India-Pakistan tensions: PM Modi chairs meeting with Rajnath Singh, NSA, CDS chiefs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting at his residence on Friday amid ongoing IndiaPakistan tensionsUnion Defence Minister Rajnath Singh National Security Advisor Ajit Doval Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan Air Chief Marshal AP Singh Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi and Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi were among those present in the meetingIn a post on Xthe Prime Ministerrsquos Office wroteldquoPM narendramodi chaired a meeting which was attended by Defence Minister rajnathsingh NSA Ajit Doval CDS General Anil Chauhan Chiefs of the armed forces and senior officialsrdquoPM narendramodi chaired a meeting which was attended by Defence Minister rajnathsingh NSA Ajit Doval CDS General Anil Chauhan Chiefs of the armed forces and senior officials pictwittercomciFWz8osRKmdash PMO India PMOIndia May 9 2025Earlier in the day Rajnath Singh held a review of the current security situationThe review was held a day after Pakistan sought to target Indian cities and civilian infrastructure in addition to some military targets The attacks were effectively repelled by Indian Defence Forces the officials saidThe meeting was attended by the countrys top security brass and Defence Secretary RK Singh was also present according to the ANIPakistan on Thursday night launched a series of coordinated drone and missile attacks along Indias western border targeting several regions Defence officials said the the attacks were intercepted by Indias air defence systems including the S400 missile defence system preventing significant damagemeanwhile the women officers of the Indian Armed Forces during a press briefing on Friday evening revealed about Pakistanrsquos nefarious plot amid the ongoing IndiaPakistan tensionsDuring the press briefing Wing Commander Vyomika Singh said Pakistan did not close its civil airspace despite it launching a failed unprovoked drone and missile attack on May 7 at 0830 hoursPakistan is using a civil airliner as a shield knowing fully well that its attack on India would elicit a swift air defence response added Wing Commander SinghIt is unsafe for unsuspecting civil airliners including international flights that fly near International Borders between India and Pakistan she saidColonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh held a special press briefing by the Ministry of External Affairs MEA on Indias Operation SindoorThe officials also showed a screenshot that showed the data of the application FlightRadar24 during a high air defence alert situation in the Punjab sectorThe defence official said that Pakistan Army fired around 300400 drones on the intervening night of May 8 and May 9 at about 36 locations in IndiaThe drones were apparently Turkeymade However an evidence to this effect is awaited they saidatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params