Operation Sindoor | IPL 2025 suspended amid border conflict; Pak's loan plea now deleted on X | Updates

UPDATE: As India continues Operation Sindoor with targeted strikes, Pakistan faces economic turmoil. A now-deleted X post pleading for loans sparked backlash before officials claimed the account was hacked...Read more

"The BCCI has decided to suspend the remainder of the ongoing IPL with immediate effect for one week," BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia stated in a press release...Read more

A desperate loan appeal from Pakistan’s Economic Affairs Division, posted on its verified X account, triggered an avalanche of memes and online ridicule...Read more

They have started begging in just 2 days… who begs like this with an open bowl in hand?#Bhikharistan pic.twitter.com/4LAsgK8yd0

— Kuldeep Rawat (@KuldeepRawatBJP) May 9, 2025

Pakistan government has issued a plea to international partners for financial support and assistance in de-escalating tensions...Read more

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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah left for Jammu early Friday to take stock of the situation following last night's failed drone attack by Pakistan...Read more

Driving to Jammu now to take stock of the situation after last night’s failed Pakistani drone attack directed at Jammu city & other parts of the division. pic.twitter.com/8f8PLA6Vgg

— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) May 9, 2025

A woman was killed and two of her family members injured after Pakistani troops resorted to heavy shelling in areas near the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Friday.

READ FULL STORY: Pakistani troops shell areas near LoC, woman killed

"We stand ready to work with the rest of the international community to continue playing a constructive role in easing the current tensions," says Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian.

On India-Pakistan tension, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian yesterday said, "We’ve shared China’s position yesterday on the ongoing situation between India and Pakistan. China is concerned over the current developments. India and Pakistan are and will always be each… pic.twitter.com/ay1zuOgWzV

— ANI (@ANI) May 9, 2025

"An air warning has been received from Air Force station of possible attack. Sirens are being sounded. All are advised to remain indoors and away from balconies," says DC Chandigarh.

#WATCH | Air siren sounded in Chandigarh as part of a precautionary measure to remind citizens to remain alert pic.twitter.com/IOl2RRqW0G

— ANI (@ANI) May 9, 2025

The government on Friday dismissed claims of a suicide attack on an Army brigade in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri and a drone attack in Punjab's Jalandhar by certain social media handles as "fake news".

The Press Information Bureau's (PIB) Fact Check Unit found that there was no "fidayeen" or suicide attack on any Army cantonment in Jammu and Kashmir, while the video claiming to be that of a drone attack in Jalandhar pertained to a farm fire.

🚨 #Fake_news is circulating about a "fidayeen" attack on an Army brigade in #Rajouri, #Jammu and #Kashmir.#PIBFactCheck:

▶️ No such #fidayeen or suicide attack has occurred on any army cantt.

⚠️ Do not fall for these false claims intended to #mislead and cause confusion. pic.twitter.com/x8Az5tigUO

— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) May 8, 2025

READ FULL STORY: Govt dismisses claims of suicide attack on Army brigade in Rajouri as fake news

Pakistan's armed forces launched multiple attacks using drones and other munitions along the entire western border on the intervening night of May 8-9, which were "effectively repulsed", the Indian Army said on Friday.

OPERATION SINDOOR

Pakistan Armed Forces launched multiple attacks using drones and other munitions along entire Western Border on the intervening night of 08 and 09 May 2025. Pak troops also resorted to numerous cease fire violations (CFVs) along the Line of Control in Jammu and… pic.twitter.com/WTdg1ahIZp

— ADG PI - INDIAN ARMY (@adgpi) May 9, 2025

READ FULL STORY: Pak attacks with drones, munitions along western border effectively repulsed: Indian Army

Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, the US has said it is not going to get involved in a war that's "fundamentally none of our business".

While the US cannot control India and Pakistan, it can encourage the two nuclear-armed neighbours to de-escalate, Vice President J D Vance said in an interview with Fox News on Thursday.

#BREAKING: US Vice President JD Vance says India-Pakistan conflict is 'fundamentally none of our business and has nothing to do with America’s ability to control it' pic.twitter.com/DafYgn2UNe

— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) May 8, 2025

READ FULL STORY: US to stay out of war that's none of our business: Vance on India-Pak tensions