India, April 24 -- In a fiery response to the Pahalgam terror attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that India will identify, track, and punish every terrorist involved and their backers, promising retribution "beyond their imagination." Addressing a public gathering in Bihar during the National Panchayati Raj Day programme, Modi stated emphatically that terrorism would not go unpunished and that the enemies of the country had dared to strike at the very soul of India.

"Today, from the soil of Bihar, I say to the whole world-India will not spare those who kill innocents. We will hunt them down to the ends of the earth," Modi said to thunderous applause, marking his first public reaction since the heinous attack in Baisaran, Pahal...