India's PM Modi issues terrifying 7-word nuclear warning as Pakistan tensions continue

By Alice Scarsi, World News Editor, Max Parry, News Reporter

India's PM issued a horrifying warning to Pakistan (Image: Getty)

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a horrifying nuclear warning to Pakistan, as tensions between the two countries continue. On Monday, the Indian leader said: “India will not tolerate any nuclear blackmail."

He then added, in a seven-word warning: "India can target Nuclear installations any time."

"We have created a new normal. India will not sit quietly if threatened. India will not sit quietly if terror attacks are carried out on its soil. We will hit back, on our terms and conditions," he said during his address.

The Indian PM's words come as the ceasefire between the two countries continues to hold. After four days of conflict, initially sparked by a terrorist attack on Indian tourists in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir, near the Pakistan border, an agreement to pause the fighting was reached on Saturday. 

Battles between Indian and Pakistani fighter jets, and missile attacks on military bases on both sides of the border last week, created concern that the conflict would continue to escalate. The worry from international onlookers, including the United States, was the prospect of continued escalation between two nuclear powers.

For now, the ceasefire appears to have quelled immediate concerns of a tit-for-tat ramping up of the aggression.