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Time of India
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Border on high alert: Pakistan offensive repelled again
New Delhi | Srinagar: The Indian Army late on Friday said drones from Pakistan had been sighted at 26 locations along the International Border and the Line of Control, ranging from Baramulla in the north to Bhuj in the west, marking another night of such attacks. #Operation Sindoor India-Pakistan Clash Live Updates| Missiles, shelling, and attacks — here's all that's happening Pakistani Air Force jet shot down in Pathankot by Indian Air Defence: Sources India on high alert: What's shut, who's on leave, and state-wise emergency measures These include suspected armed drones posing potential threats to civilian and military targets. The locations included Baramulla, Srinagar, Avantipora, Nagrota, Jammu, Ferozepur, Pathankot, Fazilka, Lalgarh Jatta, Jaisalmer, Barmer, Kuarbet and Lakhi Nala, according to an official statement. Armed forces are maintaining a high state of alert and all aerial threats are being tracked and engaged using counter-drone systems, the army said in a release. The situation is under close and constant watch and prompt action is being taken, it said. "An armed drone targeted a civilian area in Ferozepur, resulting in severe injuries to members of a local family," it said. "The injured have been provided medical assistance and the area has been sanitised by security forces." The army urged citizens, especially in border areas, to remain indoors, limit unnecessary movement and strictly follow instructions issued by local authorities. While there is no need for panic, heightened vigilance and precaution are essential, it said. Also Read: From Baramulla to Bhuj, India thwarts Pakistani drones at 26 locations amid rising tensions Power was cut in the Jammu division at around 8:15 pm, following multiple drones being spotted. Locals in Jammu shared videos of the purported drone attack and said this was happening for the second consecutive night. "Complete blackout in Jammu. Loud explosions-bombing, shelling, or missile strikes suspected," former J&K police chief SP Vaid, who lives in Jammu, posted on social media. J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah, who was in Jammu, asked people to stay home for the next few hours. "Ignore rumours, don't spread unsubstantiated or unverified stories & we will get through this together," he said. Targeting Military Installations Earlier on Friday, Indian officials had held a briefing in the capital on the state of the conflict. Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated sharply on the night of May 8 and into the early hours of May 9, following a series of cross-border military engagements involving drones and missiles. Also Read: On IMF's lifeline, Pakistan struggles as India wields its economic power to block handouts Pakistan fired missiles and sent drones, targeting Indian military installations in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Rajasthan. Explosions were reported in Jammu, including areas such as RS Pura, Arnia, Samba and Hiranagar as well as in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer. Indian air defence systems, including the advanced S-400 missile system, successfully intercepted these threats, preventing casualties and damage to military assets. Pakistan did not close its civil airspace despite launching a failed, unprovoked drone and missile attack on Wednesday. On Friday, the Indian government said that on the night of May 7-8, the Pakistani army violated Indian airspace several times through Turkish-origin drones across the entire western border with the intention of targeting military infrastructure. "The Pakistani army also fired heavy-calibre weapons along the Line of Control. Around 300 to 400 drones were used to attempt infiltration at 36 locations," said Colonel Sofiya Qureshi during a press conference on Friday. The armed forces are analysing the drones, she said. "The possible purpose of such large-scale aerial intrusions was to test air defence systems and collect intelligence," she said. "Forensic investigation of the wreckage of the drones is being done. Initial reports suggest that they are Turkish Asisguard Songar drones." A Pakistani unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) also tried to attack the military station in Bhatinda, but the attempt was thwarted, said Qureshi. Pakistan's attempts to violate India's airspace were repulsed.
Economic Times
09-05-2025
- Politics
- Economic Times
India neutralises second assault; Blitz continuing
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel New Delhi|Srinagar: Pakistan launched multiple missile and drone attacks on border cities -from Jammu to Jaisalmer -that were neutralised by Indian armed forces on Thursday. The attack continued until late into the officials indicated that as many as eight missiles from Pakistan directed at Satwari, Samba, RS Pura and Arnia were repulsed by the army and the air More: India-Pakistan: Tensions surge as Pakistan targets Jammu; India activates air defences; What we know so far "Military stations of Jammu, Pathankot and Udhampur in proximity to the international boundary in Jammu and Kashmir targeted by Pakistan using missiles and drones. No losses," the Headquarters of the Integrated Defence Staff said on X."Threat neutralised by Indian armed forces as per SoP with kinetic & non-kinetic means," said the More: India-Pakistan tensions: Airlines, airports asked to tighten airport checks; Visitor entry to terminal buildings banned and more People in the know said drones were sighted at multiple locations along the western front, confirmed to be hostile and effectively engaged with by air defence systems and neutralised. Pakistani forces resorted to shelling in several areas but no major casualties were areas of Jammu were under a power blackout. Shelling was reported from the border areas of Poonch in Jammu and Kupwara in Kashmir. The power supply was turned off in Srinagar as well, around 9:50 pm."It seems to be a missile and drone attack, which have been intercepted... We can hear continuous bangs even now," said former Jammu & Kashmir police chief SP Vaid, who lives in Jammu. "There is a complete blackout now. The situation is evolving."Muhammad Hussain, a resident of the Bawey area of Jammu, said, "We heard some loud bangs around 8:15 pm and, within a few minutes, there was a complete blackout. Then we saw several objects flying in the sky."A Jammu college student said, "We have gathered in one room and we could hear loud bangs even at 9:30 pm. We see these objects with red lights going around in the skies."A senior official in Jammu said power blackouts were normal and taken as a precautionary measure. "People are advised to stay indoors and follow SOPs (standard operating procedures) issued by the NDMA (National Disaster Management Authority) and the government," said another said swarm drone attacks had been foiled at Jammu airport and some other locations as of drone attacks came from Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. "We heard two major blast sounds around 9 pm," said a businessman there, adding that a flying object was neutralised by Indian forces in the sky itself. The same was reported by villagers near the international border."We are right now in absolute darkness and only hearing the sounds of explosions," said a villager near Longewala in were observed in Bhuj, Naliya, Nakhayrana and Khavda in Kutch district of Gujarat. Punjab's Pathankot and Amritsar districts on Thursday evening also had blackouts. There were reports of a loud noise in Pathankot, which some feared could be shelling from Pakistan but there was no confirmation of authorities said there was no need to will be an eight-hour blackout starting at 9 pm on Thursday in Punjab's Gurdaspur district, said district authorities.(With agency inputs)
Time of India
09-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
India neutralises second assault; Blitz continuing
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel New Delhi|Srinagar: Pakistan launched multiple missile and drone attacks on border cities -from Jammu to Jaisalmer -that were neutralised by Indian armed forces on Thursday. The attack continued until late into the officials indicated that as many as eight missiles from Pakistan directed at Satwari, Samba, RS Pura and Arnia were repulsed by the army and the air More: India-Pakistan: Tensions surge as Pakistan targets Jammu; India activates air defences; What we know so far "Military stations of Jammu, Pathankot and Udhampur in proximity to the international boundary in Jammu and Kashmir targeted by Pakistan using missiles and drones. No losses," the Headquarters of the Integrated Defence Staff said on X."Threat neutralised by Indian armed forces as per SoP with kinetic & non-kinetic means," said the More: India-Pakistan tensions: Airlines, airports asked to tighten airport checks; Visitor entry to terminal buildings banned and more People in the know said drones were sighted at multiple locations along the western front, confirmed to be hostile and effectively engaged with by air defence systems and neutralised. Pakistani forces resorted to shelling in several areas but no major casualties were areas of Jammu were under a power blackout. Shelling was reported from the border areas of Poonch in Jammu and Kupwara in Kashmir. The power supply was turned off in Srinagar as well, around 9:50 pm."It seems to be a missile and drone attack, which have been intercepted... We can hear continuous bangs even now," said former Jammu & Kashmir police chief SP Vaid, who lives in Jammu. "There is a complete blackout now. The situation is evolving."Muhammad Hussain, a resident of the Bawey area of Jammu, said, "We heard some loud bangs around 8:15 pm and, within a few minutes, there was a complete blackout. Then we saw several objects flying in the sky."A Jammu college student said, "We have gathered in one room and we could hear loud bangs even at 9:30 pm. We see these objects with red lights going around in the skies."A senior official in Jammu said power blackouts were normal and taken as a precautionary measure. "People are advised to stay indoors and follow SOPs (standard operating procedures) issued by the NDMA (National Disaster Management Authority) and the government," said another said swarm drone attacks had been foiled at Jammu airport and some other locations as of drone attacks came from Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. "We heard two major blast sounds around 9 pm," said a businessman there, adding that a flying object was neutralised by Indian forces in the sky itself. The same was reported by villagers near the international border."We are right now in absolute darkness and only hearing the sounds of explosions," said a villager near Longewala in were observed in Bhuj, Naliya, Nakhayrana and Khavda in Kutch district of Gujarat. Punjab's Pathankot and Amritsar districts on Thursday evening also had blackouts. There were reports of a loud noise in Pathankot, which some feared could be shelling from Pakistan but there was no confirmation of authorities said there was no need to will be an eight-hour blackout starting at 9 pm on Thursday in Punjab's Gurdaspur district, said district authorities.(With agency inputs)
Time of India
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
"It appears to be full-fledged war by Pakistan": Former J-K DGP SP Vaid
Former Jammu and Kashmir DGP SP Vaid reported approximately 50-60 air attacks by Pakistan across Jammu, Udhampur, and other regions, which India's air defense system successfully neutralized. Despite the massive assault, no damage was reported, but Vaid suggested Pakistan's actions indicated a full-fledged war. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Former Jammu and Kashmir DGP SP Vaid has said that there were "around 50-60 air attacks" over Jammu, Udhampur, Rajouri, Pathankot, Samba, and Akhnoor by Pakistan on Thursday evening and these were neutralised by India's impregnable air defence said there is no report of any damage despite such a massive attack by former DGP said Pakistan appears to have resorted to full-fledged war."Today evening after 8:20 pm, we have witnessed around 50-60 air attacks over Jammu, Udhampur, Rajouri, Pathankot, Samba, and Akhnoor. All these attacks have been neutralised and made ineffective. Compliments to the impregnable air defence system," SP Vaid said."There is no report of any damage despite such a massive attack by Pakistan. It appears to be a full-fledged war by Pakistan and a befitting reply needs to be given by our three services. Pakistan's days are numbered... Pakistan will soon be divided into five parts," he May 8, Pakistan Army resorted to firing across the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri, Kupwara, Tangdhar, and Karnah sectors of Jammu and Kashmir, violating the fired eight missiles directed at Satwari, Samba, RS Pura and Arnia, and all were intercepted and blocked by air defence units, defence sources said the attack resembled a Hamas-style operation in Israel where Multiple cheap rockets are used to targe citiesThey said visuals over Jammu remind one of exactly a Hamas-style attack on Israel, like multiple cheap Army is operating and behaving like a terrorist organisation, Hamas, they said. Last month, ISI and Hamas met in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and were heard as Indian air defence intercepted Pakistdrones in Udhampur, Jammu and drones were intercepted by Indian air defence in Jaisalmer. Explosions were heard, and flashes were seen in the sky. A complete blackout has been enforced in Bikaner, Rajasthan, and Jalandhar, Punjab. Blackouts have also been enforced in Kishtwar, Akhnoor, Samba, Jammu, and Amritsar, its tensions with India, Pakistan targeted Jammu with loitering munitions on Thursday, and Indian Air Defence guns are firing had responded to the Pahalgam terror attack through Operation Sindoor, in which terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pok was targeted through precision strikes. India also said that any attack on military installations will invite a suitable a media briefing on Thursday Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said that escalation by Pakistan will be responded to and is being responded to appropriately."The original escalation was by Pakistan on the 22nd of April. We are the ones who are responding to that escalation with the action that was taken yesterday morning. And again, I would like to emphasize that the action was restrained; it was directed towards non-civilian, non-military targets; and confined to terrorist camps. And again, as we've been saying since yesterday, any further action by Pakistan, some of which we are seeing today is nothing but escalation by Pakistan now, once again, and will be responded to and is being responded to appropriately," he also said that India's intention has not been to escalate matters."We are only responding to the original escalations, as I said. And our response has been targeted, precise, controlled and measured. No military targets have been selected. Only terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan has been hit," he said the government informed an all-party meeting on Thursday that over 100 terrorists were killed in India's precision strikes on terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan early on Wednesday .The Defence Ministry said in a statement on Thursday that on the night of May 7, 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," the statement said today morning Indian Armed Forces targeted Air Defence Radars and systems at a number of locations in Pakistan. 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 statement said Pakistan has increased the intensity of its unprovoked firing across the Line of Control using Mortars and heavy calibre Artillery in areas in Kupwara, Baramulla, Uri, Poonch, Mendhar and Rajouri sectors in Jammu and Kashmir."Sixteen innocent lives have been lost, including three women and five children, due to Pakistani firing. Here too, India was compelled to respond to bring Mortar and Artillery fire from Pakistan to a halt. Indian Armed Forces reiterate their commitment to non-escalation, provided it is respected by the Pakistani military," the statement said.
Hans India
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Ex-top cop calls for Israel-style response to crush Pak terror
New Delhi: Amid national mourning and outrage over the deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's (J&K) Pahalgam, former Director General of Police (DGP) of J&K, SP Vaid, on Wednesday issued a scathing statement, likening the massacre to 'Pulwama 2.0' and calling for a decisive, Israel-style response to crush Pakistan-backed terrorism. Speaking out after 26 people, including tourists, a Navy officer and an Intelligence officer, were gunned down in a brutal ambush in the Baisaran Valley, SP Vaid claimed the attack was premeditated and orchestrated with direct Pakistani involvement. Speaking to IANS, he said, 'This is a very tragic incident, the way the attackers asked the victims about their religion before targeting and killing them. This is like a Pulwama 2.0 moment for our country. I believe this is not a coincidence. Just two days ago, the Pakistan Army Chief made a provocative statement, and now this attack has taken place. This was clearly a directed operation.' He further alleged a connection between the attack and the recent visit of a Hamas leader to Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK), calling it a 'well-researched and premeditated attack.' 'Our response should be like Israel's. Pakistan must remember this forever. The backbone of the Pakistani Army must be broken,' he asserted. Calling for unity and a fierce national response, Vaid added, 'We must crush the spine of Pakistan's terrorist army. Let them first prove their faith, whether they are true Muslims or 'kafirs'. Raise your voices against them. This moment demands a strong response from India.' He noted that Union Home Minister Amit Shah is already on the ground, leading the crisis. 'The Home Minister is already on the ground since yesterday, assessing the situation. He will soon give directives to all agencies. I believe India is prepared,' Vaid stated. In response to the attack, security has been significantly heightened across sensitive areas in J&K. Barbed wire barricades have been erected, and strict vehicle checks are being carried out, particularly at Sarjeevan near Uri Nala in Baramulla. Additional forces have been deployed in vulnerable zones to prevent any further incidents.
