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2 hours ago
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Operation Sindoor: Pakistan wanted India 'to its knees in 48 hours', but folded up in 8 hours, says CDS Chauhan
CDS Anil Chauhan has revealed that Pakistan planned to bring India 'to its knees' in 48 hours through its so-called Operation Bunyan al-Marsoos on May 10. But the attacks folded within 8 hours, forcing Pakistan to seek ceasefire, he said. read more Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Tuesday said Pakistan had planned to bring India 'to its knees in 48 hours' with its so-called Operation Bunyan al-Marsoos on May 10. However, the attacks collapsed within 8 hours, after which Pakistan reached out and said it wanted to talk. General Chauhan made the remarks during a lecture on 'Future Wars and Warfare' at Savitribai Phule Pune University. He said Pakistan launched the operation around 1 am on May 10, carrying out multiple attacks, but their plan failed quickly in response to further retaliation under India's Operation Sindoor. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD 'Then they picked up the phone and said they wanted to talk,' Gen Chauhan said. 'We didn't see each other. We saw it either through radar or at different ranges, except for what was happening on the LoC. It was a mixture of kinetic and non-kinetic war. When I say non-kinetic, that happened in the information domain and cyber domain. And, of course, there were kinetic operations where destruction was being caused. It was also nonlinear in nature. So there's something happening on the LoC and something happening as far back as Sargodha.' This is a developing story.
Time of India
3 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Professor of engg college in Pune's Wagholi, 3 students arrested for circulating answer sheets to students for cheating after exam
Pune: A professor and three second-year students of an engineering college in Wagholi were arrested early on Tuesday by crime branch officials of the Pune police for circulating answer sheets after the exam on Monday to first-year students for cheating in exchange for money. Additional commissioner of police (crime) Pankaj Deshmukh told TOI that assistant inspector Madan Kamble received information about the professor giving out the answer sheets illegally to the students late in the night on the college premises so that they could rewrite the answers to some sections of the question paper and put the sheets back in the strongroom after finishing. Deshmukh said, "The first-year students appeared for their engineering mathematics examination on Monday. It was a tough paper for some. They were told to leave blank spaces on the answer sheets for the questions they did not attempt and fill them up later in the night with the right answers." Senior inspector Yuvraj Hande of the Wagholi police said, "We have arrested the professor, Pratik Satav (37), of Wagholi, and the three students. We are questioning them." The examinations are conducted by Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU). Colleges away from the core city limits have to safely keep the answer sheets overnight and deliver them for checking to the university the next day. Deshmukh added that the professor took Rs 15,000 to Rs 50,000 from each student to give them the answer sheets so that they could score well in the examination. The second-year students, who have been arrested, took the first-year students to the professor, the police officer said. He added that the professor was the exam officer in the college, but was recently relieved of the post. He now teaches mechanical engineering to the students in the same college. Deshmukh said, "Satav prepared a duplicate key to the strong room where the answer sheets are kept. He colluded with the second-year students to earn quick money. He gave them the duplicate key and they pulled out eight answer sheets and circulated them to the students who had left blank spaces to fill up." The students were caught writing the answers. The professor was not present in the room. He was arrested after the police questioned the students and their replies led to him. The police team also seized six bundles of answer sheets and Rs 2 lakh in cash. "The money was given by the first-year students to their seniors in the second year," Deshmukh said. Prabhakar Desai, acting director of the examination and evaluation board of SPPU, in a statement on Tuesday said, "The board is committed to systematic examination planning, evaluation, and result processing. It is fully aware that every action in this regard must be lawful, honest, sensitive, and governed by rules and ethics. Efforts are being made to instil sensitivity regarding this in all components associated with examination planning, evaluation, and the result process. " The statement added, "However, the act committed on Tuesday by the faculty member of the college located at Wagholi is highly unethical and a violation of the university's examination planning regulations. SPPU has formed a fact-finding committee to investigate the matter and has instructed the committee to submit its report within just seven days. The board will take strict action against the concerned individuals as per the university's law. "
Indian Express
4 hours ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
Pak wanted India on its knees in 48 hrs, folded up in 8 hrs to talk: CDS
Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan said Tuesday that Pakistan wanted to bring India 'to its knees in 48 hours' with Operation Bunyan al-Marsoos on May 10, but the attacks 'folded up in 8 hours' after which Pakistan 'picked up the telephone and said they wanted to talk'. He made these remarks while delivering a lecture on 'Future Wars and Warfare' at the Savitribai Phule Pune University. Detailing the Pakistani response to Operation Sindoor, General Chauhan said Operation Bunyan al-Marsoos was 'launched by Pakistan on 10th of May at about 1 am' and 'its aim was to get India down to its knees in 48 hours. Multiple attacks were launched'. He said although India had actually hit only terror targets, the Pakistanis 'escalated this conflict… into the military domain'. Stating that armed forces are the most rational actors in conflict situations, he explained why Pakistan called India. 'I think that the rationale behind this… realisation coming in… stemmed from two facts. One is that they must have assumed that if they continued this mode, they are likely to lose much more. Hence, they picked up the telephone. And second, since they had struck us at multiple fronts, they still did not have the benefit of understanding what they had struck. So, they must have thought they must have struck and, hence, they would like to talk now. And if they don't, they will tend to lose more.' Later, after a couple of days, Pakistan must have realised that their attacks had failed, he said. 'So, these were the two factors which would have made them think. But it's only after, say, one or two days, they would have realised that all… the kind of attacks they had launched against us were not fortified and they had all kind of failed.' Responding to a student's question on the losses faced by Pakistan during the hostilities, General Chauhan said, 'When I was asked about losses on our side, I said these are not important. The results and how you act are important. So it would not be very correct to talk about the losses, numbers etc.' 'You see, in a match, suppose you go into a football match and you win 3-2… that's an even-sided match. But suppose you go into a cricket Test match and win by an innings, then there is no question of how many wickets and how many balls and how many players. It's an innings (victory),' he said. 'But since there is always this inquisitiveness as to the results of your strikes… At some point of time, we will take out this particular data, and share it, to answer the queries and inquisitiveness of people… who keep asking 'How many aircraft did we destroy? How many radars did we destroy?' We will make a rough assessment of that and come out with that shortly,' he said. He said the government's objective behind Operation Sindoor was not retribution but to draw the limits of tolerance with Pakistan. 'Let me talk about reason… Operation Sindoor, as far as the government is concerned, was not about retribution. I think it was about drawing these limits of tolerance… This state-sponsored terrorism from Pakistan had to stop, and Pakistan should not be able to hold India hostage to terror activities.' Another point made by the operation was that India was not going to live under the shadow of terror and nuclear blackmail, he said. He also spoke about the emotions of India's citizens. 'The emotion… among the people of India was revenge and retribution… and to get the perpetrators to justice. That I think was playing in everyone's mind, that is the kind of emotion and public sentiment that was happening. And at the end of it, there was probably some sort of satisfaction, (and also) anxiety. Anxiety during the operation.' On the risks involved during military operations, he said, 'You can't be 100 per cent prepared for every kind of contingency and you can't have 100 per cent of the information about that. So you are always groping a bit in the dark when you are carrying out military operations. In every military operation, there is an element of risk involved. The only thing is that it should be a calculated kind of a risk.' 'In a war, even if there are setbacks, we have to adapt, understand what went wrong and go out again.' He said as an organisation, one must have an offensive spirit. 'That's why I said in a couple of my interviews that losses are not important, the outcome is,' he said. He reiterated that Operation Sindoor was not over and that there was only temporary cessation of operations. Soham is a Correspondent with the Indian Express in Pune. A journalism graduate, he was a fact-checker before joining the Express. Soham currently covers education and is also interested in civic issues, health, human rights, and politics. ... Read More
Indian Express
9 hours ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
Technical glitch complaints on day 1 of SPPU online entrance exam
Applicants appearing for the online entrance exams for postgraduate courses at the Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) complained of technical glitches on the online portal. The examination was conducted in a home-based proctored mode and the applicants alleged that the glitches resulted in them losing out on time in the 2 hour exam. Appearing for the M.A. Philosophy entrance exam at 8 am, Pune-based Kalpesh Wagh said, 'The exam portal kept logging me out and I had to login again each time. I got logged out at least 10-12 times during the exam. At the beginning it wouldn't log in at all, when I finally managed to log in the website kept kicking me out during the exam. Thankfully the timer paused when it kicked me out and resumed when I logged in. But still, even if you assume I lost two minutes per log-out when the portal got stuck, I lost at least 20-30 minutes of my time for the paper.' Another Pune applicant Onkar Binawde, who appeared for the M.A. Marathi entrance exam, said that the exam was originally scheduled for 11 am but he was informed that it was pushed to 11:30 am. But even the delayed exam was rife with technical irregularities. 'When the exam began, the portal was very buggy and kept logging me out. When I was solving the questions it logged me out multiple times. I lost around 20 minutes out of the 2 hour paper due to this,' he said. Pranay Dhoke from Nagpur, who appeared for M.A. in Social and Public policy paper which was also rescheduled to 11:30, said, 'In the beginning the camera system was not able to capture properly. It took me half an hour to begin the paper. When I logged in at 11:30 the portal kept buffering and would not load. My network was fine but only this site was not working. I lost half an hour over this. I did not contact anyone as I was focused on getting the site to work, complaining would have led to even more.' An applicant who appeared for the M.A. Sociology entrance exam at 4 pm said he did not face any technical glitches but alleged that six questions in his paper were repeated. Siddhant Jambhulkar of the National Student Union of India, said that such instances bring disrepute to the college. 'The admission process and examinations at Savitribai Phule Pune University often appear disorganised, causing students to face unnecessary technical difficulties. The university's ranking is not affected due to student protests or activism, but because of such issues and the administration's negligence,' said. Deputy Registrar of SPPU Munjaji Rasve admitted to technical glitches for the 8 am paper but denied having received any complaints for the 11:30 am paper. He told The Indian Express, 'There were technical glitches during the 8 am paper, therefore we extended the time of the examination. Due to this extension, we had to push the 11 am paper to 11:30 am. However, no technical difficulties have been brought to us regarding the 11:30 am paper.' Soham is a Correspondent with the Indian Express in Pune. A journalism graduate, he was a fact-checker before joining the Express. Soham currently covers education and is also interested in civic issues, health, human rights, and politics. ... Read More
Indian Express
10 hours ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
Cash-for-paper case: 4, including Wagholi college professor, held
A professor at an engineering college in Wagholi affiliated to the Savitribai Phule Pune University has been arrested for paying bribes in exchange for answer paper manipulation, along with three others. The professor allegedly took bribes from students to allow them to rewrite their 'Mathematics 2' paper that was conducted on June 2. A press note shared by the crime branch unit six of Pune city said that a whistleblower informed them on June 2 that the professor had taken bribes from students to allow them to enter the college at night and rewrite their answer papers. Based on this information, the unit conducted a raid at the college at 2 am on June 3 and recovered six bundles of written answer sheets, Rs 2,06,000 in cash, and a duplicate key of the room where the papers were kept. A total of eight first-year students had arrived at the college in the night. The said professor and his accomplices had allegedly spied on students struggling to pass the exams and charged Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000 as bribes from each one of them to allow them to rewrite their paper. A statement shared by the officiating director of the Board of Examinations and Evaluation at Savitribai Phule Pune University, Professor Prabhakar Desai, said: 'The actions of a professor of Moze Engineering College, Wagholi is highly unethical and in violation of the university examination planning regulations. Savitribai Phule Pune University has immediately constituted a fact-finding committee in this regard and has asked this committee to submit its report within just 7 days. As soon as the report is received from this committee, strict action will be taken against the concerned persons by the Examination and Evaluation Board as per the University law. As examinations are very important events in the life of a student, its seriousness and sanctity should be preserved by everyone and the Examination and Evaluation Board of Savitribai Phule Pune University is very sensitive in this regard.'
