10-day break for all madrassas
More than 1,000 religious schools have been shut and people have begun readying walled bunkers.
“The defence minister (Rajnath Singh) told the US Secretary of Defence that Pakistan has a history of supporting, training and funding terrorist organisations,” the readout issued by the Defence ministry said.
“Pakistan has been exposed as a rogue state, fuelling global terrorism, and destabilising the region. The world can no longer turn a blind eye to terrorism,” the ministry quoted Singh as saying.
It is important for the global community to “explicitly and unequivocally” condemn and “call out” such heinous acts of terrorism, he said.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif amid rising tensions following the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people.
During his conversation with Dr Jaishankar, Rubio expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives and extended condolences to the victims and their families in the Pahalgam attack, according to US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce.
He reaffirmed the US's commitment to working with India in the global fight against terrorism.
The US on Thursday said it supports India’s right to defend itself and its fight against terrorism as US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth dialled Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
On his part, Rajnath Singh told Hegseth that Pakistan has been “exposed” as a “rogue” state fuelling global terrorism, and “destabilising” the region.
The world can no longer turn a “blind eye” to terrorism, the defence minister said during the conversation, according to an official readout.
Hegseth said the US stands in solidarity with India and supports India’s right to defend itself, Singh’s office said in a social media post.
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Authorities in Pakistan have shut more than 1,000 religious schools over fears of possible retaliatory military action from India over Pahalgam's terror attack.
Even as tension soared between two neighbours, US Secretary of State also spoke to Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif.
India blames Pakistan for the gun attack that killed 26 people on April 22 in Pahalgam.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given his three military chiefs “complete operational freedom” to deal with it and decide about the "target, mode of attack and timing".
Pakistan’s Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said in a televised statement early on Wednesday that the attack could take place in the “next 24 to 36 hours”.
“Not only 140 crore Indians but the whole world is standing with India in this fight. All the countries of the world have come together and are standing with the people of India in this fight against terrorism," Union Home Minister Amit Shah said.
Sharing national anguish and give a vent to what common people on the street want -- 'PoK for Pahalgam'; Muslim lawmaker and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said New Delhi should not only 'enter Pakistan' but also should capture the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.
“There is already a resolution in Parliament of India that POK is ours. Then take action this time,” he said, emphasising that this stance is supported by Parliament itself. “Those areas [Pakistan-occupied Kashmir] are part of India.”
"Iss baar ghar mein ghus ke baith jaana", Hyderabad MP said urging the BJP leadership that the government of India and military should take action and after entering PoK should not stay put there.
Post-Pahalgam terror attack, Owaisi, while addressing a public meeting at Prabhani in Maharashtra to oppose the Waqf (Amendment) Act, said - the terrorists asking the religion of tourists before killing them was something unbecoming.
"Which religion are you talking about? You are worse than the Khawarij. This act shows you are the successors of ISIS," he said.
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