Addressing a press briefing in the national capital hours after the targetted strikes by India, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh outlined the objectives of the operation.

J&K CM Omar Abdullah backed Operation Sindoor, saying India had to respond after the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26, urging Pakistan to avoid escalation.

Karnataka Congress posted it hours after India carried out an air strike at nine locations inside Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK) as part of its ‘Operation Sindoor’ to avenge the killing of 26 tourists in a terrorist attack at Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir.