Six trademark applications for 'Operation Sindoor' were filed on Thursday, a day after India unleashed a barrage of missiles on terror bases in Pakistan in a historic military operation, even as one of the petitions was withdrawn later.

Tensions have risen between the nuclear-armed neighbors since an attack on Hindu tourists in Indian Kashmir last month.

The name for the military attack on Pakistan brings to mind a woman who became shorthand for the grief wrought by a terrorist attack.