A security personnel stands guard at the Attari-Wagah border, near Amritsar.
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India-Pak Tensions Live | Pakistan says it has right to seek UNSC meeting
Pakistan on Friday said it has a “right” to seek a meeting of the United Nations Security Council when “appropriate” as tensions heightened with India after the Pahalgam terror attack.
“We see that all of this that is happening is in the context, in the backdrop of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir,” Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad told a press conference. (PTI)
India-Pak Tensions Live | Pakistan Army resorts to unprovoked small‑arms fire across LoC
During the night of 02-03 May 2025, the Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked small‑arms fire across the Line of Control opposite the Kupwara, Uri, and Akhnoor areas of the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. The Indian Army responded promptly and proportionately: Indian Army. (X/ANI)
India-Pak Tensions Live | Pahalgam terror attack: EU urges India, Pakistan to show restraint
The European Union (EU) on Friday called on New Delhi and Islamabad to show "restraint" and pursue dialogue to defuse tensions amid speculation about India's possible retaliation against Pakistan in view of the cross-border linkages to the Pahalgam terror attack. (PTI)
India-Pak Tensions Live | BJP's Poonawalla slams Congress' Channi over Balakot remarks, says party should be named 'Anti-National Congress from INC
India-Pak Tensions Live | 10 residents of Mendhar town brought back from Attari border after J&K High Court stays their deportation
India-Pak Tensions Live | One more person arrested in Assam for 'defending' Pakistan in wake of Pahalgam attack
One more person was arrested from Assam's Dhubri district for allegedly "defending" Pakistan in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
With this, a total of 37 people have been arrested in similar cases, he said. (PTI)
India-Pak Tensions Live | India bans direct, indirect imports from Pakistan with immediate effect
The decision will completely halt all inbound shipments of goods from Pakistan to India. India's exports to Pakistan in April-January 2024-25 stood at $447.65 million, while imports were meagre $0.42 million.
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India-Pak Tensions Live | Pakistan military conducts training launch of surface-to surface missile
Pakistan on Saturday announced that it has conducted a successful training launch of the Abdali Weapon System — a surface-to-surface missile with a range of 450 km, amid heightened tensions with India following the Pahalgam terror attack.
“The launch was aimed at ensuring the operational readiness of troops and validating key technical parameters, including the missile’s advanced navigation system and enhanced manoeuvrability features,” the army said in a statement.
The army said the missile launch was part of “Exercise INDUS” without giving details about the exercise.
IAF conducts night drill with fighter jets on Ganga Expressway airstrip in UP's Shahjahanpur
The drill, which took place between 7 pm and 10 pm on Friday, saw fighter jets Rafale, Sukhoi, Jaguar, and Mirage-2000 simulate touch-and-go landings and combat operations on the 3.5-kilometre airstrip.
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Farooq Abdullah meets tourists in Pahalgam
India-Pak Tensions Live | Centre bars ships bearing Pakistani flags from visiting Indian ports
The Union Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways issued an order on Saturday directing that ships bearing Pakistan flags shall not be allowed to visit any Indian port and Indian flag ships shall not visit any ports of Pakistan.
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India-Pak Tensions Live | India decides to suspend exchange of all categories of mail, parcels from Pakistan through air and surface routes: Sources
India-Pak Tensions Live | 'These demons call themselves Muslims but they are not Muslims': Farooq Abdullah stands in solidarity with Pahalgam victims
On Pahalgam Terrorist Attack, NC chief Farooq Abdullah says, "Those who lost their lives here, I want to tell that bride who was married just 6 days ago, to the child who saw his father soaked in blood that we also cried. We also didn't eat. Such demons are still there who murder humanity.
"They are not human. They call themselves Muslims, but I think they are not Muslims. We are all with those families who have suffered because of terrorism. I want to assure them that these sacrifices will not go in vain, all will be avenged.
'Ab ghada bhar gaya hai'. We now need to uproot it (terrorism). We have been witnessing it for 35 years. But, they have never won, they'll never win."
India-Pak Tensions Live | Islamabad calls at New Delhi's plan to ask IMF to review Pak loans, calls it 'politically motivated'
The Express Tribune said Saturday quoting officials that India’s attempt to involve the International Monetary Fund (IMF) “is an extension of its political campaign to isolate Pakistan diplomatically”.
(PTI Inputs)
India-Pak Tensions Live |Before Pahalgam attack, intel agencies had flagged potential targeting of tourists in Srinagar's outskirts: Officials
Days before the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam, intelligence agencies had flagged the potential targeting of tourists especially those staying in hotels on the outskirts of Srinagar in the foothills of the Zabarwan range, officials in the know said Saturday.
This prompted a heightened security presence in these areas with top police brass camping in Srinagar to oversee combing operations around Dachigam, Nishat, and adjacent areas.
These areas gained attention and security forces increased patrolling because of a terrorist attack on a construction site in Gangangir, Sonamarg in October last year in which seven people including a doctor were killed. The area is located on the other side of Zabarwan range overlooking the Srinagar city.
(PTI)
India-Pak Tensions Live | Omar Abdullah met PM Modi at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg in Delhi earlier today
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Saturday and discussed various issues, including last week's terror attack in Pahalgam, officials said.
The meeting at the prime minister's residence lasted around 30 minutes, they said.
This is the first meeting between the two leaders since the April 22 terror attack in which 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed.
India-Pak Tensions Live | Omar Abdullah leaves from PM Modi's residence
India-Pak Tensions Live | Navy chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi leaves from PM Modi's residence
India-Pak Tensions Live | CRPF dismisses constable from service for hiding his marriage to Pakistani National
In a matter of serious concern, CT/GD Munir Ahmed of 41 Battalion of CRPF has been dismissed from service with immediate effect for concealing his marriage to a Pakistani national and knowingly harbouring her beyond the validity of her visa. His actions were found to be in violation of service conduct and detrimental to national security: CRPF
India-Pak Tensions Live | Pak goods worth USD 500 mn likely entering India via third countries: Official
Goods like dry fruits and chemicals worth USD 500 million are believed to be entering India through third countries including the UAE, Singapore, Indonesia and Sri Lanka, an official said.
According to the official, it is said that a substantial proportion of USD 500 million exports from Pakistan which were earlier directly exported to India are now being rerouted through other countries.
While Pakistani fruits, dry dates, leather, and textiles are repackaged and relabeled in the UAE for exports to India, chemicals are likely to be routed through Singapore.
Similarly, Indonesia is being used as a transit route for Pakistani cement, soda ash, and textile raw materials. From Sri Lanka, it is expected that Pakistani dried fruits, salt, and leather goods were being shipped to India.
(PTI)
India-Pak Tensions Live | Pak nationals married to Indian citizens have no right to stay in India: J&K BJP
J-K BJP's chief spokesperson Sunil Sethi said such individuals may be potential “sleeper cells”, and there is a possibility that some of them have been planted by Pakistani spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) as part of a “nefarious” design.
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India-Pak Tensions Live | Pahalgam terror attack: Police carry out searches at multiple locations in Srinagar
Police on Saturday carried out searches at multiple locations in the city here as part of a clampdown on the terror ecosystem in the wake of the Pahalgam attack that left 26 people dead.
A spokesperson of the Jammu and Kashmir Police said they have intensified searches across multiple locations in the city, with the aim to dismantle the terror-supporting infrastructure in the district.
He said the searches were part of the continuing action against terrorist associates of proscribed outfits and in furtherance of the investigation into cases registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
(PTI)
India-Pak Tensions Live | Jaishankar discusses Pahalgam terrorist attack with Russia's foreign affairs minister
EAM S Jaishankar posts on 'X': "Discussed the Pahalgam terrorist attack with FM Lavrov of Russia yesterday.
"Its perpetrators, backers and planners must be brought to justice. Also spoke about our bilateral cooperation activities."
India-Pak Tensions Live | BSF apprehends a Pakistani Ranger from along the India-Pakistan border in Rajasthan
India-Pak Tensions Live | Pahalgam attack: Sharif says Pak response was ‘responsible, measured to India’s provocation’
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said that Pakistan’s response was “responsible and measured to India’s provocation” following the Pahalgam terror attack.
Sharif was talking to Turkiye Ambassador Dr Irfan Neziroglu who met him in Islamabad, reported Radio Pakistan.
The prime minister said “despite India’s provocative actions following the Pahalgam incident, Pakistan’s response was responsible and measured”.
He said that Pakistan has always condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.
The prime minister claimed that India has “failed to share any evidence and is falsely trying to link Pakistan to the Pahalgam attack”.