Operation Sindoor

On the night of May 6–7 (2025), India launched a targeted operation against terrorist infrastructure at nine locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK). The military action, the government said, was a direct response to the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam that left 26 people dead, most of them Indian tourists.

The government said it struck the headquarters belonging to the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed. Bahawalpur, home to Jaish and its leader Masood Azhar, and Muridke, linked to Lashkar and its founder Hafiz Saeed, were among the cities targeted. These groups have been tied to some of the deadliest terror attacks in India, including the 2008 Mumbai attacks and the recent massacre in Pahalgam.

Of the nine terror sites India says it has struck in Pakistan and PoK, four are said to be Bahawalpur and Muridke in Pakistan Punjab and Muzaffarabad and Kotli in PoK. All these cities are home to terror camps.

Unlike previous Indian military operations—often given conventional or mythological names to convey strength or maintain secrecy—Operation Sindoor carries a poignant emotional resonance. It reflects a deliberate effort to blend military action with a tribute to civilian loss and national grief.

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Eight months after Pahalgam terror attack, walking up to Baisaran meadow

December 31, 2025 11:16 am

2025 saw one of the deadliest terror attacks ever on civilians, when 26 tourists were killed at Baisaran in Pahalgam. The Indian Express treks up to meadow, where tourists once posed for selfies and giggled as they came down the bumpy boulder-strewn path. Now shut, it is filled with the echoes of the guns that rang out that day. But as New Year dawns, there is hope — “somehow, things always turn around”

India committed to zero tolerance towards terrorism in all its forms: Union Home Secretary

December 28, 2025 10:59 pm

Govind Mohan applauds NIA for “its exceptionally high conviction rate of over 90 per cent”; says government aims to raise conviction rates across all police forces to similar levels.

Operation Sindoor: Pakistan's Deputy PM says Nur Khan airbase was attacked in May

December 29, 2025 5:15 pm

India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in retaliation for the Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians.

Pakistan President Zardari reveals he was advised to ‘hide in a bunker' during Operation Sindoor

December 29, 2025 7:19 am

Zardari made the revelation while speaking at an event in Larkana, Sindh province, to mark the 18th death anniversary of his wife and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated in a gun and bomb attack in Rawalpindi on December 27, 2007.

World looks at India with great hope due to youth power, says PM Modi in 2025's final Mann ki Baat

December 28, 2025 6:00 pm

PM Modi says 2025 gave many moments that made every Indian proud; country to mark birth centenary of freedom fighter Parvati Giri in January

Speaking in New Delhi after receiving the award, the Class IV student recalled his experience during the operation. “When Operation Sindoor began against Pakistan, soldiers came to our village. I thought I should serve them. I used to take milk, tea, buttermilk, and ice for them daily. I feel great to be awarded. I had never dreamt of it,” Sharvan said. (Express Photo)

Milk, ice, courage: Ferozepur’s 10-year-old honoured with Bal Puraskar for serving Army during Operation Sindoor

December 26, 2025 7:06 pm

Sharvan Singh of Punjab’s Ferozepur district was among the 20 children honoured with the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar by President Droupadi Murmu on Friday.