Watching situation very closely: Top US army general after Op Sindoor
New York/Washington, May 8 (PTI) A top American military commander has said that the US is “watching the situation very closely” after Indian military strikes on terror targets in PoK and Pakistan’s Punjab province. India launched Operation Sindoor early Wednesday, hitting nine terror targets in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Pakistan’s Punjab province in retaliation for […]
If I can do anything to help, I will be there: President Trump on tensions between India, Pak
New York/Washington, May 8 (PTI) US President Donald Trump said he wants India and Pakistan to “stop” the conflict, saying if he can do anything to “help”, he will be there. “Oh it’s so terrible. My position is I get along with both. I know both very well and I want to see them work […]
Air India, AI Express offer free rescheduling of tickets for armed forces personnel
New Delhi, May 8 (PTI) Air India and Air India Express have offered free rescheduling of tickets or full refunds on cancellations for armed forces personnel who have bookings with the airlines. The announcement came against the backdrop of India’s armed forces destroying nine terrorist infrastructures, including that of Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba, in Pakistan and […]
Shelling by Pak troops in north Kashmir’s Kupwara, no causalities reported so far
Srinagar, May 8 (PTI) Pakistani troops resorted to cross-border shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir for the second consecutive day on Thursday, a day after the Indian armed forces targeted terror infrastructure in the neighbouring country as part of ‘Operation Sindoor’. The Pakistani side targeted civilian areas […]
Border residents in JK shifted to safer zones amid Pak shelling
JAMMU, May 7(PTI): Hundreds of residents along the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB) here were evacuated to safer zones on Wednesday as authorities chalked out countermeasures to safeguard civilians from Pakistani shelling. As many as 12 people, including four children and two women, were killed and over 50 injured when the […]
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 […]
