India Pakistan News Live: Tiranga Yatra held in several places across India to laud Operation Sindoor

US President Donald Trump has once again claimed credit for helping broker peace between India and Pakistan, stating that the countries’ animosity had escalated to a point where nuclear conflict was a likely next step.

Trump made the claim in an interview to Fox News on Friday, adding that his talking to India and Pakistan and bringing them back from the brink is a “bigger success" than he’ll ever be given credit for.

“A bigger success than I'll ever be given credit for. Those are major nuclear powers. Those are not like a little bit, and they were angry,” Trump said. Read more

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday issued a stern warning to Pakistan declaring that the sponsors of terror in the neighbouring country must understand that nothing in Pakistan is beyond the reach of the Indian Army. During his visit to army personnel stationed along the Line of Control (LoC) in Tangdhar Sector, Sinha highlighted India's global stature and saluted the Indian Armed Forces' valour during Operation Sindoor. Read more

Did India’s external affairs minister S Jaishankar inform Pakistan before attacking the nine terror hubs under Operation Sindoor? This is what senior Congress leader and leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi asked on May 17.

Sharing a news clip, Gandhi said Jaishankar has “publicly” admitted to the Union government informing Islamabad before carrying out the strikes and asked on whose instruction it was done.

“Informing Pakistan at the start of our attack was a crime. EAM has publicly admitted that GOI did it,” he said in a post on X, questioning who authorized it and what was India’s loss because that. Read Full text Here

Hyderabad MP Owaisi says Pakistan projects itself as protector of Islam and all Muslims, but that is 'bakwas'. Owaisi said he will inform foreign govts about Pakistan's motives when he travels as part of all-party delegation.

Pakistan has become threat to humanity by training, financing and arming terrorists, says AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi. He also said that unwritten objectives of Pakistani deep state and Pakistani military are to thwart India’s economy, divide communities.

He further added unwritten objectives of Pakistani deep state and Pakistani military are to thwart India’s economy, divide communities

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday reacted to the Centre’s invitation to lead an all-party delegation to key partner countries later this month to convey India's message of zero tolerance against terrorism.

“I am honoured by the invitation of the government of India to lead an all-party delegation to five key capitals, to present our nation’s point of view on recent events,” Tharoor posted on X.

The Congress MP also said that when national interest is involved, and his services are required, he will “not be found wanting".

"Maximum number of youths from Haryana are engaged in serving the country and in the armed forces... The youth of our village, mothers and sisters of the village, the elderly, the blessings and support of all of them create an environment of deep love for the country... Every single child, every single woman and every single young friend of ours was involved in this yatra," Haryana CM Nayab Saini said.

"A team of 40 MPs has been formed. These MPs will go to different countries and expose Pakistan's terrorist activities and the way terrorists have set up their bases in Pakistan at the global level... Congress is supporting this at some level and this is a good message that all the parties of this country should remain united in the matter of national security, the public will also like this," Bihar BJP President Dilip Jaiswal said.

Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje leads the Tiranga Yatra rally organised by Karnataka BJP workers in Thanisandra, Bengaluru, in solidarity with and honour of the Indian armed forces.

News18 has reported that Shashi Tharoor will lead India's big delegation to the US as part of the multi-party project that involves India's briefing to other countries on Operation Sindoor.

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami addresses the public during Tiranga Shaurya Samman Yatra', an event to honour the Indian Armed Forces for Operation Sindoor

He says, " Because of the strong policies and leadership of PM Modi, today against terrorism, we could carry out an important war...'Tiranga Shaurya Samman Yatra' is not a mere yatra, it is an opportunity to salute and honour the courage and bravery of Indian Armed Forces," he said.

NCP-SCP MP Supriya Sule says, "PM Modi has constituted 8 committees of MPs to go to other countries and put forth our side of the story of Operation Sindoor to those nations. Yesterday, I got a call from Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, who asked me to be a part of one of these committees. It is very clear that when it is a question of our nation, we are all together, and we go to other countries to put forth our country's view. Each committee of Parliamentarians will have 5 members who will go on a tour of around 10 days, covering 5 to 8 countries. The committees are likely to leave on 23-24 May.

Indian Army goes door-to-door in areas of Poonch located near the LoC, which were heavily impacted by the Pakistani shelling. The Army jawans provided them with medicines, ration and also interacted with the local residents.

"I'm concerned that it might take a while to figure out the new realities between India and Pakistan, which is that Pakistan cannot defend itself, it cannot defend even its nuclear facilities. My biggest concern is that the West will miss an opportunity to reorganise its politics towards India and start afresh. It's a good opportunity, but it is unlikely to happen for several reasons. There is a lot of ignorance, which sustains lots of bias, and even more because the West is at least as much troubled by religiously motivated terrorism as India has been," says Tom Cooper, Military aviation analyst and historian, says when asked why Western Media continues to rely on Pakistani briefings and ignores the damage that India induced amid all the narratives.

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi, PVSM, AVSM, felicitated Constable Harvinder Singh of BSF Jammu with the Commendation Disc for his exceptional diligence in preparation for Operation Sindoor.

The ceasefire understanding between India and Pakistan is currently in place. The ceasefire understanding came after a series of attacks by India and Pakistan on each other since May 7.

Shashi Tharoor is likely to be part of the government's multi-party delegation for Op Sindoor briefing. The Kerala Congress has welcomed media reports saying this.

Pakistan has finally admitted to India's attack on the Nur Khan air base. Pakistan Prime MInister Shehbaz Sharif said that he was woken up at 2:30 to be informed of India's missile attack on Nur Khan air base.