23:40
Authorities in Srinagar have set-up central controls rooms across Kashmir to monitor developments in the wake of missile strikes by India on nine terror infrastructure sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).In view of the prevailing situation, a Joint Control Room is established at...
23:15
The government has issued Letter of Intent to Starlink for satcom services, sources said on Wednesday.Starlink is a satellite internet service developed by SpaceX -- the American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation company founded in 2002 by world's richest man Elon Musk.It provides...
22:27
Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday said Islamabad is 'trying to avoid' a full-fledged war, hours after India carried out a military strike on terror targets in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Punjab province.India launched Operation Sindoor early Wednesday, hitting nine terror...
22:20
Markaz Taiba of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Pakistan's Muridke, one of the nine terror camps struck by the Indian armed forces on Wednesday, is a site where terrorists including Ajmal Kasab involved in the 2008 Mumbai attack were trained, a senior military official said.The military strikes were...
22:15
India on Wednesday closed about 25 flight routes that allow planes to enter Pakistan through the Indian airspace on a day when the armed forces launched missile attacks on terror targets in Pakistan, according to officials. Against the backdrop of rising tensions between the two countries,...
20:43
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday appealed to all tourists, visitors and local people who might have any more information, photographs or videos relating to the Pahalgam terror attack to immediately contact it.The probe agency has already taken possession of a sizable number of...
20:38
India will put in orbit a constellation of 52 satellites over the next five years to step up space-based surveillance capabilities, Pawan Kumar Goenka, chairman, Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) said on Wednesday.He said the move will see strong participation...
20:18
Amid heightened security across the country, a passenger was deboarded from an Air India flight at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru on Wednesday evening, airport sources said.The passenger was travelling on flight AI-2820 from Bengaluru to New Delhi.Before the flight could...
19:29
Sajjad Hussain, PTIPakistan on Wednesday briefed Chinese Ambassador Jiang Zaidong about the latest escalation with India.In retaliation against the Pahalgam terror attack, Indian armed forces early Wednesday carried out missile strikes on nine terror targets in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and...
19:21
Mumbai received unseasonal showers accompanied by thunder and strong winds on the second consecutive day on Wednesday, providing a respite from heat while briefly affecting local train services and the flight schedule.In south Mumbai, thunder and rain were reported around 4 PM at the same time...
18:35
As Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh flanked Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Wednesday morning during the briefing about Operation Sindoor, creating a striking image, her family in Gujarat beamed with pride. Col Sofiya, who hails from Vadodara city, had quit PhD and a...
18:26
The Congress on Wednesday paused all scheduled party programmes, including the 'Samvidhan Bachao Rallies', in solidarity with the Armed Forces.The decision was made at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting chaired by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and attended by Leader of...
18:24
Jeevan Prakash Sharma, PTIThe Railway Ministry has cautioned its employees against the Pakistan intelligence agencies' attempt to seek details of the movement of military trains and asserted that the confidential information should not be shared with any unauthorised person.In its advisory...
17:27
I salute bravery of our armed forces, says Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Operation Sindoor.With the aim of breaking morale of terrorists, this action was limited to their camps and other infrastructure. Our action has been taken very thoughtfully and in a measured manner. India has exercised...
17:21
The travel plans of IPL teams which are scheduled to play in Dharamsala this week have gone for a toss due to the temporary closure of the hill town's airport after India's missile attack on Pakistan and the BCCI is weighing its options to deal with the volatile situation. Dharamsala, which...
17:18
The UNSC meeting yesterday
In the wake of Operation Sindoor, a targeted strike mission to destroy terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) provided a detailed briefing to both permanent and...
17:04
The Supreme Court-appointed panel has confirmed the cash discovery allegations against Allahabad High Court's Justice Yashwant Varma in its inquiry report, sources have said. Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna is also learnt to have nudged the judge to step down in view of the critical findings...
16:59
Rishi Sunak, former UK PM, lends his support to Operation Sindoor. No nation should have to accept terrorist attacks being launched against it from land controlled by another country. India is justified in striking terrorist infrastructure. There can be no impunity for terrorists, he writes on...
16:54
Gold prices surged Rs 1,000 to breach the crucial Rs 1 lakh per 10 gram-mark in the national capital on Wednesday as escalating tensions between India and Pakistan triggered a safe-haven buying rush. According to the All India Sarafa Association, the precious metal of 99.9 per cent purity...
16:49
A mock drill at Khan Market
Blaring sirens, residents rushing to safer places, injured people being carried away on stretchers -- these were some of the scenes witnessed across the 55 locations where mock security drills were carried out by authorities in the national capital.Under the nationwide mega civil defence mock...
16:27
The Union Cabinet meet that was held today
World leaders, including UN chief Antonio Guterres and US President Donald Trump, on Wednesday called on India and Pakistan to exercise restraint and hoped that the hostilities would end very quickly. In retaliation against the Pahalgam terror attack, Indian armed forces early Wednesday...
15:53
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has tasked his country's military to enact self-defense' with 'corresponding actions,' hours after India launched a barrage of deadly strikes early Wednesday, according to his office.Sharif called on Pakistan's Armed Forces to avenge the loss of innocent...
15:28
A house damaged in Pak shelling in Rajouri
At least 12 people, including four children, were killed and 57 others injured as the Pakistan Army resorted to heavy artillery and mortar shelling on forward villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said. The intense shelling from across the...
15:15
Father of Syed Adil Hussain Shah, the ponywalla who sacrificed his life while protecting the tourists during the Pahlalgam terror attack, said on Wednesday that the military strikes on terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir have avenged his son's killing. Shah's...
15:13
NSA Ajit Doval
Operation Sindoor: Soon after the focused strikes on terrorists and terrorist infrastructure at 9 sites in Pakistan and PoJK on 7 May 2025 as part of Operation Sindoor, NSA Ajit Doval, spoke with NSAs of several countries including US NSA & Secretary of State Marco Rubio, UK NSA Jonathan...
15:08
Colonel Sofiya Qureshi
Maj Gen (Dr) Yash Mor, a veteran and former UN peacekeeper posts on X: The greatest joy was to see Muridke on the hit list! Must be revisited and hit again if required. What a wonderful surprise to see Col Sofiya Qureshi brief the media. I have known known her since she was a Major and...
15:01
A damaged building in Muridke
Pakistan on Wednesday announced a 48-hour closure of its airspace for all air traffic after India carried out a military strike on terror targets in Pakistan and PoK. Shortly after the military strike by India, Pakistani aviation authorities closed the airspace over Islamabad and Lahore and...
14:44
Rescuers at the strike site in Muridke
Pakistan's high-level security huddle on Wednesday discussed the situation arising out of the Indian missile attack. Indian armed forces early Wednesday carried out missile strikes on nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir under Operation Sindoor. Prime Minister...
14:27
India has said civilians were not targeted during the strikes
Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it summoned the Indian charge d'affaires in Islamabad -- the head of India's diplomatic mission in the country -- to formally protest India's strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on Wednesday, reports CNN.It was conveyed that India's...
14:26
A building bombed by India's air strike in Pak and PoK this morning
A United Nations team has arrived at a site in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir that Islamabad says was hit by India's strikes, a CNN stringer said.The CNN stringer at the site reported seeing two white UN vehicles in the city of Muzaffarabad, where Pakistan said a mosque was struck early...
14:25
A dam on the Indus river. File pic
Indian shelling hit an intake structure on the Noseri Dam on the Neelum river in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, a Pakistani security source told CNN. The Noseri Dam was targeted by Indian shelling last night around 2 a.m. local time, damaging the intake gates, according to the source. CNN has...
14:16
Union Home Minister Amit Shah holds a meeting with Chief Ministers, DGPs and Chief Secretaries of border states CMs of J&K, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, West Bengal and the LG of Ladakh and the LG of Jammu and Kashmir participated in the meeting.
14:09
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan following 'Operation Sindoor'.Union Home Minister Amit Shah calls a meeting with Chief Ministers, DGPs and Chief Secretaries of border states at 2 pm today. CMs of J&K, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat,...
14:05
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired a meeting of the Union Cabinet, hours after 'Operation Sindoor' was launched to destroy terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir.He will also chair a meeting of the Cabinet Committee of Security (CCS), which will take stock of the...
14:01
Tourists in Pahalgam
Tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam on Wednesday hailed the Indian Armed Forces over Operation Sindoor, which struck nine terrorist infrastructure sites in Pakistan in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack. In an emotional response, a tourist from Mumbai told ANI, I salute those...
13:21
Pakistan is ready to wrap up tensions with India, if New Delhi de-escalates the situation, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Wednesday. His remarks came hours after India carried out a military strike on terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Asif was reported as...
13:00
Sushil Nathaniel being laid to rest
Reacting to Operation Sindoor carried out by Indian armed forces, the wife of Pahalgam terrorist attack victim Sushil Nathaniel on Wednesday said she wanted the four terrorists who killed her husband dead too. Retaliating against the Pahalgam terror attack, Indian armed forces on early...
12:53
Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar
Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar acknowledged on Wednesday that 10 members of his family and four close associates were killed in India's missile attack on the outfit's headquarters in Bahawalpur. A statement attributed to Azhar said those killed in the attack on Jamia Masjid...
12:51
Parts of an aircraft that crashed in Pampore near Srinagar. Pic: Umar Ganie
Former Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army General Shankar Roychowdhury on Wednesday lauded the security forces for acting against terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir and said that such strikes should continue to keep a check on terror activities.Speaking to PTI,...
12:32
Destruction in Muzaffarabad after the air strike
The Indian Armed Forces on Wednesday, provided detailed insights into Operation Sindoor, a precision strike operation launched to dismantle terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in retaliation for the April 22, 2025, Pahalgam terror attack. Addressing a press briefing...
12:21
Pahalgam terror attack victim Shubham Dwivedi's wife Ashanya on Wednesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and armed forces for taking revenge on her husband's death. The reaction came after the security forces launched 'Operation Sindoor' against terror camps in Pakistan and...
12:16
PM Narendra Modi's visit to Norway, Croatia and the Netherlands postponed: ANI
12:06
The govt presser detailed the strikes in Pakistan and PoK
The Karnataka unit of Congress on Wednesday posted a Mahatma Gandhi's quote emphasising peace on its social media handle and deleted it later. The most powerful weapon of mankind is peace - Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress posted on its handle in social media 'X'. They posted it hours after...
11:59
Shelling was reported on early Wednesday, which destroyed a mosque in Muzzafarabad in Pakistan Occupied Jammu Kashmir, according to reports by Reuters as India conducted precision strikes on terror targets under Operation Sindoor. Suddenly, shelling started. I think about 10 to 15 missiles...
11:53
Col. Sofiya Qureshi described each of the terror camps India destroyed
The US Mission in Pakistan on Wednesday issued a security alert advising American citizens to leave areas of active conflict, saying it is closely monitoring developments following Operation Sindoor launched by India targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan. The security alert, titled...
11:37
First reaction from Pakistan, Muridke as eyewitness account of India's #OperationSindoor against terror targets inside Pakistan. A local says, At around 12:45 in the night, one drone came first, followed by three other drones, and they attacked the mosques... everything is crushed.Col. Sofiya...
11:30
Himanshi at Lt Narwal's funeral
Pahalgam terror victim Navy officer Lt Vinay Narwal's mother, Asha Narwal, on Wednesday hailed India for avenging the April 22 attack and said their entire family and people of the country stand with the government. Retaliating against the Pahalgam terror attack, Indian armed forces on early...
11:28
Operation Sindoor: Col. Sofiya Qureshi, while addressing the media, presents videos showing destroyed terror camps, including Mehmoona Joya camp, Sialkot, which lies 12-18 km inside Pakistan. It's one of the biggest camps of Hizbul Mujahideen. It is one of the control centres for spreading...
11:23
The Muridke terrorist camp was destroyed
Col. Sofiya Qureshi, while addressing the media, presents videos showing destroyed terror camps, including from the Muridke where those involved in the 2008 Mumbai Terror attacks - Ajmal Kasab and David Headley received their training. Terror site Markaz Subhan Allah, Bahawalpur, Pakistan, the...
11:22
Col. Sofiya Qureshi speaking now: Operation Sindoor was launched by the Indian Armed Forces to deliver justice to the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack and their families. Nine terrorist camps were targeted and successfully destroyed... The locations were so selected to avoid damage to...
11:19
Col. Sofiya Qureshi, while addressing the media, presents videos showing destroyed terror camps, including Sarjal camp, Sialkot, which lies 6 km inside Pakistan. It's the camp where those terrorists involved in the killing of 4 Jammu & Kashmir police personnel received their...
10:51
Foreign Secy Vikram Misri
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri addressing the media on #OperationSindoor. Vikram Misri says, The family were threatened and told to convey the message of that barbarism. Since tourism was again flourishing in J&K, and hence the main aim of the attack was to damage that.A group called the...
10:34
Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif on X: The treacherous enemy has launched a cowardly attack on five locations within Pakistan. This heinous act of aggression will not go unpunished. Pakistan reserves the absolute right to respond decisively to this unprovoked Indian attack -- a resolute response is already...
10:30
Security personnel in Srinagar
Pragati Jagdale, wife of slain victim Santosh Jagdale, killed in the April 22 Pahalgam attack, said on Wednesday that she was emotional after learning the name of Operation Sindoor initiated by the Indian Army to retaliate against Pakistan. I express my gratitude for naming the Operation...
10:20
India's successful Operation Sindoor which targeted terror infrastructure in Pakistan has brought a sense of justice to the families of the victims of the Pahalgam Terror attack. The father of one of the victims, Bharat Bhushan praised the government for taking timely action against terror...
10:16
Amit Shah meeting the family of the victims of the Pahalgam attack. File pic
Arathy, daughter of N Ramachandran who was gunned down by terrorists in Kashmir's Pahalgam, on Wednesday welcomed Indian Army's Operation Sindoor and expressed hope that it would bring some relief to the families of those killed in front of them. The Operation Sindoor seems to be a reply...
10:10
Muzaffarabad in PoK
Pictures taken of parts of an aircraft that crashed during Operation Sindoor show the label of a French manufacturer, lending support to Pakistan's claims that it had shot down three of India's top-of-the-line Rafale fighter jets, reports CNN.The label shows an aircraft part from French...
10:04
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the 'Operation Sindoor' is Bharat's response to the brutal killings of innocent people in Pahalgam. Shah's remarks came after Indian armed forces carried out missile strikes on nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, including...
10:03
Congress leader and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) praised the Indian Army for carrying out Operation Sindoor, initiating precision strikes aimed at the terror infrastructure in Pakistan. Proud of our Armed Forces. Jai Hind! Gandhi posted on X. Congress leader Pawan Khera said, We...
10:00
Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty witnessed high volatility in early trade on Wednesday after India launched missile strikes on terrorist hideouts in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir. Markets faced extreme volatile trends during the early trade. The Sensex hit the day's high of...
09:59
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh leaves from his residence, ahead of media briefing on Operation Sindoor at 1030 hours. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is likely to brief PM Modi, shortly.
09:57
Reacting to Operation Sindoor carried out by Indian armed forces, the wife of Pahalgam terrorist attack victim Sushil Nathaniel on Wednesday said she wanted the four terrorists who killed her husband dead too. Retaliating against the Pahalgam terror attack, Indian armed forces on early...
09:55
China on Wednesday called on India and Pakistan to exercise maximum restraint in the larger interest of peace and stability in the region. The statement by China's Foreign Ministry came as Indian armed forces early Wednesday carried out missile strikes on nine terror targets in Pakistan and...
09:24
Indian airlines have cancelled their flights to and from various cities, including Jammu and Srinagar, amid airspace restrictions in the wake of Indian armed forces carrying out missile strikes on terror targets in Pakistan. Air India said that in view of the prevailing situation, the...
08:49
Arathy, daughter of N Ramachandran who was gunned down by terrorists in Kashmir's Pahalgam, on Wednesday welcomed Indian Army's Operation Sindoor and expressed hope that it would bring some relief to the families of those killed in front of them.She also extended a big salute to Prime Minister...
08:36
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Terror headquarters of banned Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen were targeted under 'Operation Sindoor' with IAF hitting nine hideouts located in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. Among the targets hit in a precise operation were...
08:19
A fact-check unit of the central government has debunked the claim circulating on social media that Pakistan destroyed an Indian Brigade headquarters in retaliation for Operation Sindoor conducted by the Indian armed forces against terrorist hideouts in Pakistan. Press Information...
02:34
Pakistan's military on Wednesday confirmed that Indian missile strikes hit three locations inside Pakistani territory -- Muzaffarabad, Kotli, and the Ahmed East area of Bahawalpur, the Express Tribune reported. According to director general of inter-services public relations, Lt Gen...
02:06
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A little while ago, the Indian Armed Forces launched 'OPERATION SINDOOR', hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed, the Ministry of Defence announced.'Altogether, nine (9) sites...
01:16
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Two persons were killed and five others injured after a fire broke out at a cracker manufacturing unit in Odisha's Bhadrak district on Tuesday, police said. The incident happened in the Haladiha Bypass on Chandbali Road, they said. The deceased persons were identified as SK Musaraf (12)...
01:00
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said India has agreed to drop its high tariffs to nothing. I mean, India as an example, has one of the highest tariffs in the world. We're not going to put up with that, and they've agreed already to drop it. They'll drop it to nothing. They've already...
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