CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI ■ ■ chennai l sunday l may 11, 2025 l `12.00 l PAGES 32 l late city EDITION Pakistan appreciates the US for facilitating ... We accept it in the interest of regional peace and stability —Shehbaz Sharif, Pak Prime Minister We welcome all efforts at de-escalation and hope ceasefire will be implemented This is no ceasefire. The air defence units in the middle of Srinagar just opened up... explosions heard 20K people join stalin’s unity rally Today’s ceasefire between India and Pakistan is hugely welcome. I urge them to sustain it Ceasefire —Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General —Omar Abdullah —David Lammy, UK Foreign minister Pak violates it with drones, intrusions Total breach Of understanding on truce arrived at by DGMOs on both sides, says Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri m aya n k s i n g h @ New Delhi THE ceasefire between India and Pakistan took effect after both sides had already built up massive mobilisation. Earlier, India carried out precision-strikes at 4 key air force bases — Rafiqui, Murid, Chaklala and Rahimyar Khan — and two military installations in Sukkur and Chuniya of Pakistan. Indian missiles and drones ingressed deep inside Pakistan, upto 100 kilometres, sources confirmed. A total of 21 terrorist camps of Jaish-e- Mohammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were identified of which nine were selected as targets hit by missiles and artillery munitions. In the initial phase of the operations, five terrorists of JeM and LeT were killed namely Mudassar Khadian Khas, Hafiz Muhammed Jameel, Mohammad Yusuf Azhar, Khalid alias Abu Akasha, and Mohammad Hassan Khan. The ter ror camps destroyed in Pakistan and PoK in retaliation for Pahalgam attack are Sarjal/Tehra Kalan facility in Narowal, Mehmoona Joya in Sialkot, Markaz Taiba in Muridke, Markaz Subhan Allah in Punjab, Sawai Nala Camp and Markaz Syedna Bilal in Muzaffarabad, Maskar Raheel Shahid in Kotli, Markaz Ahle Hadith in Barnala, Markaz Abbas in Kotli. Operation Sindoor was launched in the wake of the Pahalgam attack on April 22. WITH THIS ISSUE PAkistan Apocalypse Now PLUS 12 PAGES 10 years after 20 TN men were killed by AP police for allegedly trying to cut and smuggle red sanders in Seshachalam forest area,TNIE spotlights their families’ fight for justice page 4 By the armed forces. Adequate and appropriate response given. India takes the violations very seriously ated a “full and immediate ceasefire” following a long night of talks. Shortly Hours after India and Pakistan agreed thereafter, Misri announced the cessation on Saturday to halt all firing and military of military operations. action on land, air, and sea, effective from “The Director General of Military Op5 pm, the latter violated the ceasefire with erations of Pakistan called the Director drone incursions and a series of blasts, General of Military Operations of India making J&K Chief Minister Omar Ab- at 1535 hours IST earlier today. It was dullah wonder what the truce was all agreed between them that both sides about. Blackout sirens went off in parts would stop all firing and military action of the western border, plunging them on land and in the air and sea with effect into darkness. from 1700 hours Indian Standard Time In a late night briefing, Foreign Secre- today,” Misri announced. Instructions tary Vikram Misri said there were repeat- have been issued on both sides to impleed violations of the ceasefire understand- ment the agreement, he said. Both DGing arrived at earlier in the evening MOs are scheduled to speak again at 12 between the Directors pm on May 12. General of Military OpSources later said the erations of India and stoppage of firing and Pakistan. military action between “This is a breach of India and Pakistan was DAY 4 the understanding ar“worked out directly berived at earlier today. The tween the two countries”. armed forces are giving an adequate and “The Pak DGMO initiated the call this appropriate response to these violations afternoon after which discussions took and we take very, very serious note of place and understanding reached. There these violations,” Misri pointed out. is no decision to hold talks on any other He urged Pakistan to take appropriate issue at any other place,” sources said. steps to address these violations and deal The cessation of hostilities was trigwith the situation with seriousness and gered by a call from Pakistan’s DGMO, responsibility The armed forces, he said, Major General Kashif Abdullah, to his . were maintaining a strong vigil. “They Indian counterpart, Lieutenant General have been given instructions to deal Rajiv Ghai, they said. Sources also said strongly with any instances of repetition the ceasefire was focused solely on haltof the violations of the border along the ing military action. There was no discusInternational Border as well as the Line sion on political dialogue or a potential of Control, Misri added. meeting between the two nations. MeasEarlier in the day the truce announce- ures previously announced by India, in, ment came shortly after US President cluding keeping the Indus Waters Treaty Donald Trump said his team had medi- in abeyance would remain in effect. J aya n t h J a c o b @ New Delhi Precision strikes, ingress remain big achievements Retaliation on Indus waters treaty To remain in abeyance as announced by India in the wake of the terror attack at Pahalgam Crediting American mediation for defusing a military escalation between India and Pakistan, President Donald Trump on Saturday announced a “full and immediate” ceasefire between India and Pakistan, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling it a “US-brokered” truce. He praised Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Shehbaz Sharif for their “wisdom, prudence, and statesmanship in choosing the path of peace”. However, sources in New Delhi emphasised that the understanding to halt military action was reached di- INSIDE 15 students stranded at Punjab reach Chennai | P11 500 TN fishers still in sea off Gujarat coast | P11 expulsion of diplomats To continue, says govt and so will the scaling down of high commission strength on both sides Trump claimed credit for truce that wasn’t J aya n t h J a c o b @ New Delhi Chennai: Nearly 20,000 people joined the unity rally led by CM M K Stalin in Chennai on Saturday to show solidarity with the Indian Army engaged in a military conflict with Pakistan. Ministers, officials, and people from all walks of life joined the 3.7-km rally | P6 rectly between the two militaries, not through any third-party mediation. “After a long night of talks mediated by the United States, I am pleased to announce that India and Pakistan have agreed to a FULL AND IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Congratulations to both Countries on using Common Sense and Great Intelligence. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who led the diplomatic push, described it as a “US-brokered ceasefire”. He claimed both sides agreed to an immediate ceasefire and “to start talks on a broad set of issues at a neutral site”. J&K govt official killed in Pak shelling Srinagar: A senior Jammu and Kashmir government official and two security officers were among seven killed while more than 25 people were injured amid intense mortar shelling and drone strikes by Pakistan in the Jammu region on Saturday, officials said Suspicious activity at Nagrota in J&K New Delhi: In Nagrota in J&K, the army noticed some suspicious movement near the perimeter of the military station there. “They issued a challenge, leading to a brief exchange of fire with the suspect. Sentry sustained a minor injury,” the army said