HIGHLIGHTS

New Delhi, May 7 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5 pm:
    
    NATION
    
    DEL115 LD INDIA-STRIKE-TERROR HUBS
    * India strikes at core of Pak's terror infrastructure, targets nerve centres of JeM and LeT
    New Delhi: Striking at the core of Pakistan’s terror infrastructure in a series of precision attacks, Indian jets early Wednesday hit training camps, launch pads and headquarters of the Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba without breaching Pakistan’s airspace, officials said. *

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    * PM Modi picked the name 'Operation Sindoor': Sources
    New Delhi: It was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who picked the evocative term "Operation Sindoor" to codename the Indian armed forces' strikes on nine terror sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, official sources said on Wednesday. *
    
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    * Indian military carried out "measured, non-escalatory" strike to deter any further attacks: FS Misri
    New Delhi: Indian military carried out a "measured, non-escalatory, proportionate, and responsible" strike to dismantle terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan to "deter and to pre-empt" any further terrorist strikes, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said, hours after India retaliated the Pahalgam attack. *
    
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    * PM Modi should at least attend all-party meet on Thursday: Congress
    New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday said it expects Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "at least" be present at the all-party meeting convened by the government following Indian armed forces' missile strikes at terror targets in Pakistan and PoK. *

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    * Indian astronauts' footprints will be on Moon; Mars, Venus also on radar: PM Modi
    New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that India was marching ahead with renewed confidence in the field of space exploration and its astronauts' footprints will be on the Moon. *
    
    DEL183 INDIA-STRIKE-CONG 2NDLD MEETING
    * Cong says proud of Indian armed forces; lauds their bold, decisive action against terror camps
    New Delhi: Top Congress leadership on Wednesday lauded the Indian armed forces for their bold and decisive step against terror camps in Pakistan and PoK under 'Operation Sindoor' and reiterated the party's support to the forces and the government's action on the issue of national security. *
    
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    * Operation Sankalp: 22 Naxalites killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh
    Bijapur: Twenty-two Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces on Wednesday in the forests of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district bordering Telangana during Operation Sankalp, a massive counter-insurgency initiative, a senior police official said. *
    
    DEL169 INDIA-STRIKE-LD RSS
    * Beginning of justice for Pahalgam victims: RSS on Operation Sindoor
    New Delhi: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Wednesday said Operation Sindoor was the beginning of justice for the Pahalgam terror strike victims. *
    
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    * Left parties back govt over Operation Sindoor, call for deescalation
    New Delhi: Left parties on Wednesday extended support to the government over Operation Sindoor launched in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, while stressing the need for continued pressure on Pakistan to dismantle terror infrastructure as well as pursuing diplomatic avenues to prevent further escalation. *
    
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    * Pakistan Army pounds villages along LoC in J-K, 12 dead
    Jammu/Srinagar: At least 12 people, including four children, were killed and 57 others injured as the Pakistan Army resorted to heavy artillery and mortar shelling on forward villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said. *
    
    DEL142 HR-INDIA-STRIKE-LD NARWAL FAMILY
    * Op Sindoor: Terrorists will think 100 times before acting, says Pahalgam victim Narwal's father
    Chandigarh: Pahalgam terror attack victim Lt Vinay Narwal's father, Rajesh Narwal, on Wednesday hailed India's response and said the Modi government has sent a strong message and now the perpetrators of the April 22 attack "will think 100 times" before repeating such attacks in the future. *
    
    DEL139 DL-INDIA-STRIKE-LD SECURITY
    * Security beefed up in Delhi following 'Operation Sindoor'
    New Delhi: Security in the national capital has been intensified with additional police personnel and paramilitary forces deployed at key locations following 'Operation Sindoor', an official said. *
    
    BUSINESS
    
    DEL144 AVI-STRIKE-4THLD AIRLINES
    * Over 200 flights cancelled; 18 airports temporarily closed for operations
    New Delhi/ Mumbai: More than 200 flights have been cancelled and at least 18 airports, including Srinagar, have been temporarily shut for operations amid restrictions in the wake of the armed forces launching missile attacks on terror targets in Pakistan on Wednesday morning. *
    
    LEGAL
    
    LGD3 YASHWANT VARMA-INQUIRY REPORT
    * Cash row: Probe panel confirms allegations against Justice Varma, CJI seeks his reply
    New Delhi: The Supreme Court-appointed panel has confirmed the cash discovery allegations against Allahabad High Court's Justice Yashwant Varma in its inquiry report, sources have said. Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna is also learnt to have nudged the judge to step down in view of the critical findings in the report. *
    
    LGD5 SC-ACCUSED-DOCUMENTS
    * Accused entitled to documents, statements collected by ED during probe: SC
    New Delhi: Outlining the constitutional guarantee of a fair trial, the Supreme Court on Wednesday held an accused was entitled to the copy of the documents and statements collected by the Enforcement Directorate during investigation. *
    
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    * CLAT UG 2025: SC 'anguished' over NLU consortium 'casual manner' to frame questions
    New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed anguish over the "casual manner" in which the Consortium of National Law Universities was framing questions for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT). *
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    Punjab & Haryana HC restrains Punjab from 'interfering' in Bhakra Nangal Dam functioning
    Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has restrained Punjab and its departments including police personnel from "interfering" in the day-to-day functioning, operation and regulation of the Bhakra-Nangal Dam and Lohand control room water regulation offices managed by Bhakra Beas Management Board. *
    
    FOREIGN
    
    FGN83 PAK-INDIA-STRIKE-2NDLD WORLD
     Operation Sindoor: World leaders call on India, Pak to exercise restraint, hope hostilities 'end very quickly'
    Washington/Moscow: World leaders, including UN chief Antonio Guterres and US President Donald Trump, on Wednesday called on India and Pakistan to exercise restraint and hoped that the hostilities would end "very quickly".
    
    FGN82 PAK-INDIA-STRIKE-2NDLD NSC MEETING
     Pakistan's security huddle authorises armed forces to take action to revenge Indian strikes
    Islamabad: Pakistan's National Security Council on Wednesday said the country's armed forces have been duly authorised to undertake retaliation “at a time, place, and manner of its choosing” to avenge the loss of innocent Pakistani lives in Indian military strikes. By Sajjad Hussain ***
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