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The Civil Aviation Ministry had stated on Thursday that 24 airports were closed for civil flight operations. The Union Government has extended the closure of 24 airports across India till May 14, amid rising tensions with Pakistan following Operation Sindoor. The government had earlier stated that airports would be closed till May 10.

Flights have been cancelled at Delhi airport following Operation Sindoor, which was launched in retaliation for the Pahalgam attack that killed 26 people. Following Operation Sindoor, under which Indian armed forces launched airstrikes on multiple “terrorist infrastructures” in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on Wednesday in retaliation for a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, flight operations faced significant disruptions in certain airports across the country. At Delhi airport, between 8am and 2pm on Thursday, 90 flights were cancelled. Details of flights cancelled at Delhi airport: 1. Domestic departures: 46 2. Domestic arrivals-33 3. International departures: 05 4. International arrival:…

A press release by government of India said that the fresh strikes were “proportionate response” by India to “Pakistan’s bid to escalate”. A day after the ‘Operation Sindoor’ military strikes on terror targets in Pakistan, India struck Pakistan’s air defence systems early Thursday morning in response to a wave of drone and missile attacks launched by Pakistan against Indian military installations the previous night. The Ministry of Defence of India released a detailed statement explaining the rationale behind the fresh strikes and reaffirmed the country’s commitment to a non-escalatory stance. The press release said that the fresh strikes were “proportionate…

The President has mandated that Lalu Prasad Yadav be prosecuted for his alleged involvement in a land-for-jobs PMLA case.President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday granted sanction to prosecute RJD chief and former Union railways minister Lalu Prasad in the money laundering case linked to the alleged railways land-for-jobs scam. The President has mandated that Lalu Prasad Yadav be prosecuted under section 197(1) of the Criminal Penal Code (Section 218 of BNSS, 2023). A special PMLA court in Delhi has taken cognisance of chargesheets filed against Lalu Prasad Yadav and his aides in the matter. What is the land-for-jobs case? The Central…

“The first point you have to keep in mind is that the Pahalgam attack is the original escalation, and answer to that Indian armed forces has given,” India said. Foreign Secretary of India Vikram Misri, at a press briefing on Thursday, addressed the “mention of escalation” by Pakistan and said that the original escalation was the April 22 terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, in which 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed by terrorists found to have links with the neighbouring country. “Lot of disinformation directed at us from across the border… a few things that i would like…

Images of personnel from the Pakistan Army at what reports said were the funeral of three terrorists killed in Indian military strikes surfaced on Wednesday. Foreign secretary Vikram Misri on Thursday displayed picture of Pakistan army personnel attending the funeral of three terrorists killed in the Indian military strikes under Operation Sindoor and said it is “odd that the funerals of civilians are carried out with the coffins being draped in Pakistani flags and state honours being accorded”. Vikram Misri made the statement at a Ministry of External Affairs press conference on Thursday evening. India carried out military strikes at…

The religious head described the Manusmriti as the core of Sanatana Dharma and said that Rahul Gandhi had not apologised for comments made against it by him. Jyotirmath’s Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati on Tuesday declared that Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, had been “excommunicated” from the Hindu religion for insulting the Manusmriti. The religious leader stated that the Manusmriti was the foundation of Sanatan Dharma and that Rahul Gandhi had made offensive remarks about it in Lok Sabha proceedings. The Shankaracharya also claimed that a notice had been issued to the Congress leader calling for him…

The Ministry of Home Affairs announced Civil Defence Exercise and Rehearsal across 244 categorised Civil Defence Districts of the country on May 7. India gears up for a nationwide civil defence mock drill scheduled for Wednesday (May 7), with one of the directives stating “provision for crash blackout measures.” The exercise comes as the tensions with Pakistan rise following the deadly Pahalgam terror attack. Among the key measures to be carried out during the mock drills is a ‘crash blackout’, which constitutes an emergency shutdown of lights and visible infrastructure designed to reduce the visibility of targets during potential air…

Zardari, on April 25, had stated that Pakistanis would stand united and respond to India if they blocked water from the Indus. Pakistan People’s Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday stated that Pakistan was open to peace with India, backtracking remarks he made a few days ago threatening bloodshed over the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty. During an address at Pakistan’s National Assembly on Tuesday, he said, “If India wishes to walk the path of peace, let them come with open hands and not clenched fists. Let them come with facts and not fabrication. Let us sit as neighbours…

The attack come days after a separatist militant group in Balochistan claimed responsibility for an attack on a prison van on Sunday. Seven Pakistan army soldiers were killed on Tuesday when their vehicle was reportedly struck by an improvised explosive device in the troubled southwestern province of Balochistan, Pakistan’s military said in a statement. This come days after a separatist militant group in Balochistan claimed responsibility for an attack on a prison van on Sunday, during which five police officers were taken hostage. According to a police official, between 30 and 40 armed militants blocked a key highway in Balochistan…