eight-team Asia Cup in September, which they are due to host. Both are considered likely to be cancelled, opening a possible window for the IPL to resume in the middle of the English summer, clashing with the Hundred and the knockout stages of the T20 Blast. Ten English players are currently involved in the IPL: Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jacob Bethell, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Overton, Phil Salt and Reece Topley. – Guardian
