Goa, May 23 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a stern message to Pakistan on Thursday, warning that every act of terrorism against India will now come at a significant cost to Islamabad-militarily and economically. Speaking at a public rally in Palana, near the Indo-Pak border, Modi asserted that Pakistan would be held accountable for supporting terrorism, which he said it uses as a proxy due to its inability to defeat India in a direct confrontation.

"Pakistan will have to pay a heavy price for every terrorist attack. Its army and economy will both bear the consequences," Modi declared in his first public address in Rajasthan following the Indian military's recent pre-dawn offensive, Operation Sindoor, conducted on May 7. The op...