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Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday reiterated India’s warning that if Pakistan continues to nurture terrorists in its backyard, its existence could be wiped out. Mr Sinha saluted the valour and indomitable courage of the armed forces for their strong and decisive action against the “terrorist nation” through Operation Sindoor.

“India has warned terror state Pakistan that our forces can attack every inch of its land, and its entire existence could be wiped off the face of earth if it continues to nurture terrorists in its backyard,” Mr Sinha said after attending a theatrical performance of Rashtrakavi Ramdhari Singh Dinkar’s epic poem Rashmirathi, organised by the University of Jammu.

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A court here on Monday remanded YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra to judicial custody after the end of her police remand in a case of alleged espionage. The 33-year-old travel influencer was produced in the court. A police spokesperson said that they did not seek her further remand after which the court sent her to jail.

Meanwhile, data from Malhotra’s three mobile phones and a laptop, which had been sent for forensic examination, has been recovered, police sources said on Monday.

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The Directorate General of Shipping has been directed to monitor the situation arising out of the capsizing and sinking of a Liberian cargo ship off the Kerala coast, at every two hours, Union Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Monday.

Speaking with reporters after attending the 36th Foundation Day celebrations event here, Mr Sonowal, who is the Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways, said all steps have been taken, particularly to protect coastal life.

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National Security Advisor Ajit Doval’s planned trip to Moscow this week has been called off as he is indisposed due to seasonal flu, sources said on Monday.

Doval was scheduled to attend the 13th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues to be held in Moscow from May 27 to 29.He is unable to participate in the meeting due to indisposition with a seasonal flu, the sources said.

The NSA is looking forward to taking forward bilateral engagement with Russia on strategic and security matters at an early date, they said.

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Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three other crewmates, part of the Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station, are headed into quarantine, the US-based private space firm announced on Sunday. The Axiom-4 mission is scheduled for lift-off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on June 8.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said Pakistan’s only aim is to hate India and think of ways to harm it, while our nation has set goals of removing poverty and bringing about economic development. Addressing a rally in Dahod in Gujarat, the PM hailed Operation Sindoor and said “those daring to wipe off the sindoor of our sisters must know their end is near”.

Twenty-six men were gunned down by terrorists in Pahalgam in Kashmir on April 22, following which India launched Operation Sindoor in the early hours of May 7, resulting in massive damage to terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his first visit to Vadodara after Operation Sindoor, met with the family of Colonel Sofiya Qureshi — one of the two women officers from the armed forces who led media briefings on the operation.

Immediately after landing at Harni Airport, the Prime Minister interacted with Colonel Qureshi’s family, who described the meeting as a proud and emotional moment. Her father, Taj Mohammad, shared his joy with IANS, saying, “I was ecstatic to meet the Prime Minister. Every citizen should be aware of our nation — Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat. The youth, whether boys or girls, must serve the country. Only then can India truly progress.”

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made a firm decision, one unprecedented in the past seventy years – that India maintains a firm and uncompromising stance against terrorism, enforcing strict measures to eliminate any threats, said Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar in Narsinghpur on Monday.

While addressing a gathering of farmers and industrialists in Narsinghpur (170 km from Bhopal), the Vice President said that Operation Sindoor has served as a decisive response to Pahalgam, demonstrating India’s formidable strength to the world.

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May 26, 1999 marks a memorable day for the country as well as the Indian Air Force (IAF). It was on this day, twenty-six years ago that the IAF launched a major military operation titled ‘Safed Sagar’ to break the back of Pakistani intruders and its Army regulars who surreptitiously entered the Indian side of Line of Control (LoC) and occupied crucial positions in Kargil sector.

The IAF’s ‘Operation Safed Sagar’ set a new paradigm for the forces in defending the country’s borders as it not only destroyed the illegally-occupied positions but also helped the ground forces in mounting its operations and going for the kill.

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Containers from a Liberian cargo ship that sank, off the Kerala coast, have started washing ashore, police said on Monday.

Coastal police said that some containers have been found along the southern Kollam coast. The total number of containers washed ashore is not yet known, and authorities are working to manage the situation, they said.

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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a CRPF personnel for allegedly sharing sensitive information with Pakistan intelligence officers, officials said on Monday.

The accused, Moti Ram Jat, was actively involved in espionage activity and had been sharing classified information related to national security with the Pakistan intelligence officers (PIOs) since 2023, they said. The agency has found that he was receiving funds from the PIOs through various conduits, officials said.

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A member of the banned CPI (Maoist), who was carrying a bounty of Rs 5 lakh on his head, was killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand’s Latehar district on Monday, a senior police official said.

Another red rebel was also arrested during the operation, he said. The encounter between security forces and Maoists broke out in a forest in Dauna under the Mauhadand Police Station limits on Sunday night, he said.

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 In a pointed statement aimed at critics who frequently raise concerns over India’s strategic ‘Siliguri Corridor’, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday drew attention to Bangladesh’s own geographical vulnerabilities, asserting that the neighbouring country has two fragile corridors that are even more susceptible to disruption.

“To those who habitually threaten India on the ‘Chicken Neck Corridor’, they should note these facts as well,” Sarma said, referencing the Siliguri Corridor—India’s narrow 22-km-wide land link connecting its northeastern states to the mainland, often viewed as a strategic ‘chokepoint’.

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In his first Mann Ki Baat address following Operation Sindoor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday underscored India’s unwavering resolve against terrorism, hailing the precision strikes carried out by Indian Armed Forces on terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) as a symbol of a transforming nation.

The operation was launched in retaliation for the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam that claimed the lives of 25 Indians and one Nepali national.

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India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is expected here early next week to attend a major security meeting organised by Russia’s Security Council.

Doval is invited for the 13th international meeting of high representatives for security issues on May 27-29 under the chairmanship of the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu.