Prime Minister Modi in his first address to the nation after Operation Sindoor said while Pakistan pleaded with India to stop the military offensive, New Delhi considered it only after they promised to stop their misadventure.

PM Modi announced that Operation Sindoor, India’s new policy against terrorism, has set a new standard. He emphasised that India will respond decisively to terrorist attacks and not tolerate state-sponsored terrorism,

The name for the military attack on Pakistan brings to mind a woman who became shorthand for the grief wrought by a terrorist attack.