NEW DELHI: National Security Adviser Ajit Doval on Friday called out international media, specifically naming the New York Times, for its reportage on Operation Sindoor against Pakistan. He dared foreign media to “show even one image” of damage on the Indian side.Speaking at the 62nd Convocation of IIT Madras, Doval said, “We have to develop our indigenous technology. Mention of Sindoor was made here. We are really proud of how much of indigenous content was there… We decided to have 9 terrorist targets in the criss-cross of Pakistan, it was not in the border areas. We missed none. We hit nowhere else except that. It was precise to the point where we knew who was where. Entire operation took 23 minutes.“

Criticising international media coverage of the operation, particularly the New York Times, Doval challenged their narrative: “You tell me one photograph that shows any Indian damage done… They wrote things, New York Times… but the images showed 13 air bases of Pakistan before and after 10th May…”The NSA added, “Foreign press said that Pakistan did that and this…You tell me one photograph, one image, which shows any damage to any Indian (structure), even a glass pane having been broken…They wrote these things and put out things…The images only showed 13 air bases in Pakistan before and after 10th May, whether it was in Sargodha, Rahim Yar Khan, Chaklala…I am only telling you what the foreign media put out on the basis of images...We are capable of doing that (damage to Pakistani air bases…”Operation Sindoor, launched on May 7, was India’s strong retaliatory strike following a Pakistan-backed terror attack in Pahalgam. The Indian Air Force hit nine key terror hubs deep inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, including the Jaish-e-Mohammad headquarters in Bahawalpur and Lashkar-e-Taiba’s key base in Muridke.In response, Pakistan attempted a counter with drones and missile attacks, all of which were intercepted by India’s air defence systems. The escalation led to a decisive Indian strike on 11 Pakistani air bases, marking one of the most significant crossborder operations in recent times.