India, Sept. 17 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

"Operation Sindoor, 2016 Surgical Strike and 2019 Balakot Air Strike are proof that India's patience is its strength not weakness, and we choose the path of hard power when negotiations fail to yield any solution," said Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh during the Hyderabad Liberation Day event on September 17, 2025. Speaking in Hyderabad, Telangana, he asserted that while the strong and resolute New India, under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, believes in dialogue, it knows how to give a befitting reply to those who fail to understand the language of peace and goodwill.

Raksha Mantri pointed out that while terrorists killed innocent citizens...