CHANDIGARH/NEW DELHI, May 10 — The Indian government on Saturday firmly rejected circulating social media claims alleging that India launched a drone strike on the Nankana Sahib gurdwara in Pakistan and suffered a cyberattack on its power grid.
“A video shared online is falsely claiming that India has carried out a drone attack on the Nankana Sahib gurdwara. This claim is completely fake,” the Press Information Bureau’s Fact Check Unit said in a statement.
Officials warned that such misinformation appears to be aimed at sowing communal tensions within India. “This kind of content is being spread to incite communal hatred,” the statement added.
Nankana Sahib, located in Pakistan, is the birthplace of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, and holds immense religious significance for the Sikh community. The shrine is a major pilgrimage site and revered across the world.
In addition to the drone claim, the government also denied reports that India’s national power grid was crippled following a cyberattack allegedly carried out by Pakistan.
“These claims are fake,” the statement said. It also refuted reports suggesting that the Mumbai-Delhi air route had been shut down due to security reasons.
Clarifying the situation, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) said that a temporary closure of 25 segments of Air Traffic Service (ATS) routes in the Delhi and Mumbai Flight Information Regions has been extended for operational reasons, not due to any emergency or attack.
“There has been no shutdown of the Mumbai-Delhi airline route. The restrictions in some airspace sectors are a routine operational measure,” the AAI noted.
The government has urged citizens to verify information from official sources and refrain from sharing unverified content online.
