Overview

• The government has maintained its pause on Operation Sindoor after Phase One objectives were met, warning of renewed strikes if cross-border terrorism resumes.
• Opposition MPs demanded answers on downed jets, the decision not to reclaim Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, and alleged intelligence failures during a high-intensity debate.
• In Operation Mahadev, security forces killed three key perpetrators of the April 22 Pahalgam attack in a joint Army-CRPF-J&K Police mission near Srinagar.
• Forensic tests confirmed bullets and equipment recovered from the slain militants match those used in the Pahalgam massacre and revealed Pakistani voter IDs among the seized items.
• Prime Minister Modi asserted no foreign leader instructed India to halt its operation and reiterated the government’s zero-tolerance stance on state-sponsored terrorism.