India, Dec. 2 -- Navy chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi said on Tuesday that the Indian Navy forced the Pakistan Navy to remain close to their ports during Operation Sindoor through "aggressive posturing".

The chief of naval staff also credited the deployment of the carrier battle group for keeping the Pakistan Navy quiet during the conflict with Islamabad in May.

"The aggressive posturing and immediate action during Op Sindoor, of deployment of the carrier battle group, forced the Pakistan Navy to remain close to their ports or near the Makran coast: Admiral Tripathi was quoted by ANI as saying.

The Navy chief also reiterated that Operation Sindoor was still in progress and hadn't, in fact, come to an end.

"It's an operation that remai...