SOURCE: IANS

Surendra Kumar, a resident of Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu, who had been working as a medical assistant for the Indian Air Force, was killed in a Pakistani air strike early on Saturday in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir.

Surendra Kumar had been serving in the medical wing of the Indian Air Force for the past 14 years. He was posted in 39 Wing, Udhampur. His death was confirmed by the Army Headquarters, which informed his brother-in-law Jai Prakash via phone. The medical assistant’s uncle, Subhash Moga, recalled him as a patriotic and helpful person who regularly motivated local youth to join the armed forces.

SOURCE: IANS

The government has flagged fake X accounts impersonating two Indian military officers — Wing Commander Vyomika Singh and Colonel Sofia Qureshi — warning the public against engaging with or sharing posts from these handles.

A widely circulated fake X account impersonating Wing Commander Vyomika Singh goes by the handle “@WingVyomikStan” and describes itself as: “Proudly serving in the skies, defending the nation with Air Force. Duty, Honor.”

SOURCE: IANS

The Centre on Saturday strongly rejected Pakistan’s claims about the destruction of key Indian military installations, terming them as part of a “malicious misinformation campaign.”

Backing its rebuttal with visual evidence, India showcased current images — with clear date and time stamps — of the runways at the Suratgarh and Sirsa Air Force Stations, which Pakistan had falsely claimed were destroyed. At a Press briefing on ‘Operation Sindoor’, Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, accompanied by Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Indian Army Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, said, “Pakistan has also attempted to execute a continued malicious misinformation campaign, with claims being propagated on social media regarding the destruction of the Indian S-400 system at Adampur, the destruction of airfields at Suratgarh and Sirsa, the BrahMos base at Nagrota, RT gun positions at Dehrangari, and the forward ammunition depot at Chandigarh, along with allegations of heavy damage to other military stations.”

SOURCE: IANS

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Saturday firmly rejected Pakistan’s “ludicrous claims” that Indian missiles had hit Afghanistan, calling them “totally frivolous allegations.”

Speaking at a Press conference alongside Indian Army Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Air Force Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, Misri urged the Afghan people to remember which nation had repeatedly targeted civilian infrastructure in their country.

SOURCE: PTI

Pakistan’s claim that its hypersonic missiles fired from JF-17 fighter jets destroyed India’s S-400 air defence system in Adampur is “false”, an Indian military official said on Saturday.

Pakistan’s state-run PTV earlier reported that Pakistan Air Force’s hypersonic missiles destroyed the S-400 system in Adampur.

SOURCE: PTI

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday said Islamabad will consider de-escalation if India stops further attacks, but added that its military is operating on the defensive and taking minimum action.

Dar’s statement, echoed by another federal minister, came as the Indian and Pakistani militaries targeted each other’s installations using missiles in the last more than 12 hours, further escalating the already tense conflict situation.

SOURCE: PTI

A missile-like object landed deep inside the Dal Lake — a major tourist attraction in Srinagar — after loud explosions rocked the city on Saturday morning, officials said.

Smoke bellowed from the surface of the lake when the object landed, the officials said. The debris of the object, which has been fished out by the security forces, is being analysed, they added.Another suspected object was recovered from Lasjan on the outskirts of the city on Saturday morning, which is being examined, the officials said.

SOURCE: UNI

 Pakistan has alleged that Indian missiles and drones struck three of its airbases early Saturday — Nur Khan, Murid, and Rafiqui. According to the Pakistan military spokesperson said that the country’s air defence system successfully intercepted several incoming missiles. The press briefing was cut short without further explanation.

India overnight successfully struck four key Pakistani airbases, inflicting heavy damage on military installations and assets, government sources said on Saturday. The targeted airbases include Noor Khan in Rawalpindi, Murid in Chakwal, and Rafiqui in Shorkot.

SOURCE: PTI

India on Friday night repelled fresh drone attacks from Pakistan at 26 locations in the country’s north and west including Srinagar airport, as it accused Islamabad of using its civilian planes as a shield for its aerial strikes endangering their flights.

As Pakistan targeted several cities for the third consecutive night, this time from Baramulla in north Kashmir to Bhuj in Gujarat, the government said Islamabad had launched between 300 and 400 Turkish drones across 36 locations from Leh to Sir Creek in its failed attempt to target Indian military installations on Thursday night.

SOURCE: IANS

Rattled by Indian military strikes on terror bases inside its territory, the Pakistan government and its army have gone into overdrive to save face, first, by launching drones and UAVs on Indian territory and then, activating its propaganda machinery to spread fake and fabricated impression that it got an edge over Indian forces in the military face-off.

In a bid to project it as the superior force, Pakistan is only exposing its duplicity. The contrasting claims by the Pakistan Army and its Defence Minister Khwaja Muhammed Asif regarding Indian drone strikes has caught the attention of netizens, and this has only made them a laughing stock.

SOURCE: PTI

US President Donald Trump wants to see the conflict between India and Pakistan de-escalate “as quickly as possible,” the White House said on Friday.

The comments by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt came as military action between India and Pakistan intensified following India’s strike on nine terror sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir(PoK) under ‘Operation Sindoor’ early Wednesday. India’s strike was a powerful retaliation to the Pahalgam massacre on April 22, in which 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed.

SOURCE: PTI

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday approved the immediate disbursement of about $1 billion to Pakistan under the ongoing Extended Fund Facility. In a statement, the Washington-based global lender said its Executive Board concluded the initial review of Pakistan’s economic reform programme under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement.

“This decision allows for an immediate disbursement of around $1 billion (SDR 760 million), bringing total disbursements under the arrangement to about $2.1 billion (SDR 1.52 billion),” the agency said.

SOURCE: IANS

A soldier from Andhra Pradesh has been killed in the heavy shelling by the Pakistan Army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir. Murali Nayak of the Sri Sathya Sai district lost his life in the indiscriminate shelling by the Pakistan Army.

The jawan, hailing from Kallithanda village under Gaddamthanda panchayat, was on duty on the front lines. His mortal remains are expected to reach his native place on Saturday. It was immediately not clear if Nayak was killed in the shelling on Wednesday or Thursday.

SOURCE: IANS

The Pakistan government and its Army have found themselves at the receiving end of their citizens and Parliamentarians, after getting beaten in the war of nerves with their Indian counterpart and also losing face globally, over their brazen support to terror.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif faced major embarrassment after a Parliamentarian in his country called him out over his “cowardice”, saying the former couldn’t stand up to his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi.

SOURCE: IANS

US Vice-President J.D. Vance has said that the conflict between India and Pakistan is “fundamentally none of our business,” though he and President Donald Trump are encouraging both the countries to de-escalate.

“What we can do is try to encourage these folks to de-escalate a little bit, but we’re not going to get involved in the middle of war that’s fundamentally none of our business and has nothing to do with America’s ability to control it. You know, America can’t tell the Indians to lay down their arms. We can’t tell the Pakistanis to lay down their arms. And so, we’re going to continue to pursue this thing through diplomatic channels,” Vance, who has been a proponent of US disengagement from international conflicts, said in an interview with Fox News.