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TopicPahalgam terror attack

Topic: Pahalgam terror attack

On 22 April, 2025, terrorists killed 25 Indians—24 tourists and a Kashmiri local—and 1 Nepalese tourist at Baisaran meadows in Pahalgam before fleeing the tourist spot. Eyewitness accounts indicate victims were singled out on the basis of religion, shot at close range in front of their families.

At the time of the attack, PM Modi was in Saudi Arabia on an official visit and US Vice President JD Vance was visiting India. Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) offshoot The Resistance Front (TRF) claimed responsibility for the attack.

The Cabinet Committee of Security (CCS) chaired by PM Modi met the day after the attack and in a statement highlighted a potential link to Pakistan, saying “cross-border linkages of the terrorist attack were brought out”.

Indian missiles strike 9 terror targets in Pakistan, PoK in ‘Operation Sindoor’, Bahawalpur hit

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No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted & actions have been focused, measured & non-escalatory in nature, defence ministry says in a statement. Pakistan vows to respond.

Indian missiles hit 9 terror targets in Pakistan, PoK in ‘Operation Sindoor’. Bahawalpur, Muridke hit

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Pakistani media reports quoted DG ISPR as saying that retaliatory strikes on ground and by air are underway. Bahawalpur is a stronghold of Jaish-e-Mohammad, Muridke of Lashkar-e-Taiba.

‘This blood may be ours or theirs, but it is human blood’—civil society groups in PoK call for peace

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Led by Jammu & Kashmir National Awami Party & Jammu & Kashmir National Students Federation, demonstrators seek end to military tensions that wreak havoc on communities along LoC.

All about the P-8I Poseidon, India’s ‘Eye in the Sky’ amid tensions over Pahalgam terror attack

Javaria Rana -
Long-range patrol aircraft has become backbone of India's anti-submarine warfare as well as intelligence, surveillance & reconnaissance & multi-domain operations across land & sea.

‘India’s waters will now be used only in India’s interests’—Modi issues strong message to Pakistan

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This comes at a time when India has put Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance & tensions are high between the 2 countries ahead of possible military action as response to Pahalgam terror attack.

Pakistani actor attacks Javed Akhtar for seeking strict action against terrorists in her country

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Bushra Ansari, who won the Presidential Pride of Performance Award, asked Javed Akhtar to have some restraint, saying, ‘You have very little time left in life, and yet you’re still talking like this’.

Surge in spy calls near India-Pak border amid tensions over Pahalgam attack, security increased

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Jaisalmer SP Sudheer Choudhary urged civilians, especially in border areas, not to share any information with unknown callers and to immediately report such incidents to the police.

Modi’s J&K trip cancelled 3 days before Pahalgam attack, what about security for tourists, asks Kharge

Sourav Roy Barman -
At a 'Samvidhan Bachao' rally in Jharkhand's Ranchi, Mallikarjun Kharge demands to know why Centre did not beef up security despite intelligence alerts on movement of terrorists.

US won’t pick sides in India-Pakistan crisis. Islamabad is stronger with China’s backing

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The US' apparent neutrality and calls for restraint may help, but only concerted efforts to revive backchannel talks can make a real difference.

Rahul Gandhi visits Karnal to meet family of Navy Lieutenant Vinay Narwal killed in Pahalgam attack 

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Congress MP Deepender Hooda said Gandhi paid tribute to Vinay Narwal by placing flower petals on his portrait & held a private conversation with the family.
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