State, non-state bogey won't work anymore: PM to Pak

Operation Sindoor was the embodiment of a new India that will strike at the heart of terror and make terrorists and their supporters pay a heavy price for spilling blood, PM Narendra Modi said on Thursday, adding that Islamabad can never win a direct fight against New Delhi.

- Urvashi Dev Rawal

At a public meeting in Rajasthan's Bikaner, Modi ruled out trade or talks with Pakistan on any issue other than Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, said Islamabad will not get India's share of water, and underlined that India was not going to be cowed by nuclear threats.

"The world and the enemies of the country have seen what happens when 'sindoor' turns into 'barood' (gunpowder)," he said at the public meeting in Palana in Bikaner, which shares a border with Pakistan.