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Abhinandan Varthaman
ABHINANDAN VARTHAMAN NEWS
Pakistan Army officer, who captured IAF pilot Abhinandan in 2019, killed
June 26, 2025 12:13 pm
Major Syed Moiz Abbas Shah, 37, was killed on Tuesday in a clash with the Taliban militants in the Sararogha area of South Waziristan near the Afghan border.
PM made history when Pak freed Abhinandan without torture: Paatil
June 02, 2023 3:47 am
On the Covid-19 pandemic, Paatil said, “Without waiting to get vaccines from foreign countries, the PM motivated the scientists of our country to develop vaccines... The vaccines are given freely to the people. No other country had given free vaccines to its citizens.”
IAF set to retire Abhinandan Varthaman's MiG-21 squadron by Sept end
September 20, 2022 8:08 am
'Sword Arms' is one of its four remaining squadrons of ageing MiG-21 fighter jets.
2 held for terror met Pak Army Major seen in Abhinandan photo: Delhi Police to court
April 20, 2022 9:44 am
The Pakistani “Major” was among nine persons identified by the two accused, Zeeshan Qamar (28), a resident of Allahabad in UP, and Osama alias Sami (22), a resident of Jamia Nagar in Delhi, the chargesheet claims.
IAF Group Captain Abhinandan awarded Vir Chakra for shooting down Pakistani F-16 aircraft
November 22, 2021 5:30 pm
The Vir Chakra to Abhinandan had been announced in August 2019 but has been awarded by the President now in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
PM Modi, Abhinandan posters come up in Pakistan leader's constituency
November 02, 2020 2:25 pm
This came days after the PML-N leader told Parliament that Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa was perspiring and his “legs were shaking” when Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that India would have attacked “that night at 10 pm” if Pakistan did not release Abhinandan.
General Bajwa's legs were shaking: Pakistan MP on Abhinandhan's capture
October 29, 2020 11:48 pm
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Sardar Ayaz Sadiq told Parliament that Bajwa was perspiring and his "legs were shaking" when Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that India would have attacked "that night at 10 pm" if Pakistan did not release Abhinandan.
Watch: Pakistan journalist interviews man who says he made tea for IAF pilot Abhinandan Varthaman
February 29, 2020 12:05 pm
The report also featured a cup and saucer that was alleged to be the same one in which Wing Commander Varthaman was served tea. On social media, people mocked the report.
Pakistan Air Force displays Abhinandan Varthaman's mannequin at Karachi museum
November 13, 2019 7:57 am
Varthaman was captured by the Pakistani Army on February 27 after his MiG-21 Bison jet was shot down in a dogfight with Pakistani jets during aerial combat.
Abhinandan Varthaman leads MiG-21 Bison formation at Air Force Day flypast
October 08, 2019 6:41 pm
The loudest cheer came for Varthaman when it was announced that he was leading the Bison formation.
ABHINANDAN VARTHAMAN PHOTOS
IAF Chief B S Dhanoa flies MiG-21 sortie with Wg Cdr Abhinandan Varthaman
September 03, 2019 8:15 am
Days before his retirement from the Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa Monday undertook his last fighter sortie on a MiG-21 aircraft with Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman at the Pathankot airbase in Punjab.
IAF Wing commander Abhinandan returns; first photos
March 04, 2019 6:45 am
IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was handed over to Indian officials at the Wagah border in Punjab. Abhinandan's parents — his father, an IAF veteran — had traveled to Amritsar from Chennai this morning to receive him on arrival
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