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All Indian military bases and defence systems are fully operational and are “ready to undertake any future missions” if needed, said the Indian armed forces.

While India’s fight was against terrorists, and not with the Pakistani military, the Pakistani armed forces “chose to intervene…which compelled us to respond in kind”, said Air Marshal AK Bharti.

The comments came hours before the director general of military operations of India and Pakistan held talks, which were originally scheduled to take place at 12 pm. Read more here.

Thirty-two Indian airports were reopened for civilian air traffic after having been closed on May 7 amid escalating military tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad. These airports, in the northern and north-western parts of the country, had been ordered to close till May 15.

They included Srinagar, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Jammu and Leh and Ludhiana.

IndiGo said that it will “progressively commence operations” at the airports being reopened. “As services gradually return to normal, there may still be a few delays and last-minute adjustments…” said the airline.

The airports were reopened after a ceasefire understanding between India and Pakistan on Saturday to put an end to...

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