India, May 9 -- On the wee hours of May 7, India successfully launched Operation Sindoor, targeting 9 terror camps across Pakistan. This was in retaliation to the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 in Kashmir's Baisaran Valley, which claimed 26 innocent, civilian lives - Lashkar-e-Taiba's offshoot The Resistance Front (TRF) is believed to be responsible for it.

Pakistan had vowed to hit back and it did try, within 24 hours. It began with them attempting to attack Amritsar with missiles on May 7, which was prevented by India's S-400 and Akash air defence missiles. On the evening of May 8 as well, Pakistan launched drones and artillery fire, across India's western border, all of which was intercepted by our defence systems. Jammu took the ...