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Mamata Banerjee’s govt must be dismissed: Shiv Sena on Bengal violence

Thane, April 16: Shiv Sena MP and Spokesperson Naresh Mhaske on Wednesday launched a fierce attack against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s government, demanding the immediate dismissal of her government over its alleged failure to protect Hindus from repeated communal violence.
At the press conference, Mhaske condemned recent incidents of targeted violence against Hindu families in Bengal, accusing the state administration of wilful negligence and vote-bank appeasement.
“Hindu families are being terrorised and driven out of their homes. After the Centre passed the Waqf Board (Amendment) Bill, elements from a particular community have openly attacked Hindus. In Murshidabad, anti-social mobs invaded a Hindu household, murdered members of the family in front of the police, and torched their property and vehicles,” Mhaske alleged.
He said that it is a state-sponsored failure, adding that Mamata Banerjee has not just turned a blind eye, but is complicit in her silence.
“Her government must be immediately dismissed,” he added.
Mhaske also announced that a Shiv Sena delegation would soon visit West Bengal to meet the affected families and assess the situation firsthand.
Sharpening his attack, he accused Banerjee of prioritising minority appeasement over justice.
“To safeguard her Muslim vote bank, Mamata Banerjee has become helpless. Her silence today is criminal. She’s no different from Tahawwur Rana, one of the masterminds behind the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. From now on, she deserves the name ‘Mamata Rana’,” he alleged.
Mhaske also targeted the Shiv Sena (UBT) chief, questioning his silence over violence in West Bengal.
“He claims to stand for Hindutva, yet he once hosted Mamata Banerjee at Matoshree. Where is his outrage now? Why hasn’t he condemned the atrocities against Hindus in Bengal?” he said.
Recalling past incidents of violence in the state, including the 2018 Ram Navami riots in Raniganj, and violence during Lok Sabha and panchayat elections, Mhaske said the pattern of unrest reflects systemic failure and appeasement by the Bengal government.
“Just like the Kashmiri Pandits were forced to flee their homeland during the Congress rule, Hindus in Bengal are now facing a similar exodus. And yet, leaders of the INDIA alliance remain shamefully silent out of fear of Mamata,” he said.
Meanwhile, Mhaske also took the opportunity to highlight the ideological collapse of the Shiv Sena (UBT), stating: “Eknath Shinde is the true inheritor of Balasaheb Thackeray’s legacy. The public endorsed this in both the Lok Sabha and the Assembly elections. Meanwhile, Uddhav Thackeray’s party has fallen so far that they now rely on AI to make Balasaheb speak. That’s the extent of their identity crisis—their ideology is gone, their minds are broken, and their leadership is hollow.”
He took a jibe at Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut, saying that he is like a burning ember. “Raut emits smoke once in a while, but there’s no real fire left,” he claimed.
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India negates Pak drone/missile attack on over 15 places, knocks out Lahore air defence system

New Delhi, May 8: In a significant operation, India on Thursday morning targeted the Air Defence Radars and systems at a number of locations in Pakistan, during which the one at Lahore has been neutralised, said the government in a statement.
On the night of May 7-8, Pakistan attempted to engage a number of military targets in Northern and Western India, including Awantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur, Bhatinda, Chandigarh, Nal, Phalodi, Uttarlai, and Bhuj, using drones and missiles.
These drones and missiles were neutralised by the Integrated Counter UAS Grid and Air Defence systems. “The debris of these attacks is now being recovered from a number of locations that prove the Pakistani attacks,” said the release.
Following this, India launched a major strike and targeted Pakistan’s Air Defence Radars and systems at several locations.
“The Indian response has been in the same domain with the same intensity as Pakistan. It has been reliably learnt that an Air Defence system at Lahore has been neutralised,” the government statement read..
Pakistan has increased the intensity of its unprovoked firing across the Line of Control using mortars and heavy-calibre Artillery in areas in Kupwara, Baramulla, Uri, Poonch, Mendhar and Rajouri sectors in Jammu and Kashmir.
The government said that India was compelled to take the action in view of Pakistan’s unprovoked heavy shelling across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir. In the firing by the Pakistan Army, 16 lives have been lost so far.
“Sixteen innocent lives have been lost, including three women and five children, due to Pakistani firing. Here too, India was compelled to respond to bring Mortar and Artillery fire from Pakistan to a halt,” said the release.
The Indian Armed Forces have reiterated their commitment to non-escalation, provided the same is respected by the Pakistani military.
During the Press Briefing on Operation Sindoor on May 7, India had called its response as focused, measured and non-escalatory.
It was specifically mentioned that Pakistani military establishments had not been targeted. It was also reiterated that any attack on military targets in India will invite a suitable response.
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Abdul Rauf Azhar, Masood Azhar’s Brother & Kandhar IC-814 Hijack Mastermind Critically Injured In Operation Sindoor: Reports

Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar’s brother, Abdul Rauf Azhar, was critically injured in Indian airstrikes carried out under Operation Sindoor in Pakistan’s Bahawalpur, according to reports.
Abdul Rauf Azhar, who is also the terror group’s second-in-command and played a role in the Kandahar IC-814 hijacking and various other terrorist activities in India, is currently undergoing treatment at a Pakistani military hospital, the sources added.
The reports about Rauf Azhar come after the JeM chief confirmed in a statement that 14 members of his family and four close aides were killed in the Indian strikes.
Among those killed in the Indian strikes were Azhar’s elder sister, her husband, his nephew and his wife, another niece, and five children, along with Azhar’s mother and three key aides, as per reports.
Meanwhile, amid reports suggesting drone strikes in Pakistani cities, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reportedly told political leaders during the all-party meeting in Delhi that Operation Sindoor is still ongoing.
Separately, the Prime Minister chaired a high-level meeting on Thursday with secretaries of various ministries and departments to review national preparedness and inter-ministerial coordination in light of recent developments concerning national security.
Prime Minister Modi stressed the need for seamless coordination among ministries and agencies to uphold operational continuity and institutional resilience. He also reviewed the planning and preparations by ministries to deal with the current situation, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement.
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Govt debunks claims of Indian UAV drone shot in Pakistan, shares evidence

New Delhi, May 8: After India launched its most expansive cross-border strikes on terror bases in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Pakistan, a flood of misinformation and false propaganda is being peddled from across the border by influencers, media, as well as government-sponsored social media handles.
The latest lie being peddled by Pakistani handles is the interception of an Indian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in Pakistan’s Gujranwala region and subsequently shot down by the Pakistan Army.
This comes a day after the Indian Army launched multiple cross-border strikes via niche weapons, including drones, missiles and guided bombs to dismantle terror networks and infrastructure.
Press Information Bureau (PIB), the government’s nodal agency for disseminating information, has fact-checked the fake and baseless narrative being spread by Pakistani handles, pertaining to the drone being intercepted in Gujaranwala.
“The image being circulated is from the Ukraine-Russia conflict in 2022,” informed the PIB on X and also shared a weblink to ascertain the source of the image.
Earlier in the day, the PIB debunked another false narrative by Pakistani media, which claimed that Pakistan has retaliated to Indian military strikes and in response, has hit a military base in Amritsar. A video of an inferno was also shared along with this to corroborate this claim.
The PIB was, however, quick to dig deep and expose the mischievous agenda of Pakistan.
The video was found to be of a wildfire.
“Pakistan-based handles are spreading old videos falsely alleging strikes on a military base in Amritsar. The video being shared is from a wildfire from 2024,” it said and also urged the public to rely only on official sources from the Government of India for accurate information.
Several images and videos shared by Pakistani sources have been either digitally altered or lifted from unrelated incidents, often years old, and repurposed to suggest a fabricated narrative of retaliation and military prowess. Even influential political figures are sharing discredited material and making unsubstantiated claims of victorious counterstrikes.
India’s strikes inside the neighbouring nation have clearly left it rattled and agitated, however, India has maintained that they were ‘measured, calibrated and non-escalatory’.
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