Overview

• An all-party delegation led by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has returned to Washington to brief US senators, representatives and think tanks on Operation Sindoor and India’s new counterterrorism posture.
• Pakistan’s delegation led by Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari addressed the United Nations in New York, calling for bilateral dialogue, intelligence sharing and a formal dispute-resolution mechanism to combat terrorism.
• Sixteen opposition parties from the INDIA bloc have jointly written to Prime Minister Modi seeking a special session of Parliament to probe the Pahalgam attack, Operation Sindoor and the circumstances of the ceasefire.
• Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan reiterated that Pakistan’s planned 48-hour offensive collapsed in eight hours and said India will soon release technical data on Pakistani aircraft and radar losses.
• The ceasefire reached on May 10 has held since the four-day conflict, and India maintains it was secured through direct military dialogue rather than US mediation.