Guwahati, May 12 -- In a national address at 8 PM today (May 12), Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that the Indian Army has been granted "full freedom" to eliminate terrorists.

"We have given full freedom to the Indian Army to wipe out the terrorists, and today, every terrorist, every terror organization knows the consequences of attempting to remove the sindoor from the foreheads of our mothers and daughters," said Prime Minister Modi.

The address, the first since the commencement of Operation Sindoor, followed a ceasefire declared after four days of hostilities with Pakistan.

Operation Sindoor was launched on May 7th in response to the terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, on April 22.

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