New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday issued a stern warning to Pakistan from the ramparts of Red Fort on the occasion of 79th Independence Day. India, the prime minister said, has decided that it will not tolerate nuclear threats anymore.

"India has decided that it will not tolerate nuclear threats anymore, we won't fall for any blackmail," PM Narendra Modi said in his 12th consecutive address from the ramparts of Red Fort.

PM Modi's statement came following back-to-back statements and threats by the Pakistani leadership against India. It started last week when Pakistan's army chief Asim Munir, during hisUS visit, threatened to plunge the region into a nuclear war if Islamabad faced an existential threat.

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