India Pakistan highlights: Congress questions PM Modi on Trump's ceasefire claims

India Pakistan highlights: Congress has questioned PM Modi on Trump's claims that he brokered the ceasefire between India and Pakistan

India Pakistan news highlights: A Pakistani senior leader from the ruling party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Wednesday claimed that the military operation against India was supervised by party president and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Meanwhile, in a joint operation between Indian military forces, the Jammu and Kashmir police and CRPF, three terrorists have been neutralised. One of them was a local commander of the TRF/LET. Operation Keller also led to caches of ammunition being recovered.

BSF Jawan Purnam Kumar Shaw, who was detained by the Pakistan Rangers since April 23, was returned to India on Wednesday, at around 10:30 am, via the Joint Check Post at Attari-Wagah border in Amritsar. A statement from the BSF's Punjab Frontier said, "The handover was conducted peacefully and in accordance with established protocols."

The BSF jawan was taken into custody in Pakistan just a day after the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people, mostly tourists.

Meanwhile, in a diplomatic showdown, New Delhi on Tuesday expelled a staffer of the Pakistani High Commission for his alleged links with two people from Punjab, who were arrested this week on espionage charges.

A statement from the ministry of external affairs said the Centre declared the staffer "persona non grata for indulging in activities not in keeping with his official status in India". The staffer was asked to leave India within 24 hours.

Hours later, in a tit-for-tat move, the Pakistani government also declared a diplomat of the Indian High Commission to be "persona non grata" for allegedly engaging in activities in termed "incompatible" with his privileged status, asking him to leave the country within a day.

PM Modi's visit to Adampur air base

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his surprise visit to Punjab's Adampur airbase on Tuesday, defined India's show of strength and said that New Delhi had made its red line against terrorism crystal clear. He asserted that any future attack on India will be met with a fierce response.

The prime minister's visit stood out further as a Russian-origin S-400 missile launcher was seen in the background while he hailed the Indian armed forces for scripting history.

Adampur, one of Indian Air Force's premier bases, is among those that Pakistan falsely claimed to have attacked and destroyed the S-400 there. India, however, debunked Islamabad's claims and said that there was only limited damage to equipment and personnel at the Adampur IAF station.

Ceasefire between India and Pakistan continued to remain intact as Jammu and Kashmir, and other border towns, including those in Punjab and Rajasthan, began moving back into their usual routine. 

India Pakistan ceasefire | Key points

• Schools in all border districts in Punjab are reopening on Wednesday, May 14, as situation remains calm amid ceasefire with Pakistan. Schools in Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Pathankot, Fazilka, Ferozepur will open today, while those in Gurdaspur reopened on Tuesday itself.
• Majority of the schools and colleges in Kashmir reopened on Tuesday, except for those in the border districts. Officials said that educational institutes in Kupwara, Baramulla and in Bandipora's Gurez sector will remain closed for now. Meanwhile, Kashmir University is also set to resume classes on Wednesday.
• Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah visited Pakistani shelling-affected area in Kupwara on Tuesday and affirmed that his government will provide compensation to those affected. He pressed that the ceasefire between the two nuclear-armed neighbours must hold as people want peace.
• India on Tuesday rebutted US President Donald Trump's claims of mediating ceasefire, with MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stating that New Delhi's long-standing stance has been that any J&K-related issues "have to be address by India and Pakistan bilaterally". He added, “That stated policy has not changed. As you are aware, the outstanding matter is the vacation of illegally occupied Indian territory by Pakistan.”
• US President Donald Trump on Tuesday again reiterated his claim of America having brokered the India-Pakistan ceasefire. During his Saudi Arabia trip, he used the New Delhi-Islamabad truce as an example to back his wish of wanting to remain a 'peacemaker', claiming that his administration asked both nations to trade goods, instead of nuclear missiles.