Pakistan closes airspace for 48 hrs after India’s Op Sindoor
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD, May 7(PTI): 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 diverted flights to Karachi. Later, the […]
Operation Sindoor: World leaders call on India, Pak to exercise restraint, hope hostilities ‘end very quickly’
Washington/Moscow, May 7 (PTI) 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 carried out missile strikes on nine terror targets […]
Amit Shah calls meet of CMs, DGPs, chief secys of states bordering Pakistan, Nepal
New Delhi, May 7 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday called an urgent meeting of chief ministers, chief secretaries and DGPs of states having borders with Pakistan and Nepal. The meeting has been called in the wake of the strikes carried out by the Indian armed forces on terror targets in Pakistan and […]
TRF head Sheikh Sajjad Gul identified as mastermind behind Pahalgam terror attack
NEW DELHI, May 7 (PTI): Sheikh Sajjad Gul, a 50-year-old Kashmiri and head of Lashkar-e-Taiba proxy The Resistance Front (TRF), has emerged as the mastermind of the Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed the lives of 26 people, mostly tourists, on April 22, officials said Wednesday. Holed up in the Cantonment town of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, under […]
Pakistan went out of its way to target civilian population in JK: CM Abdullah
Srinagar, May 7 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said Pakistan has “gone out of its way” to target civilian population in the Union Territory following India’s missile strikes targeting terror infrastructure in the neighbouring country. “As reports are coming, Pakistan has gone out of its way to target the civilian […]
Pak ready to ‘wrap’ tensions if India de-escalates: Defence Minister Asif
Islamabad, May 7 (PTI) 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 saying by Bloomberg Television that Pakistan […]
Shah orders chiefs of paramilitary forces to call back their personnel who are on leave: Sources
NEW DELHI, May 7 (PTI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday directed chiefs of all paramilitary forces to call back their personnel who are on leave in the wake of the strikes carried out by the Indian armed forces in Pakistan as a retaliatory action against the Pahalgam terror attack, sources said. Shah, who […]
PM Modi chairs meeting of Union Cabinet
NEW DELHI, May 7 (PTI): 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 evolving situation, sources […]
‘Operation Sindoor’ Bharat’s response to brutal killing of innocent people in Pahalgam: Amit Shah
New Delhi, May 7 (PTI) 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 the Jaish-e-Mohammad stronghold of Bahawalpur and […]
Delhi airport sees 35 flight cancellations
New Delhi, May 7 (PTI) At least 35 flights to and from the Delhi airport have been cancelled by various airlines, including foreign carriers, in the wake of the armed forces carrying out missile strikes on terror targets in Pakistan. A source said, 23 domestic departures and eight arrivals were cancelled. Besides, four international departures […]
