Amid heightened India-Pakistan tensions, heavy cross-border shelling by Pakistan caused damage to homes and religious sites in J&K's Kupwara, Uri, and Poonch. Locals vowed to stand with the Indian Army despite the attacks.
Fragments and debris of unidentified projectiles were recovered by the locals in Rajasthan's Barmer on Saturday morning in the wake of Pakistan's blatant drone attacks against civilians across several locations in India.
Despite strong opposition from India on the consideration of a loan package to Pakistan by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the country remained absent from voting during Friday's International Monetary Fund Executive Board meeting.
The Indian Army was successful in thwarting a Pakistani drone attack in the early hours on Saturday, demonstrating India's robust air defence systems in the wake of Pakistan's blatant escalation along India's western borders.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader, Telangana Jagruti President and MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha has urged the state government to postpone the upcoming Miss World beauty pageant scheduled in Telangana amid the rising India-Pakistan tensions at the national borders.
AIIMS Bhubaneswar has announced the cancellation of all kinds of leave, including vacation and station leave in view of the circumstances arising in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has rescheduled its flights to Toronto, London and Rome, rerouting its operations to avoid Pakistan airspace due to the ongoing situation between India and Pakistan, Bangladesh's State News Agency, BSS, reported.
Meanwhile, at least four airbases in Pakistan were hit by Indian strikes in the early hours of Saturday, sources said, as tensions between the two countries continue to escalate.
Surface-to-air missile systems were activated in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar area by armed forces amid escalation between India and Pakistan, sources told ANI.