The widely-expected Indian military retribution came in the intervening night of May 6-7, when Indian Air Force fighter planes bombed as many as nine locations in Pakistan and in Pakistan occupied Kashmir.
Code-named Operation Sindoor, the strikes were precision-based and targeted terrorist camps that had already been identified by the Indian security establishment.
A defence ministry release issued just soon after the military action said: 'Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted. India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution".
According to official sources, India had briefed a few countries on the military action undertaken. Among these are US, UK, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Russia.
The Indian action came after a brutal massacre of 26 tourists by Pakistan-backed terrorists in Kashmir's Pahalgam on April 22.
More details are expected shortly.
Meanwhile, during the night, Pakistan Army resorted to arbitrary firing including artillery shelling from posts across the Line of Control and International Border opposite J&K.
Three civilians were killed in indiscriminate firing.
