New Delhi, May 7 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 9 pm: NATION DEL230 INDIA-LDALL STRIKE-PAKISTAN **** India avenges Pahalgam attack; destroys 9 terror sites in Pakistan & PoK in 25-minute operation New Delhi: In a strong retaliation to the Pahalgam massacre, India’s armed forces early Wednesday destroyed nine terror sites including that of Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) using deep strike missiles in a 25-minute-long “measured and non-escalatory” mission. **** DEL229 JK- 5TH LD SHELLING **** 13 killed, over 50 injured as Pak army pounds villages along LoC in J-K; Poonch worst hit; people evacuated Jammu/Srinagar: At least 13 people, including four children and a soldier, were killed and 57 injured as the Pakistan Army carried out one of the most intense artillery and mortar shelling in years targeting forward villages along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir after the Indian missile strikes against terror infrastructure in the neighbouring country and PoK, officials said on Wednesday. **** DEL223 INDIA-STRIKE-2NDLD MEET **** CMs of states with Pak, Nepal borders congratulated PM for Operation Sindoor success: MHA New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday that the strikes carried out by Indian armed forces against targets in Pakistan and PoK is a befitting reply from India to those who dare to challenge our borders, military and citizens. **** DEL227 2NDLD DRILL **** Mock drills simulating multiple hostile scenarios conducted across country New Delhi: Mock drills simulating multiple hostile scenarios like air raids, multiple fire emergencies, and search and rescue operations among others were carried out in several states and Union Territories (UTs) as part of the nationwide mega civil defence mock drill ‘Operation Abhyaas’. **** DEL159 SPACE-LD PM **** 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. **** DEL167 INDIA – STRIKE- LD NAME **** 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. **** 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. **** DEL182 INDIA-STRIKE-CONG-ALLPARTY **** 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. **** DEL213 INDIA-PAK-STRIKE-LD-RAJNATH **** India used its ‘right to respond’ to terror attack through Operation Sindoor: Rajnath New Delhi: India’s military scripted “history” by acting with “precision, precaution and compassion” in destroying terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir under ‘Operation Sindoor’, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday. **** BOM51 CG-NAXAL-2ND LD ENCOUNTER **** 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. **** BUSINESS DEL221 BIZ-INDIA-PAK-BANKS **** Banks tighten cyber security network to ward off any threat New Delhi: Banks have tightened their cyber security network to ward off any cyber threat in the wake of India launching missile attacks on Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. **** LEGAL LGD16 SC-LAND-COMPENSATION **** Compensation for land acquisition must be guided by equality, equity, justice: SC New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the compensation for land acquisition cannot be assessed in a mechanical manner but must be guided by considerations of equality, equity and justice. **** LGD20 SC-DDA-DEMOLITIONS **** SC orders DDA to demolish illegal structures in Okhla village New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Delhi Development Authority to demolish illegal constructions and encroachments in Okhla Village in the national capital. **** LGD18 SC-DEFENCE LAND **** SC flags irregularities in defence land allotment to pvt entities, mulls setting up probe team New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday flagged irregularities in allotment of defence lands to private entities and mulled setting up a probe team. **** LGD10 SC-SHIV SENA-SYMBOL **** Symbol row: Focus on Maharashtra local body polls, SC tells Shiv Sena (UBT) New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction to concentrate on local body polls after the party sought an urgent hearing on its plea against the Maharashtra assembly speaker’s decision to give the bow and arrow symbol to the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction. **** LGD8 SC-CLAT **** 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). **** FOREIGN FGN43: PAK-INDIA-7THLD STRIKES ****Pak PM Sharif terms Indian missile strikes on terror targets as ‘act of war’, vows to respond Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif early Wednesday termed the Indian missile strikes on terror targets in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Punjab province as an “act of war” and said his country has every right to give a “befitting reply”.**** FGN92: PAK-INDIA-STRIKE-3RDLD WORLD ****Operation Sindoor: World leaders call on India, Pak to exercise restraint; hope hostilities ‘end very quickly’ Washington/Moscow/London: 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”.**** FGN53: PAK-INDIA STRIKE-LD DEESCALATION ****Pak ready to ‘wrap’ tensions if India de-escalates: Defence Minister Asif Islamabad: Pakistan is ready to “wrap up” tensions with India, if New Delhi de-escalates the situation, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Wednesday.**** PTI OZ OZ