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Balakot Air Strike
Balakot Air Strike: The Indian Air Force early Tuesday morning destroyed a major terror training camp of the Jaish-e-Mohammed in Balakot, Pakistan. Several terror trainers and suicide bombers were killed in the attack that lasted just eight minutes. The air strike comes days after 40 CRPF jawans were killed in a suicide car attack in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir. Here's our on-going coverage of the air strike.
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Ex-envoy Ajay Bisaria at Idea Exchange: ‘India should engage with Pakistan to consolidate gains in curbing terrorism’
February 27, 2024 7:46 am
Ajay Bisaria was the High Commissioner to Pakistan from 2017 to August 2019 and was expelled after the abrogation of Article 370.
After 2019 Balakot strikes: Military court recommends IAF officer’s dismissal for shooting down chopper
April 12, 2023 12:51 pm
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Mike Pompeo claims India informed him Pakistan was preparing for nuclear attack post-Balakot surgical strike
January 25, 2023 7:53 am
India's warplanes pounded a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camp in Balakot in Pakistan in February 2019 in response to the Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF jawans.
Commit an act of terrorism, you will have to pay the cost: Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi
August 01, 2022 1:01 pm
While addressing a session on 'Contemporary Challenges to Internal Security' in Kochi, the Tamil Nadu Governor said, “When the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks happened, the whole country was traumatised; the country was humiliated by a handful of terrorists."
‘Wanted real destruction’: Maker of spice bombs used in Balakot air strike
March 18, 2021 8:01 pm
Rudra B Jadeja, who helms Hyderabad-based Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems (KRAS), which is touted as India’s first private missile production facility, speaks to The Indian Express
Modi the person "through which" Balakot information went to Arnab, alleges Rahul in TN
January 25, 2021 3:30 pm
Gandhi said only five people including the PM and the Defence Minister would have prior information of the planned strikes and alleged that one of them had put the lives of the pilots in danger.
Maharashtra govt mulls action against Arnab Goswami over info on Balakot airstrike
January 23, 2021 4:09 pm
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said the state government was seeking legal opinion on whether any action could be taken under the Official Secrets Act.
Baghel seeks SC-monitored probe in Arnab's purported chats
January 19, 2021 5:03 am
Asked about the purported chats widely reported in the media which mentioned that Goswami was privy to the 2019 Balakot air strikes in Pakistan, Baghel said the matter pertains to national security.
Pakistan's information war campaign against India needs attention
July 27, 2020 9:28 am
What is noteworthy is that the same anti-India narrative is repeated ad nauseam from every medium and platform — whether it is politicians like Imran Khan or Shah Mehmood Qureshi, the ISPR, or print, electronic and social media.
BALAKOT AIR STRIKE PHOTOS
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
India rejects Pakistan’s F-16 denial, shows proof: See photos
March 01, 2019 9:41 am
AMRAAM missiles allow a fighter pilot to target an enemy aircraft that is beyond visual range, in day or night, and in all weather conditions.
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