India launched “Operation Sindoor” early Wednesday morning, targeting nine terror launchpads in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). According to reports, 24 missile strikes were carried out in response to the recent terror attack in Pahalgam. The operation reportedly killed around 70 terrorists.

Ten family members and four close aides of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar were killed in missile strikes carried out by Indian armed forces under ‘Operation Sindoor’, according to a statement released by Azhar.

Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Wednesday said that the state government has initiated action based on the Central government’s advisories regarding measures to be taken amid rising tensions with Pakistan.

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) has extended its unequivocal support to the ongoing anti-terror initiative, Operation Sindoor, launched by Indian security forces. Emphasising the grave threat posed by terrorism, JIH President Syed Sadatullah Hussaini described it as a heinous crime against humanity and called for its complete eradication to ensure the nation's peace and security.

A fire broke out at an electrical equipment shop in central Kolkata's Poddar Court area on Wednesday afternoon, an official said.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Wednesday said Operation Sindoor was the beginning of justice for the Pahalgam terror strike victims.

World leaders, including UN chief Antonio Guterres and US President Donald Trump, on Wednesday called on India and Pakistan to exercise restraint and hoped that the hostilities would end "very quickly".

More than 15 Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces on Wednesday in the forests of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district bordering Telangana where a massive counter-insurgency operation is underway, a senior police official said.