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Operation Sindoor Highlights: Pakistan targets Jammu airport; blackout in city, countermeasures on

Operation Sindoor Highlights: Indian armed forces conducted Operation Sindoor, hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Catch all the updates here

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Operation Sindoor. The image shared by Indian Army on X giving confirmation of the strikes carried out by India in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir in the wake of Pahalgam terror attacks.

Pakistan attempts to target Jammu airport; counter-measures activated amid total blackout in city, nearby areas.

Operation Sindoor Highlights: During a special briefing on Operation Sindoor held on Thursday, the government described the Pahalgam incident as the "first escalation" in the conflict. The media was addressed by Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, coinciding with India's action to neutralise an air defence system in Lahore  India carried out 25-minute "measured and non-escalatory" missile and drone strikes early Wednesday, targeting nine terrorist camps in Pakistan's Punjab province and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoJK), according to officials. The coordinated land and air assault was India's first strike in Pakistan's Punjab since the 1971 war. Dubbed “Operation Sindoor”, the retaliation to the Pahalgam terrorist attack included about 24 precision strikes across the locations that had been identified as hubs of terrorist activity, said a source in the know. Among the 21 identified terrorist camps and training centres spread across Pakistan and PoJK, the Indian armed forces launched coordinated attacks on nine, deploying both fighter jets and armed drones for the operation. 
 
US President Donald Trump has called for calm and dialogue between India and Pakistan amid rising tensions, expressing hope that the two nuclear-armed neighbours will resolve their differences peacefully. Speaking to reporters, Trump said, “I want to see them work it out.” He added, “Hopefully they can stop now,” urging both sides to de-escalate the situation. Reiterating his past offers to mediate between the two countries, Trump stated, “If I can help, I will be there.” 
 
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Parliamentary panels adopt resolutions congratulating armed forces for Operation Sindoor

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Pakistan pursued cross-border terrorism against India for decades: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri

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Operation Sindoor LIVE Updates: Pakistan shelters UN-designated terrorists

Foreign Secretary Vikram Mistry stated that Pakistan continues to provide refuge to individuals listed as terrorists by the United Nations, including Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar.
 
Mistry added that Pakistan's own leaders, including its Defence Minister and former Foreign Minister, have at times more effectively articulated the nation's involvement in fostering terrorism.
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Operation Sindoor LIVE Updates: Colonel Sofiya Qureshi says Pak tried to hit many Indian cities overnight

Colonel Sofiya Qureshi says Pak tried to hit many Indian cities overnight which were netralised and the rubble recovered.
 
Earlier, a government statement had said: “During the Press Briefing on Operation Sindoor on May 7, India had called its response as focused, measured and non-escalatory. It was specifically mentioned that Pakistani military establishments had not been targeted. It was also reiterated that any attack on military targets in India will invite a suitable response”.
 
“On the night of May 7-8, 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.
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At least 100 terrorists, associates killed in strikes: Rajnath at all-party meeting

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told an all-party meeting on Thursday that at least 100 hardcore terrorists and their associates were killed in Indian strikes on terror sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) under the ongoing Operation Sindoor, sources said.

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First Published: May 08 2025 | 8:51 AM IST

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