A former commando of the Pakistan Army’s elite unit – Special Service Group (SSG), Suleiman Shah has been a core member of Lashkar-e-Taiba as well. He was killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.

Heavy rains caused flooding in several parts of Rajasthan, prompting school closures and red alerts in multiple districts.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar asserted that at no stage in any conversation with the US was there any linkage of trade with Operation Sindoor, and the request for halting the military action came from the Pakistani side through the DGMO channel. He also said PM Modi-Trump had no call.