Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose the name Operation Sindoor for India's counterstrike against terror bases in Pakistan in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack, official sources have told news agency PTI.

Hours after the Indian Armed Forces launched operation Sindoor which struck nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) in early Wednesday hours, the family members of Pahalgam attack have been applauding the armed forces' efforts.

It was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who gave India's military response to terrorist groups based in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir a name that captured the nation’s grief and resolve: “Operation Sindoor”,