DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA ● REG.NO. MCS/067/2018 - 20 RNI REGN. NO. 1543/57 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2025, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES `5.00 ● WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 THE TARGETS: TERROR INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING CAMPS OF LASHKAR AND JAISH 1 2 Markaz Subhanallah Bahawalpur, Pakistan CHINA 9 8 Srinagar 7 64 5 2 3 INDIA PAKISTAN Delhi 4 5 6 7 8 Sarjal Narowal, Pakistan Mehmona Joya Sialkot, Pakistan Barnala Bhimber, PoK Abbas Kotli, PoK Gulpur Kotli, PoK Sawai Nala Muzaffarabad, PoK IN A sharp escalation in crossborder shelling, which has gone from small arms fire to heavy artillery, Pakistan on Wednesday targeted the civilian population residing near the Line of Control, killing at least 12 people and leaving 40 injured. Late Wednesday night, the Indian Army confirmed that a soldier had died in Pakistani shelling. While intense artillery fire was also heard in the Uri and Tangdhar sectors of Kashmir CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 08/05/2025 107 135 167 70 ‘Our action focused, non-escalatory, didn’t target Pak military’ SHUBHAJIT ROY & AMRITA NAYAK DUTTA NEW DELHI, MAY 7 One of the terror sites targeted during Operation Sindoor in Muridke town of Pakistan’s Punjab province, on Wednesday. AP JAMMU, LUDHIANA, MAY 7 PAK SAYS 31 KILLED, 46 INJURED Fully prepared to respond to Pakistani misadventures if any: Indian Armed Forces Four children, soldier among 13 killed in Pak shelling near LoC ARUN SHARMA & DIVYA GOYAL GOPAL Syedna Bilal Muzaffarabad, PoK ON14TH DAYOFPAHALGAMMASSACRE,INDIASTRIKESNINETERRORSITESINPAKISTANANDPoK 1. Markaz Subhanallah, Bahawalpur- JeM 2. Markaz Taiba, Muridke - LeT 3. Sarjal, Narowal - JeM 4. Mehmona Joya, Sialkot - HM 5. Markaz Ahle Hadith, Barnala - LeT 6. Markaz Abbas, Kotli - JeM 7. Markaz Raheel Shahid, Gulpur, Kotli - HM 8. Sawai Nala camp, Muzaffarabad - LeT 9. Syedna Bilal camp, Muzaffarabad - JeM A house damaged in the shelling in Mendhar area of Poonch, Wednesday. PTI 9 ‘Justice Served’ Markaz Taiba Muridke, Pakistan NINE TARGETS 1 3 New red line drawn as Lashkar, Jaish and Hizb bases targeted Terror targets were scouted, precision weaponry used; deepest intrusion ever AMRITA NAYAK DUTTA & P VAIDYANATHAN IYER NEW DELHI, MAY 7 IN JUST 25 minutes, Operation Sindoor marked a new red line, significantly raising Pakistan’s costofaterrorstrikeagainstIndia. The coordinated assault, using multiple long-range highprecision strike weapons at predeterminedtargetsinPoKandin Pakistan, has “upped the ante and signalled that India can strike deep inside”, said a senior securityofficial.“Thisisabigleap forward — just short of war.” Thisisborneoutbytherange and number of targets on Tuesday and their relative distancefromtheLoCortheborder. In 2016, after the Uri attack, theincursionsbytheArmywere up to 3 km inside PoK. In 2019, BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Delhi does diplomatic outreach amid questions over Pak’s steps ‘day after’ SHUBHAJIT ROY NEW DELHI, MAY 7 AFTER INDIA’S Operation Sindoor Wednesday, fingers are crossed in world’s capitals, from New Delhi’s friends in Washington DC, Paris and Berlin to Islamabad’s all-weather ally in Beijing, on how the “day after scenario” will unfold. Prime Minister Narendra FULL COVERAGE PAGES 4, 7, 11, 12, 13 Modi, who was scheduled to travel to Norway, Netherlands and Croatia from May 13 to 17, has cancelled his trip. Anticipating concern and amidcallsforde-escalation,New Delhimountedadiplomaticoutreach to major powers including the US and China as NSA Ajit Doval, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri had a CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 India’s voice: Colonel Sofiya Qureshi & Wing Commander Vyomika Singh PAGE 1 ANCHOR SUSHANT KULKARNI, ADITI RAJA & RITIKA CHOPRA PUNE, VADODARA, NEW DELHI, MAY 7 Col Sofiya Qureshi (right) and Wg Cdr Vyomika Singh after the press briefing in Delhi, Wednesday. Anil Sharma IN RESPONSE to the massacre in Pahalgam, where terrorists killed tourists in cold blood on the basis of faith, the Government sent a strong message to the world early Wednesday morning by targeting and destroying nine terror hubs in Pakistan. Hours later, NewDelhisentanothermessage — this time, in the manner and method it chose to reveal details of Operation Sindoor. As Foreign Secretary Vikram Misriwalkedintothelifttoreach the second-floor conference hall of the National Media Centre in Delhi, he was flanked by the two telling faces chosen to narrate the story of the 25-minute operation: Colonel Sofiya Qureshi of the Indian Army and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh of the Indian Air Force. Minutes later, before Misri walked up to the podium, an audio-visual presentation recounted the series of terror attacks on India since the turn of CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 INTHEmostexpansiveattackon terror emanating from Pakistan, Indian armed forces targeted and destroyed nine terror sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir including the headquarters of the Lashkar-eTaibaandJaish-e-Mohammedin the early hours of Wednesday. Codenamed Operation Sindoor in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26peoplewerekilledtwoweeks ago, the strikes were conducted between1.05amand1.30am,all of 25 minutes, using missiles — The logo used by Army to announce the op against terror camps in Pak, PoK “nichetechnologyweaponswith careful selection of warheads”. Shortly after the strikes, the Ministry of Defence, while underlining that “no Pakistani military facilities have been targeted”, said “our actions have CONTINUED ON PAGE 2