IND PAK News, Operation Sindoor LIVE: Blasts were heard across Srinagar and projectiles were seen in the sky in Jammu city, hours after both countries agreed to ‘de-escalate’ tensions. Blackouts were also enforced in several cities.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, in a statement on Saturday night, said that the ‘de-escalation’ arrangement between the two countries was being violated by Pakistan.
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Condemning the violation, Misri said, “The Indian Army is retaliating and dealing with this border intrusion. This intrusion is extremely condemnable and Pakistan is responsible for it. We believe that Pakistan should understand this situation properly and take appropriate action immediately to stop this intrusion.”
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, in a post on X, wrote, “What the hell just happened to the ceasefire? Explosions heard across Srinagar!!!”
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri announced a ‘de-escalation’, saying that both sides have agreed to stop firing and military action on land in the air from 5 pm today.
Earlier in the day, details of the terrorists killed during Operation Sindoor on May 7, 2025 has been revealed, according to ANI. The list includes family members of Masood Azhar.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar amid the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan.
Marco Rubio urged India and Pakistan to restore direct lines of communication to "avoid miscalculation" in their growing conflict, the State Department said early Saturday. Following the conversation with Rubio, Jaishankar informed that India has acted responsibly.
After the fresh attack on Friday night, the Centre conducted a press briefing today.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri informed that India has retaliated in a responsible way.
“I have said on numerous earlier occasions, it is Pakistani actions that have constituted provocations and escalations. In response, India has defended and reacted in a responsible and measured fashion to these provocations and escalations by the Pakistani side. Earlier this morning, we saw a repeat of this escalatory and provocative pattern,” Misri said.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a high-level meeting with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Friday, following a fresh wave of attacks launched by Pakistan.
For the second day in a row, enforced blackouts plunged Jammu, Jaisalmer, and Firozpur into darkness as tensions between India and Pakistan continued to escalate.
Residents in Jammu, Srinagar, and several other areas reported hearing loud explosions.
In Ferozepur, three people sustained injuries after a Pakistani drone struck a residential locality on Friday night. They were rushed to a hospital, where doctors said one of the victims is in critical condition.
Meanwhile, the G7 countries have issued a statement amid the rising tensions between India and Pakistan.
The statement read, “We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union, strongly condemn the egregious terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22 and urge maximum restraint from both India and Pakistan.”
It added, “Further military escalation seriously threatens regional stability. We are deeply concerned for the safety of civilians on both sides. We call for immediate de-escalation and encourage both countries to engage in direct dialogue towards a peaceful outcome.”
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Pakistan's latest strikes come after India launched what has been described as the nation's biggest and deepest strike – Operation Sindoor — in which India targeted nine terror bases across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Explosions heard in over six areas
During the blackout, explosions were heard in over six areas including Samba, Poonch, Jammu, among others.
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India-Pakistan News LIVE: Complete blackout in Bhuj, Kutchchh
India-Pakistan News LIVE: A total blackout was implemented after several drones were spotted in Gujarat's Kutchchh on Saturday night, Minister of State Harsh Sanghavi wrote on X. “Please stay safe. Don't panic,” he said in an appeal to the public.
India-Pakistan News LIVE: An ANI report said sirens can be heard in Jammu's Kathua, where a complete blackout has also been enforced.
India-Pakistan News LIVE: Complete blackout has been enforced in Jammu, Srinagar, Pathankot, Ferozepur, Kathua, Barnala, Jaisalmer, Reasi, Katra, Barmer, and Udhampur, news agency ANI reported.
India-Pakistan News LIVE: A complete blackout has been imposed in Punjab's Pathankot, ANI reported.
A senior government official said that Pakistan violated the ceasefire decision along the Line of Conctrol (LoC). Drones were seen over Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Rajasthan, the official said.
India-Pakistan News LIVE: Blasts were heard across Srinagar and projectiles were seen in the sky in Jammu city, hours after both countries agreed to ‘de-escalate’ tensions.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, in a post on X, wrote, “What the hell just happened to the ceasefire? Explosions heard across Srinagar!!!”
India-Pakistan News LIVE: Blast heard in Jammu city, projectiles seen in the sky after India-Pakistan ‘de-escalation’ announcement, a Reuters report said.
India-Pakistan News LIVE: India and Pakistan on Saturday have decided to stop firing and military action on land and in the air from 5 pm today, Foreign Secretary Vikrim Misri said on Saturday. There is, however, no decision to hold talks on any other issue at any other place, according to sources on the ceasefire decision.
"The DGMO (Director General of Military Operations) of Pakistan called DGMO of India at 15.35 hours earlier this afternoon. It was agreed between them that both sides would stop all firing and military action on land, air and sea with effect from 1700 hours IST," says foreign secretary Vikram Misri.
So, who are these DGMOs? Read here
India-Pakistan News LIVE: The Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan will ‘remain in abeyance’ despite the two sides reaching an agreement to declare ‘de-escalation’ after four days of deadly fighting, according to MEA sources. According to the reports, India's diplomatic measures against Pakistan, taken after the Pahalgam terror attack, will remain unchanged.
India-Pakistan News LIVE: After the India Pakistan ceasefire deal, Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, during a press briefing, told the media that India inflicted heavy damage on Pakistan Army.
During the briefing, Colonel Sufiya Qureshi, further pointed out the series of misinformation and fake reports coming from Pakistan.
India-Pakistan News LIVE: There is no pre or post-condition of the ceasefire. The call was initiated from Pakistan. The Indus Waters Treaty to remain in abeyance, Ministry of External Affairs sources told ANI on Saturday.
India-Pakistan News LIVE: Pakistan opens its airspace for all traffic moments after both nations agreed on a ceasefire on Saturday, May 10, 2025, a PTI report said.
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India-Pakistan News LIVE: Union Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar on Saturday posted, “India and Pakistan have today worked out an understanding on stoppage of firing and military action. India has consistently maintained a firm and uncompromising stance against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. It will continue to do so.”
India-Pakistan News LIVE: Russia has assured full support to India in its fight to against all manifestations of terrorism and promised to promptly fulfil military orders in the pipeline, Union Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth said.
The MoS represented India at the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War. While in Moscow, he called on Russian Deputy Defence Minister Col Gen Alexander Fomin to discuss deepening military and technical cooperation, news agency PTI reported. Read
India-Pakistan News LIVE: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday slammed International Monetary Fund (IMF) for approving the immediate disbursement of about $1 billion to Pakistan under the ongoing Extended Fund Facility amid escalated tensions with India. WATCH
The Hyderabad Member of Parliament (IMF) labelled IMF as ‘International Militant Fund’ for helping a country that has been accused of backing and funding terrorism activities in India.
India-Pakistan News LIVE: Indian Army is retaliating strongly opposite the Jammu sector in view of the drone attacks on Indian cities by the Pakistan Army along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB), defence sources told ANI.
India-Pakistan News LIVE: A Gujarat police officer told ANI that strong arrangements have been made throughout South Gujarat to secure the seafront, and that officials are “patrolling sensitive areas.”
India-Pakistan News LIVE: " We were sleeping, it happened around 6 am...houses here have been fully destroyed...many people died. We are with PM Modi and our armed forces..." a local from Poonch told ANI.
India-Pakistan News LIVE: The Indian Air Force (IAF) struck military targets in Rafiqui, Murid, Chaklala, Rahim Yar Khan, Sukkur, Chunian, Pasrur, and Sialkot areas of Pakistan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.
India-Pakistan News LIVE: Delhi Police has intensified its emergency preparedness efforts, including identifying basements that can serve as shelters during air raids and compiling a list of children and elderly residents to ensure swift evacuation.
India-Pakistan News LIVE: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah has called meeting to take stock of internal security, state govt officials told ANI.
India-Pakistan News LIVE: A loitering munition fired by Pakistan, in a village near Jammu, was destroyed by the bomb disposal squad of security forces and NSG (National Security Guard)
India-Pakistan News LIVE: As per top government officials, India has decided that “any future act of terror will be considered an Act of War against India and will be responded accordingly”.
India-Pakistan News LIVE: Reportedly, a “missile-like object” landed deep inside the Dal Lake after loud explosions rocked the city today morning. Smoke bellowed from the surface of the lake when the object landed, officials told PTI.
India-Pakistan News LIVE: Jammu and Kashmir's ex-CM Mehbooba Mufti said instead of “inconsistent international support,” India “should embrace its leadership role in the subcontinent and take the first step to de-escalate.”
India-Pakistan News LIVE: India's Operation Sindoor reportedly eliminated five individuals who were affiliated with either Lashkar-e-Taiba or Jaish-e-Mohammed. Here's the full list and details of their funeral.
India-Pakistan News LIVE: An unidentified projectile debris was spotted in Rajasthan's Barmer. Probe is currently underway. Here's a glimpse
India-Pakistan News LIVE: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said: “It is a matter of great sorrow that those who broke and left this country, have left no stone unturned for the last 75 years to weaken India, to create conflict between Hindus and Muslims, and to destabilise India.”
Punjab CM Bhagwat Mann assured that the state is fully prepared amid the ongoing conflict. Mann told ANI, ".We were prepared beforehand...Punjab has fought at the front earlier too, and this time too, Punjab will lead from the front. Those who got injured in Ferozepur incident (family of 3 injured in Pakistan drone attack), have been admitted to the hospital. Minister Cheema has gone there...I will visit those areas tomorrow where missiles have been found. I will meet the people. Do not panic, there is no need to store anything..."
Mohammad Hassan Khan is affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammed. Khan was the son of Mufti Asghar Khan Kashmiri, operational commander of JeM. He was involved in coordinating terrorist attacks in Jammu & Kashmir, ANI reported.
Livemint could not independently verify this development.
Khalid is affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba. He was engaged in multiple terrorist attacks in Jammu & Kashmir and was involved in the smuggling of weapons from Afghanistan. His funeral was attended by senior Pakistani Army officials and the Deputy Commissioner of Faisalabad, ANI reported.
Livemint could not independently verify this development.
Mohammad Yusuf Azhar is affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammed. He is the brother-in-law of Maulana Masood Azhar and wanted in the IC-814 hijacking case, ANI reported. He was among the terrorists killed during the ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan.
Livemint could not independently verify this development.
Hafiz Muhammed Jameel, affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammed, was killed during the conflict. He is the eldest brother-in-law of Maulana Masood Azhar, leader of Jaish-e-Mohammed, ANI reported.
Livemint could not independently verify this development.
Mudassar Khadian Khas, who was affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba, was killed during the conflict. His funeral prayer was led by Hafiz Abdul Rauf of JuD, a designated global terrorist. A serving Lt. General of the Pakistan Army and the IG of Punjab Police attended the ceremony, ANI reported.
Livemint could not independently verify this development.
The Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Defence will conduct another press briefing today at 5:30 pm. This is the second press briefing on Saturday following the Pakistani attack on Friday night.
Here are the names of terrorists killed amid the ongoing tensions, according to ANI, citing people aware of the development.
1) Mudassar Khadian Khas
2) Hafiz Muhammed Jameel
3) Mohammad Yusuf Azhar
4) Khalid
5) Mohammad Hassan Khan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducted a meeting with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, NSA Ajit Doval, CDS and Chiefs of all three Services, ANI reported.
“Yesterday what Pakistan did actually conveys a very clear signal to all of us and to the rest of the world that they actually stand with the terrorist, not with the rest of the civilized world”, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, Ambassador of India to U.S.A, while speaking to CBS News' Shanelle Kaul,” posts Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
| On India-Pakistan tension, Former Senior Diplomat, Yogendra Kumar says, "Operation Sindoor was the first attack we did on Pakistan to take revenge for the atrocities they committed in Pahalgam... The response that Pakistan then made was an escalation... On the international border, innocent lives have been lost and intense firing is increasing, so India has to respond to that clearly because it is a matter of national defence... The idea is that the military is ready to respond to anything and there is a proactiveism in diplomacy on the part of India at the highest level... The issue basically is terrorism... A statement was made at the UN that we have to fight terrorism. The world has to come together to see that what is so obvious... Where is Pakistan? Is it actually cooperating?... Everybody tells us to de-escalate, while we are only responding... We hope that with this international pressure, Pakistan will understand..." (09.05)
Dehradun | Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami chaired a meeting on the current situation in view of India-Pakistan tension.
The Chief Secretary, Home Secretary, DGP, and other senior officials attended this meeting. District Magistrates and SPs of all the districts of the state also attended through videoconferencing.
In this meeting, the ongoing Chardham Yatra in the state was also reviewed.
Announcements are being made in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer, appealing people to remain in their houses.
"...Everything will remain closed. Seeing the current situation, all are expected to stay home, and vehicular movements are also stopped..."
India on Saturday categorically rejected Pakistan's malicious misinformation campaign, which falsely claimed the destruction of critical Indian military assets and infrastructure.
Addressing a joint press conference by the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Defence on Operation Sindoor, Wing Commander Vyomika Singh highlighted Pakistan's attempts to spread disinformation about damage caused to the S-400 system at Adhampur, airfields at Suratgarh and Sirsa, Brahmos space at Nagrota, and artillery-gun positions in Dehrangyari and Chandigarh, among other allegations. (ANI)
Officials have asked residents of Jaisalmer to remain at home amid security concerns in the region, ANI reported.
Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi has criticised the approval of $1 billion loan to Pakistan. In a post on X, Gogoi wrote, “The IMF Board comprises of 25 member countries such as US, Japan, Australia , Germany , France, UK , Italy and Israel. The approval of $1 billion loan after the Pakistan-sponsored Pahalgam attack is shocking and disappointing. The loan will only perpetuate the rule of the army over the state.”
Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal Sharma chaired an all-party meeting in Jaipur to assess the situation bordering districts of the state, ANI reported.