India Pakistan news highlights: Pakistan warns of response to any 'aggression' from India

India Pakistan news highlights: Pakistan warns of response to any 'aggression' from India. (file)

India Pakistan news highlights: Union defence minister Rajnath Singh addressed air force personnel at the airbase in Gujarat's Bhuj today in his first visit to the state since Operation Sindoor. “Indian Air Force assumed a very impactful role in Operation Sindoor and it is being appreciated not only in this country but also in the countries of the world. In this Operation, you not only dominated the enemies but also successfully decimated them," Singh said during his address.

“Operation Sindoor is not over yet, it was just a trailer. When the time is right, we will show them (Pakistan) the full movie,” he added.

Singh's visit comes a day after he visited Jammu and Kashmir and met army personnel there. During his visit to Jammu and Kashmir, Singh questioned if Pakistan was responsible enough to handle nuclear arms and urged watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency to take Pakistan's nuclear weapons under supervision. 

The Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, which India had suspended after the terror attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22, will continue to remain in abeyance until Pakistan puts an end to cross-border terrorism, said external affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday.

“The Indus Waters Treaty is held in abeyance and will continue to be held in abeyance until the cross-border terrorism by Pakistan is credibly and irrevocably stopped,” Jaishankar said.

He added that the only discussion India is willing to have with Pakistan is about vacating illegally occupied Indian territory in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

The statement comes after Pakistan had reportedly urged India to participate in proposed negotiations on the treaty.

Earlier, India had already made it clear that the ceasefire understanding reached with Pakistan on May 10 does not mean doing away with the series of diplomatic measures India took after the Pahalgam terror attack. As many as 26 people, most of whom were tourists, were killed after a group of terrorists shot them dead in Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22.

The Indian Army said on Thursday Director Generals of Military Operation (DGsMO) of both countries decided to continue confidence-building measures “so as to reduce the alertness levels” during their call on May 10.

The Indian Army on Thursday said it will push “confidence building measures” along the border with Pakistan “to reduce the alertness level” there. The army’ statement came just hours after Pakistan’s foreign minister Ishaq Dar said the ceasefire between New Delhi and Islamabad was extended till May 18.

However, neither India nor Pakistan have earlier referred to the ceasefire as one that has to be extended periodically.

India-Pakistan news | Key Points

• Union defence minister Rajnath Singh visited Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday and said that Pakistan's nuclear weapons should be taken under the supervision of the UN’s nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency.
• Tensions between India and Turkey over the latter’s diplomatic and military ties to Pakistan are rising.
• India on Thursday revoked the security clearance of Turkish-founded Çelebi Aviation, which handles ground based services in nine major airports, citing national security concerns.
• India and Pakistan reached a mutual understanding of ceasing fire and military action across land, air and sea on May 10 after four intense military showdown between the countries.
• The military conflict between New Delhi and Islamabad escalated after the former launched ‘Operation Sindoor’ during the wee hours of May 7 and hit nine terror sites across Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir.
• Operation Sindoor was launched to avenge the deaths of the victims of the brutal April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.