Overview
- India’s leaders and service chiefs marked Thursday’s first anniversary with tributes and a briefing that warned no terror sanctuary across the border is safe.
- At the media briefing, senior officers said Operation Sindoor responded to the April 22, 2025 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians and claimed it destroyed nine terror camps, struck 11 Pakistani airfields and downed or damaged 13 aircraft before a May 10 ceasefire.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh praised joint precision and growing self-reliance, with top officials updating their X profile photos to highlight the operation.
- Commanders said the operation remains paused rather than closed and described a “new normal” in which India will launch calibrated strikes if provoked.
- Coverage and official statements also linked the episode to broader steps, including putting the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance and suspending visas, and to capability priorities such as stronger air defences against drones, expanded air power and more indigenous systems.