Updated On: 24 June, 2025 02:00 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
PM Modi said his government in the past 11 years has worked to make India strong in social, economic and defence sectors; he said India`s reliance on foreign countries to meet its defence needs is declining, and it is becoming "aatmanirbhar" in the defence sector

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Pic/PTI
Asserting that Operation Sindoor has made clear to the world India`s stringent policy against terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that his government takes whatever steps are appropriate in the national interest, reported news agency PTI.
Weapons manufactured in India showed their impact during the conflict with Pakistan, he said, without naming the country, at an event to mark the centenary celebration of the conversation between spiritual figure and social reformer Sree Narayana Guru and Mahatma Gandhi.
"We have shown that no hideout is safe for terrorists who spill the blood of Indians," he said, adding that his government has worked on ideals of the revered spiritual figure who wanted a strong India that was free of any discrimination, reported PTI.