India Pakistan LIVE Updates: India confirmed a ceasefire violation by Pakistan after explosions were heard and tones were spotted in Srinagar a few hours after both nations agreed to a ceasefire on land, sea and air effective from 5 pm today.
In less than three hours of the announcement of ceasefire, drones were spotted in Srinagar and explosions were heard in the city, said Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
Soon after the announcement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting at his residence. The meeting was attended by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh among others.
Tensions escalated between two neighbouring nations – India and Pakistan – ever since the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22, in which 26 civilians were killed.
Yesterday was a night of intense drone activity along India’s northern and western borders, after Pakistan launched a coordinated wave of drone attacks targeting military infrastructure across 26 locations, ranging from Leh in the north to Sir Creek in the south. Several of the targeted sites included key airfields, forward military bases, and civil aviation facilities. India successfully repelled each attack.
Multiple explosions were heard over Srinagar this morning, around 6 am. Simultaneously, there have been reports of at least three explosions at three Pakistani air bases.
India on Wednesday, under the codename ‘Operation Sindoor’, unleashed 24 missiles in 25 minutes on nine terror bases in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) in response to the Pahalgam attack that killed 26 people. In the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, it foiled Pakistan’s attempt to engage a number of military targets across 15 cities in northern and western India using drones and missiles.