India, May 14 -- The chief of the defence staff (CDS) and the three service chiefs on Wednesday briefed President Droupadi Murmu on how Operation Sindoor was planned, executed during May 7-10 with minimum collateral damage, and the goals achieved as India's direct military response to the Pahalgam terror attack unfolded in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), officials said.

"The President commended the valour and the dedication of the armed forces that made India's response to terrorism a sterling success," the Rashtrapati Bhavan said after the meeting.

It came a day after the CDS and the three chiefs briefed veterans and members of think tanks on the operation launched in the early hours of May 7, when India hit nine terror c...