New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday in his address to the nation on the 79th Independence Day, hailed the success of Operation Sindoor and saulted the role of the armed forces who targeted terror sites in Pakistan. The operation he said was an expression of India's outrage at the Pahalgam terrorists attack in which "husbands were killed in front of their wives and fathers were killed in front of their children after asking their religion."

"I am very proud that from the ramparts of the Red Fort, I am getting the opportunity to salute the heroes of Operation Sindoor. Our brave jawans punished the enemy beyond its imagination," PM Modi said.

"On 22nd April, terrorists from across the border came to Pahalgam and ki...