Month: May 2025

[ad_1] A damaged portion of Bilal Mosque is seen after it was hit by an Indian strike, in Muzaffarabad on Wednesday. NEW DELHI: It was a cold, calculated, carefully calibrated retribution after keeping Pakistan on edge for 15 days since the Pahalgam terror massacre. In the early hours of Wednesday, India carried out precision strikes on nine terror hubs in Pakistan and POK to "successfully destroy them" in a synchronised operation by the IAF and Army.Under the tellingly named Operation Sindoor, a strike package of Rafale, Mirage-2000 and Sukhoi-30MKI fighters fired a salvo of long-range missiles and 'smart' glide bombs without crossing the Line of Control (LoC) or international boundary (IB) in J&K after taking off from different bases in the hinterland. AEW&C (airborne early warning and control) aircraft served as the 'eyes and ears' of the supersonic jets for […]

[ad_1] A cat with a poor heart rate just got a pacemaker. The 7-year-old female, Pillu, underwent surgery to implant the pacemaker at a veterinary clinic in Pune on Monday. The cat's heart rate was down to 50-something beats per minute as against the normal of 160. Still in hospital, Pillu is recovering well.Until two years back, it was routine for the agile feline to leap to the top of a cupboard at home, said Pillu's pet parent Ajay Hirulkar. But at one point, Pillu struggled to even clamber onto a chair. Trouble began two years ago when the cat had gingivitis (infection of gums), and was diagnosed with myocarditis (heart inflammation), leading to DCM phenotype (thin heart muscles). But her heart rate was not badly affected then. Her medical history shows she had some infection that could have triggered […]

[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: Hours after Operation Sindoor, Pakistan PM Shahbaz Sharif, while addressing a session of parliament on Wednesday, lauded his country’s army for its ‘swift response’ to Indian strikes and claimed that it had shot down five jets of the neighbouring country.However, he did not provide any evidence to back his claim.A Pakistani army spokesperson said at least 26 people were killed and 46 were injured in Indian strikes on six locations past midnight in PoK and the Punjab province. Pakistan’s military spokesperson, Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, said 13 deaths were reported in Bahawalpur’s Ahmedpur East, claiming that the Subhan Allah mosque was attacked. Other casualties were reported from PoK’s Kotli, Muzaffarabad and Mirpur districts and Muridke in Punjab.In Parliament, Sharif alleged that India had responded with ‘aggression’ despite Pakistan’s ‘offer’ for a transparent international probe into the Pahalgam […]