BSF to name border post Sindoor after Op success

The Border Security Force will propose to name a post near the international border as Sindoor in a reference to Operation Sindoor, India's successful military response to the Pahalgam terror strike, inspector general (Jammu sector), Shashank Anand said on Tuesday.

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SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir cabinet on Tuesday held a meeting at the southern tourist resort of Pahalgam, which was the target of the April 22 terror attack.

Chief minister Omar Abdullah, who chaired the meeting, said it was aimed at sending a message of resilience. This was for the first time that the cabinet met outside the summer capital Srinagar winter capital Jammu since the National Conference (NC) formed the government last year.

In the terror attack at the Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam on April 22, at least 26 people, 25 tourists and a local, were killed and scores injured. Immediately after the attack, there was an exodus of tourists from the Valley and the tourism sector has been gasping for a breath since.

The chief minister's office said the meeting's aim was to send a clear message that they won't be intimidated by acts of terror.

"Chaired a cabinet meeting at Pahalgam today. It was not just a routine administrative exercise, but a clear message—we are not intimidated by cowardly acts of terror. The enemies of peace will never dictate our resolve. Jammu & Kashmir stands firm, strong and unafraid," the CM's office said in a post on X.