Operation Sindoor : Pakistan has downed 5 Indian Air Force jets: Defense chief

Operation Sindoor

Pakistan’s military officials stated that they had shot down five Indian aircraft: three Dassault Rafale fighters, one Sukhoi Su-30MKI, and one Mikoyan MiG-29, as well as an Israeli-built IAI Heron reconnaissance drone. (Picture source: Twitter/Defence Pakistan)

Sukhoi Su-30MKI

Residents in Pampore Pulwama Kashmir reported 5-7 loud air blasts and shared videos appearing to show downed projectile parts. People look at a part of an aircraft in Pampore near Kashmir's main city of Pulwama on May 7, 2025.

According to one estimate, this logo is clearly visible on this fighterjet, which means that this fighterjet cannot be of Pakistani or Chinese . The projectile parts was removed from there early this morning.

Locals say that an Indian Air Force team is also at the scene to inspect the wreckage, but authorities have not yet confirmed which plane it was or which country it belonged to.

CNN Cites French Intelligence Official Confirming IAF Rafale ‘Was Downed By Pakistan’

The official’s claim comes as Pakistan claims it shot down five Indian jets after Operation Sindoor.

New Delhi: A high-ranking French intelligence official has told CNN that Pakistan downed an Indian Rafale fighter aircraft on Wednesday (May 7) even as New Delhi has been tight-lipped about the matter.

CNN cited its source as further saying that French officials were working to find out whether Pakistan downed more than one Rafale amid Islamabad’s immediate response to India’s ‘Operation Sindoor’, in which it said it targeted “terrorist infrastructure” at nine sites in Pakistan and in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in response to the Pahalgam terror attack.

The intelligence official’s claim comes against the background of Islamabad maintaining that Pakistan’s military shot down Indian jets early on Wednesday during its immediate response to Operation Sindoor.

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Article 370 of the Constitution of India

Sheikh Gulzar

Article 370 of the Constitution of India is a special article that gives  special status to the erstwhile Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. This article gives the State of Jammu and Kashmir the freedom to frame and maintain its own constitution while prohibiting the implementation of the federal constitution in Jammu and Kashmir in most matters. Under this special article, except for defense, finance, foreign affairs, etc., the Union Government cannot implement Indian laws in the State of Jammu and Kashmir without the ratification and approval of the Central Parliament and the State Government. Under Article 370, the State of Jammu and Kashmir enjoys a special and unique position.

The provisions and laws of the Indian Constitution that are applicable to other States cannot be applied to the State of Jammu and Kashmir under this article.

Under this article, many fundamental issues of the State of Jammu and Kashmir, including property, citizenship and fundamental human rights for citizens, are different from the general laws of India. An attempt has also been made to preserve the 1927 Resident States Act of head of the state of  J&k  Hari Singh, whereby no ordinary citizen of India can buy property within the state of Jammu and Kashmir, this is not limited to the ordinary citizens of India, but Indian corporations and other private and public companies cannot acquire property within the state without legal justification. According to this law, state land cannot be occupied for the construction of residential colonies and setting up industrial factories, dams and other factories within the state. For any kind of changes, it is necessary to obtain the consent of the state representatives who are present in the form of an elected assembly.

Being a part of the constitution, its implementation is mandatory, however, it is a transitional provision. It plays a role in paving the way for the formation of a transitional structure.

The purpose of this article is to protect the state rights of Jammu and Kashmir. The impetus for this article is the agreement made with the head of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, which stated that the state would not be forced to accept the federal Constitution of India in any way. 

Its main objectives are as follows:
The central Constitution of India will apply to the state only in certain matters.
The state will frame its own constitution, which will shape the government structure in the state.

Any administrative change by the central government can be made in the state only when the state assembly gives its permission.

This article can be changed only when the requirements for the change in the article are met and the will of the state is included in it, which is interpreted by the state assembly there.
The change in the article can be made only on the recommendations of the state assembly, the center is not authorized to do so.

Magray added, “Darkness has pervaded our world. He was innocent. I want justice”.

Kulgam (South Kashmir)

Sitting in the corner of a dimly-lit room, Nazir Ahmad Magray struggles to make sense of the sudden demise of his youngest son Imtiyaz Ahmad, the family’s lone breadwinner whose body was fished out from Vishaw river in Kulgam on May 4.

Ahmad, 27, a Class 10 dropout who supported his poor parents by working as a daily wage labourer, was whisked away from his home by a joint team of police and army personnel who descended on this sleepy south Kashmir village in the early hours of Saturday (3 May), Magray said.

“I offered them tea, but they refused saying they had to check Imtiyaz’s mobile phone and then he would be released. They would have taken him away only over my dead body if I had known what was going to happen,” Magray told The Wire at his dilapidated single-storey house.

The distraught father of five daughters and three sons, seven of whom are married and live separately with their own families, refuses to believe the allegations that Ahmad was involved in illegal activities.

“He was working as a daily wage labourer in Punjab from where he returned recently. He has never been to a police station as there’s no case against him. If he was a militant, why wasn’t he thrown into jail after his arrest?” 

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Who was the loser in the latest Phalgam attack ?

The Kashmiris. After the abrogation of Article-370, the Kashmiris went through a system of oppression. Curfew and austerity had destroyed their economy. Now, when some possibilities of tourism were created somewhere, the incident of attack took place in Pahalgam.

This question demands attention, is this an attack on India's interests or is it an attack on the economy of the Kashmiris?

Pahalgam is a Muslim-majority area. The economy of the Muslims, Sikhs and out sider Indian hindus here is linked to tourism. Why would any Kashmiri  militant groups destroy the economy of its own people?

Now, in practice, it has happened that the economy of the Kashmiris  was destroyed, the blame fell on Pakistan. This has had all-round effects. On one side, there is the international community in front of which Pakistan is being indicted. On the other side, there are the Kashmiris who are being convinced that look, Pakistan is the one who is attacking your economy.

Not only this, but with this, the path of further austerity in Kashmir will also be paved in the name of security. The process of grabbing Kashmiri lands in the name of security will also accelerate and there will be justification for it.

The issue of land is very important. This aspect is also a fundamental motivation for changing the Muslim Waqf law in India because the Muslim Waqf has 5,045 square kilometers of land. This area is more than many countries in the world. Six times more than Singapore and Bahrain. India has a special 'benevolent eye' on it.

This process of colonization and land grabbing is also going on in Kashmir under different titles, and it is likely to intensify further in the name of security.

The economy of Kashmiri Muslims is being destroyed, a storm will rise against Pakistan and Kashmiris at the diplomatic level. Indian journalists are also talking about surgical strikes. All this is happening at a time when Pakistan seems to be recovering from the economic crisis to some extent. This question becomes very important that who is the beneficiary of this whole situation?

No matter how the interest is calculated, India appears to be the beneficiary. Therefore, it is natural for the question to arise whether this incident was terrorism or some internal or external  game.