School teachers hail 'Operation Sindoor', in Bikaner. Indian armed forces carried out missile strikes on terror targets in Pakistan and PoK under 'Operation Sindoor', in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack.

Debris of an aircraft lie in the compound of a mosque at Pampore in Pulwama district of Kashmir.

Volunteers carry a body after recovering it from the rubble of a mosque building damaged by a suspected Indian missile attack near Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan controlled Kashmir.

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri with Army's Col Sofiya Qureshi and IAF Wing Commander Vyomika Singh during a press conference regarding 'Operation Sindoor', in New Delhi. Indian armed forces carried out missile strikes on terror targets in Pakistan and PoK under 'Operation Sindoor', in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack.

In this screenshot from @MEAIndia via Youtube, Col Sofiya Qureshi addresses the media regarding 'Operation Sindoor', in New Delhi. Indian armed forces carried out missile strikes on terror targets in Pakistan and PoK under 'Operation Sindoor', in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack.

In this screenshot from @MEAIndia via Youtube, IAF Wing Commander Vyomika Singh addresses the media regarding 'Operation Sindoor', in New Delhi. Indian armed forces carried out missile strikes on terror targets in Pakistan and PoK under 'Operation Sindoor', in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack.

Voters shows their fingers marked with indelible ink after casting votes during the second phase of Panchayat elections, in Guwahati, Assam.

In this image released by @CM_JnK via X J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah holds a meeting to assess the security and preparedness along the border and LoC areas. Indian armed forces carried out missile strikes on terror targets in Pakistan and PoK under 'Operation Sindoor', in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack.

School students celebrate after Indian armed forces carried out missile strikes on terror targets in Pakistan and PoK under 'Operation Sindoor', in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack, at police line in Lucknow.

Vishwa Hindu Raksha Parishad members hail the missile strikes carried out by the Indian armed forces on terror targets in Pakistan and PoK under 'Operation Sindoor', in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack, at 1090 crossing in Lucknow,

Maulana Abdul Bari Farangi Mahli with students waves the tricolour as they hail 'Operation Sindoor', in Lucknow. Indian armed forces carried out missile strikes on terror targets in Pakistan and PoK under 'Operation Sindoor', in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack.

Civil defence volunteers demonstrate to school students during a drill as part of a nationwide drill, in Ghaziabad.

Security personnel keep vigil at the Attari-Wagah border after Indian armed forces carried out missile strikes on terror targets in Pakistan and PoK under 'Operation Sindoor', in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack, near Amritsar.

A worker sweeps a road near a deserted Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport, in Srinagar. A few airports, including Srinagar, have been shut for operations in the wake of the armed forces carrying out missile strikes on terror targets in Pakistan, according to officials.

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri addresses a press conference regarding 'Operation Sindoor', in New Delhi. Indian armed forces carried out missile strikes on terror targets in Pakistan and PoK under 'Operation Sindoor', in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack.

Civil defence volunteers and school students take part in a drill as part of a nationwide drill, in New Delhi.

School students take part in a drill as part of a nationwide civil defence drill, in Noida.