New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- India on Thursday hit out at Pakistan over recent nuclear war threats by its Army Chief, cautioning that any misadventure would have "painful consequences" as demonstrated in the past.

"We have seen several statements and reports regarding the continuing pattern of reckless warmongering and hateful comments from Pakistani leadership against India," Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said during the weekly briefing.

"Pakistan would be well advised to temper its rhetoric as any misadventure will have painful consequences, as was demonstrated recently," he added, referring to India's 'Operation Sindoor' after the deadly attack on innocent civilians in Jammu Kashmir's Pahalgam, which took 2...