India on Thursday night repelled multiple Pakistani strikes in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat, and clamped a blackout across a wide swathe of the western border, as Islamabad stepped up hostilities hours after New Delhi issued a stern warning against any escalation.

India's Rafale jets, used in the recent Operation Sindoor, have reignited scrutiny of the India–Pakistan air power balance. Compared to Pakistan's ageing F-16 fleet, the Rafale offers superior radar,

A Dubai-based man, who claims to be ‘Pakistani’, praised India’s Operation Sindoor in a viral video, condemning ‘terrorism’ and criticising Pakistan for playing the ‘victim card’ after the Pahalgam terror attack.