Operation Sindoor

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has denied media reports claiming that the party is visiting house to house to distribute sindoor (vermilion).

Through an official order, the Indian government has mandated that on May 31, the Civil Defence Exercise Operation Shield be carried out in every district of the states and Union Territories that border the western region.

Notably, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who is leading a multi-party delegation in a global outreach programme, recently said in Panama that India has changed its approach in recent years, and terrorists have also realised they will have to pay a price.

India could have inflicted more damage while retaliating to Pakistan's terror attacks with 'Operation Sindoor' but it exercised restraint, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday.

The Kaveri engine is currently undergoing testing in Russia, conducted by India's premier defense research agency, DRDO, a news report said.

PM Modi highlighted that even the idols of Lord Ganesh are being imported from overseas.

Revealing the details of Operation Sindoor on the intervening night of May 8 and 9, in the Jammu region Border Security Force (BSF) DIG, SS Mand said that Pakistan's Chakbura launch pad was targeted and there are reports of casualties to 7-12 people, including 3 Pak Army personnel and a few Rangers.

A student from Singed Academy of Engineering in Pune was arrested for resharing pro-Pakistan post that criticized Operation Sindoor.

Terming Operation Sindoor as a "decisive action" PM Narendra Modi said that nine terrorist hideouts were destroyed in 22 minutes during India's airstrikes against Pakistan adding that the entire action was recorded in front of cameras so that nobody will ask for proof.

"As part of this operation, on the night of May 9 and 10, the BSF carried out a deliberate and planned attack on a Lashkar-e-Taiba launchpad in "Looni", which is located in Pakistan just 3 kilometers from the international border," Shashank Anand said.