No mediation on Kashmir: India

India will never accept mediation in the Kashmir issue and the only matter to discuss is Pakistan returning the territory which is under its illegal occupation, government sources said Sunday.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

"The only matter related to Kashmir to discuss is Pakistan returning territory under its illegal occupation," they asserted.

Stating that Operation Sindoor is not concluded and there is a 'new normal' in India's response to cross-border terrorism, sources said India has called Pakistan's nuclear bluff with the operation and sent a psychological message to state-sponsored terrorists: nobody is untouchable and no place in Pakistan is safe for you.

The sources also emphasised that the confrontation never reached the stage of a nuclear conflict which has been the greatest fear and threat used by Pakistan, whose military is vastly smaller than India's.

However, the nuclear deterrence has given it some amount of parity, they said.

"We have called their nuclear deterrence bluff. We take the nuclear threat seriously, but it cannot serve as cover for Pakistan to come and do terrorism in our country," said a senior source.