Abdul Rauf Azhar, a senior commander of Jaish-e-Mohammed(JeM) and the alleged mastermind behind the 1999 Indian Airlines Flight IC-814 hijacking, has reportedly been killed during India's Operation Sindoor, according to multiple media reports.
The Indian Army successfully thwarted Pakistan’s attempt to target military installations across 15 Indian cities, and has issued a stern warning that any further attacks on Indian military assets will be met with an appropriate response. In a calibrated retaliatory move, India also destroyed a Pakistani Air Defence system in Lahore on Thursday morning.
In a major preparedness initiative following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack and India's retaliatory air strikes in Pakistan and PoK, the Assam Civil Defence on Wednesday conducted coordinated mock drills across 23 locations in the state to assess readiness for war-like or terror-related scenarios.
Addressing media persons, Joint Director Civil Defence and Homeguards MK Sangma said, “The mock drill will start at 4pm and at 6.30pm we will have the sounding of siren and blackout exercise.”
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, addressing a press briefing Wednesday morning, said the targets were chosen based on credible intelligence inputs and were aimed at dismantling terrorist infrastructure and neutralising operatives responsible for repeated incursions and attacks on Indian soil.
In a powerful blend of military response and emotional symbolism, the Indian Army has named its retaliatory surgical strike against the recent Pahalgam terrorist attack “Operation Sindoor”—a title steeped in cultural significance and national resolve.
Delhi, May 7: The Indian Armed Forces launched ‘OPERATION SINDOOR’, hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks...
