Operation Sindoor LIVE Updates | PM Modi Visits Adampur Airbase; Gunfight Erupts In Shopian Amid High Indo-Pak Tensions

As life returned to normal in the border districts of Rajasthan, educational institutions in Bikaner, Sri Ganganagar and Jodhpur reopened on Tuesday and district administrations assured people that no blackouts are scheduled now.

However, the residents have been asked to remain alert. Rajasthan shares a 1,070-km frontier with Pakistan. Schools, colleges and other educational institutions were closed as a precautionary measure in many border districts of Rajasthan due to the military tensions between India and Pakistan.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that the ceasefire between India and Pakistan must remain intact as people on the border want to live in peace. "We all want the ceasefire to remain intact. Only the anchors of a few TV channels, who sit far away from here in Noida and Bombay, do not like the ceasefire. The people living near the borders or the LoC, and those who saw the situation in Jammu and Srinagar, they want a ceasefire."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed soldiers at the Air Force base in Adampur on Tuesday morning. He said, "Bharat Mata ki Jai" is not just a slogan, but our soldiers' pledge to dedicate their lives for the nation.

Posters have appeared in different parts of Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district announcing a reward of Rs 20 lakh for information about three terrorists involved in the Pahalgam attack that left 26 people dead, officials said on Tuesday. The posters, pasted at several places in the south Kashmir district, have photographs of the three terrorists who are believed to have carried out the April 22 attack in Baisaran meadows in the tourist resort in south Kashmir.

Top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Shahid Kuttay was among three terrorists killed in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday visited Adampur air base in Punjab and interacted with the soldiers, days after India launched Operation Sindoor to retaliate against the Pahalgam terror attack.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a high-level meeting with the country's top military brass on Tuesday to review the national security scenario along the frontier with Pakistan amid heightened tensions along the borders. The meeting was attended by Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan, Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi and Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh.

The Congress demanded a PM-chaired all-party meeting and a special Parliament session, citing growing urgency after international reactions. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh questioned whether the Modi government would initiate a review similar to the 1999 Kargil Review Committee, set up by the Vajpayee government.

An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in the Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. Based on a specific input about the presence of terrorists in the Shukroo Keller area of the south Kashmir district, security forces launched a cordon and search operation there.

IndiGo has cancelled its flights to and from Jammu, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Leh, Srinagar and Rajkot for May 13. "In light of the latest developments and with your safety as our utmost priority, flights to and from Jammu, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Leh, Srinagar, and Rajkot are cancelled for 13th May 2025," IndiGo said in a post on X at 23:38 hours on Monday. The airline also said its teams are actively monitoring the situation. These six airports are among those that were reopened for civilian flights on Monday after being temporarily shut in the wake of the military conflict between India and Pakistan.