Rajnath Singh Leads Review at Sindoor Anniversary Conference

India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is set to lead a comprehensive review of national security challenges and military preparedness at a Joint Commanders Conference in Jaipur on May 7 and 8, marking the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor, the country's precision strikes against terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

The operation, launched in the early hours of May 7, 2025, targeted nine terror camps linked to groups including Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed. It followed a terrorist attack on April 22, 2025, in Pahalgam, Kashmir Valley, where gunmen killed 26 civilians, mostly male tourists identified by their religion. Indian officials attributed the attack to cross-border terrorism backed by Pakistan.

Pakistan responded with retaliatory actions the next day, escalating into an 88-hour multidomain conflict involving air and missile exchanges. A ceasefire took effect on May 10 after India conducted strikes across operational depths, including sectors in Pakistan's Punjab heartland. Independent analyses, including a Swiss military study, indicate India established air superiority over key Pakistani airspace and degraded enemy air...