NEW DELHI: Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, protests broke out in Hyderabad targeting a popular bakery named after Karachi, a city in Sindh province in the neighbouring country, news agency PTI reported.In a video shared by PTI, the bakery owner is heard clarifying, “Karachi Bakery was founded here in Hyderabad in 1953 by Khanchand Ramnani, who migrated to India during the Partition. It has been 73 years. Our grandfather named it after Karachi as he came to India after Partition.”Appealing for support, he added, “We request chief minister A Revanth Reddy and senior officers of the administration to prevent any change in the name. People are putting up Tricolour in the outlets of the bakery across the city. Kindly support us as we are an Indian brand and not a Pakistani brand.”Escalating tensionsFollowing India’s pre-dawn airstrikes under ‘Operation Sindoor’ on nine terror facilities, including launchpads in both mainland Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), border states Punjab, Rajasthan, and Gujarat have been placed on high alert. Authorities have cancelled public gatherings, closed educational institutions, and stepped up security in sensitive zones. The airstrikes come two weeks after the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir, which claimed 26 lives. According to reports, the operation targeted key bases of Pakistan-based terror groups Jaish-e-Mohammad in Bahawalpur and Lashkar-e-Taiba in Muridke.