{"id":2475090,"date":"2025-08-15T11:13:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T15:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/modi-slams-pakistani-nuclear-blackmail-on-india-independence-day-amid-fragile-ceasefire\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T11:14:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T15:14:45","slug":"modi-slams-pakistani-nuclear-blackmail-on-india-independence-day-amid-fragile-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/modi-slams-pakistani-nuclear-blackmail-on-india-independence-day-amid-fragile-ceasefire\/","title":{"rendered":"Modi slams Pakistani \u2018nuclear blackmail\u2019 on India Independence Day amid fragile ceasefire"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmodi-slams-pakistani-nuclear-blackmail-on-india-independence-day-amid-fragile-ceasefire%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2475090&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi,speaking on India&#8217;s 78th Independence Day,strongly condemned Pakistan&#8217;s use of &#8220;nuclear blackmail,&#8221; declaring that India will no longer tolerate nuclear threats. Modi addressed the nation from the historic Red Fort, emphasizing that India distinguishes clearly between terrorists and those who support terrorism. His remarks come amid a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-cnn-ends-bizarre-interview-after-hamas-founders-son-repeatedly-pleads-for-help-reaching-his-mother\/\" title=\"WATCH: CNN Ends Bizarre Interview After Hamas Founder\u2019s Son Repeatedly Pleads For Help Reaching His Mother\">fragile ceasefire<\/a> between India and Pakistan following recent border clashes sparked by a deadly attack in Indian-administered Kashmir. Modi also hinted at continuing India&#8217;s suspension of the Indus Water Treaty, accusing pakistan of benefiting from water resources critical to Indian farmers-a move pakistan called an &#8220;act of war.&#8221; In response, Pakistani officials, including the army chief, have <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >issued veiled nuclear threats<\/a>. Modi further pledged to advance India&#8217;s self-reliance, notably by producing indigenous semiconductor chips. The speech made no direct mention of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boeing-737-max-makes-first-passenger-flight-in-china-since-march-2019\/\" title=\"Boeing 737 MAX Makes First Passenger Flight in China Since March 2019\">ongoing trade tensions<\/a> with the U.S., where new tariffs on Indian goods have recently been imposed. The developments highlight persistent tensions and geopolitical rivalry between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Modi slams Pakistani &lsquo;nuclear blackmail&rsquo; on India Independence Day amid fragile ceasefire<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2204211\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/3492805\/trump-secondary-tariffs-india-ripple-effect-global-oil-supply\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Indian<\/a> Prime Minister Narendra Modi cautioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pakistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Pakistan<\/a> against future nuclear conflict between the two countries on India&rsquo;s Independence Day Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Friday marks 78 years since India declared its independence from British colonial rule.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3500827\/trump-tariffs-steel-microchips-semiconductors-next-week-and-week-after\/\">Trump to set tariffs on steel, microchips, and semiconductors &#8216;next week and the week after&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3500844\/trump-putin-summit-ukraine-negotiations\/\">Trump threatens &#8216;severe&#8217; consequences for Putin: &#8216;Not doing this for my health&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3500838\/dc-sues-trump-administration-hostile-takeover-mpd\/\">DC sues Trump administration over &#8216;hostile takeover&#8217; of MPD<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>India&rsquo;s leader addressed the country from the 17th-century Red Fort, saying that India has established a &ldquo;new normal&rdquo; that does not draw differences between terrorists and terrorism sympathizers.<\/p>\n<p>He also said he would not tolerate Pakistan&rsquo;s &ldquo;nuclear blackmail.&rdquo; Pakistan is one of 9 countries, also including India, with access to nuclear weapons. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;India has decided that it will not tolerate nuclear threats. For a long time, nuclear blackmail had been going on but this blackmail will not be tolerated now,&rdquo; Modi said.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday&nbsp;announced a new &ldquo;Army Rocket Force Command&rdquo; to boost his country&rsquo;s defense ability. Modi&rsquo;s comments are also potentially a response to the Pakistani&nbsp;army&rsquo;s chief of staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, who threatened India with nuclear retaliation if Pakistan came under threat.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are a nuclear nation; if we think we are going down, we&rsquo;ll take half the world down with us,&rdquo;&nbsp;he said, according to Indian press, at a gathering of the Pakistani community in Tampa, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>He also reportedly acknowledged that a &ldquo;bilateral conflict due to any mistake by India would be&nbsp;a huge blunder.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to address the nation from the rampart of the 17th century Mughal-era Red Fort monument during the country&rsquo;s Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo\/Manish Swarup)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The back-and-forth illustrates the status of nations&rsquo; shaky ceasefire. Pakistan and India have warred for decades with the most recent iteration back in May. The two nations battled for four days with missile and drone strikes until a U.S. peace effort helped the nations come to a ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict was sparked by a massacre in Indian-controlled Kashmir by a gunman who killed 26 people. Pakistan denied responsibility before India launched strikes on &ldquo;terrorist infrastructure&rdquo; in their rival country.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Terror infrastructure was turned to rubble,&rdquo; Modi said in his speech on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Modi also hinted during his speech that India would continue its unilateral suspension of the Indus Water Treaty, which grants water-sharing of the Indus River. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Rivers from India were irrigating the lands of enemies while my country&rsquo;s farmers and land faced a deficiency of water,&rdquo; Modi said. &ldquo;India has now decided that blood and water will not flow together.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan said any effort to divert water away from them would be considered an &ldquo;act of war.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Modi did not mention Trump&rsquo;s tariffs on India in his speech. The president recently enforced a 25% levy on India and 25% additional tariff for buying oil from Russia. The Indian Prime Minister has resisted efforts to open the country&rsquo;s markets for risk of angering farmers, a major voting bloc.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;India will not compromise on the interest of farmers,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Modi vowed to build a &ldquo;self-reliant India&rdquo; that will, among other things, produce its own semiconductor chips. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/3492805\/trump-secondary-tariffs-india-ripple-effect-global-oil-supply\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TRUMP SECONDARY TARIFFS ON INDIA COULD HAVE RIPPLE EFFECT ON GLOBAL OIL SUPPLY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want to tell our citizens, our youth, and everyone who understands the power of technology, that by the end of this year, &lsquo;Made in India&rsquo; semiconductor chips will be available in the market,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s unclear where the India-U.S. trade talks are headed. 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