Pakistan carried out cross-border shelling on Saturday morning, causing significant damage to civilian areas in Jammu city and heightening fears among residents.
Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, parts of a suspected projectile were recovered on Saturday in Jammu's Bishnah area and Rajasthan's Barmer, as Pakistan reportedly targeted civilian zones.
On Friday, the Ministry of External Affairs strongly condemned Pakistan for deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure, including schools and places of worship.
Spyer, in conversation with ANI, said that when Western civilians or countries are targeted by terror outfits, the media brands them as 'terrorists', but that is not the case with non-Western countries.
Pakistan's provocative and escalatory actions on Thursday night were targeted at Indian cities and civilian infrastructure in addition to some military targets and the Indian Armed Forces responded "proportionately, adequately, and responsibly", Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Friday.
A day after its attempts to target Indian cities, civilian infrastructure and some military targets were repelled, Pakistan continued to escalate tensions with India with its drones intercepted by Indian Armed Forces amid blackouts in Akhnoor, Pathankot, Rajouri and Nagrota.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Friday condemned Pakistan for targeting Indian cities, including Amritsar, in a series of actions aimed at both civilian and military infrastructure. Misri dismissed Pakistan's claims that India was attacking its own territory as "preposterous and outrage
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday praised the Indian armed forces for carrying out a strong counter-strike under 'Operation Sindoor', and said the military action gave a "befitting reply" to Pakistan for killing innocent civilians.
A targeted attack in Tump in Pakistan's Kech district on May 4 had claimed the life of 25-year-old Ehsan Shoukat -- yet another chilling example of Pakistan's violent campaign against Baloch civilians.
"In Poonch, we saw two twins, Ayaan and Aruba, who died while they were playing. What is the fault of the children and women trapped in this crossfire? These incidents, including Pahalgam (terror attack), have brought this region on the path of catastrophe," Mufti said during a press conf