Cross-border terrorism emerging from Pakistan being given befitting response: S Jaishankar
Feb 27, 2024, at 05:26 am
New Delhi/IBNS: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Monday said cross-border terrorism emanating from Pakistan was now getting a “befitting response”.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh salutes IAF on 2nd anniversary of Balakot air strikes
Feb 26, 2021, at 04:41 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday saluted the courage and diligence of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on the second anniversary of Balakot air strikes.
Balakot airstrike: India's action was appropriate, says Bolton
Jul 11, 2020, at 10:33 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Former United States National Security Advisor John Bolton on Saturday said at the time of Balakot airstrikes, India acted in self defence and its actions were appropriate.
Feb 28, 2020, at 04:23 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The surgical strike of 2016 and Balakot airstrikes of 2019 were not just military strikes but a strong message to the adversary that terror infrastructure across the border cannot be used as safe haven to wage low-cost war against India.
Balakot airstrike 1st anniversary: IAF chief flies MiG-21
Feb 26, 2020, at 11:27 pm
New Delhi/ UNI: On the first anniversary of Balakot airstrikes, Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria on Wednesday flew a five aircraft mission at Srinagar Air Base along with aircrew from Squadrons that had participated in the operations on February 26th and 27th last year.
Sep 24, 2019, at 04:21 pm
Islamabad, Sept 24 (IBNS): The Pakistan Foreign Office on Tuesday negated claims made by Indian Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat that a terrorist camp in Balakot had been "reactivated".
Pakistan reactivated terror camp at Balakot, India ready for challenge: Army Chief Bipin Rawat
Sep 23, 2019, at 02:15 pm
Chennai, Sept 23 (UNI): Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat on Monday said Pakistan has very recently 'reactivated' its terror camp in Balakot, where the Indian Armed forces launched a surgical strike in the wake of terror attack at a CRPF camp in Pulwama in February.
Pakistan opens its air space, India says its "Islamabad's decision"
Jul 16, 2019, at 10:16 am
New Delhi, Jul 16 (UNI/IBNS): Easing tension between the two neightbours which had heightened since the Balakot strike, Pakistan has decided to open its airspace for 'all type of civili traffic' with immediate effect.
BJP tried to win Lok Sabha polls by whipping up war hysteria: Pakistan PM Imran Khan tweets
Apr 06, 2019, at 09:58 pm
Islamabad, Apr 6 (IBNS): Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Saturday targeted India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and said it has tried to win the Lok Sabha polls by 'whipping up war hysteria'.
Pakistan 'willing to allow visits' to Balakot locations
Mar 28, 2019, at 03:04 pm
New Delhi/Islamabad, Mar 28 (UNI): Pakistan has said Islamabad is "willing to allow visits" on request to the locations in and around Balakot where India has claimed to have destroyed terror camps.
India conducted three strikes in past five years: Rajnath Singh
Mar 09, 2019, at 06:28 pm
New Delhi, Mar 9 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday claimed that apart from the surgical strike after the Uri terror attack and the air strikes in Pakistan's Balakot, a 'third strike' was also conducted during the past five years but did not reveal details about it.
PM Narendra Modi slams Congress, opposition parties
Mar 09, 2019, at 04:57 pm
Greater Noida, Mar 9 (UNI) Launching a scathing attack on the Congress and other opposition parties , Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday charged the previous UPA Government of denying permission to the armed forces for avenging the 26/11 Mumbai attacks in 2008.
Digivijaya Singh justifies demand for proof of Balakot strikes, tweets images of the location
Mar 06, 2019, at 04:55 pm
New Delhi, Mar 6 (UNI) After he stirred a controversy by demanding proof of Balakot air strikes, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday shared satellite images of the location showing madrasa buildings that were still standing where the indian jets dropped bombs.
Indian govt should tell truth about air strike :Akhilesh
Mar 05, 2019, at 06:25 pm
Lucknow, Mar 5 (UNI) Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday demanded from the government that they should tell truth about the air strike after Pulwama attack.
Indian Airstrike on Jaish camp: What we know so far from IAF, Italian journalist, et al.
Mar 04, 2019, at 02:10 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (IBNS): Days after India's post-Pulwama surgical strike in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), the political and Indo-Pak row continues over how many actually were killed in the IAF bombings. While unconfirmed reports claimed zero to very heavy casualty with ruling party politicians in India claiming credits and opposition questioning their claims, here is what we know so far from some seemingly credible sources.
J and K Panthers Party urges all political parties to unite to face Pakistan's aggression
Feb 28, 2019, at 04:52 pm
Jammu, Feb 28 (UNI) Urging upon the entire political class in the country to come together and back the government and armed forces in the present situation, Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party on Thursday said that it was the time to display unity.
Pakistan trying to destabilise us, says PM Modi in BJP programme
Feb 28, 2019, at 01:35 pm
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday targeted Pakistan and said the countrymen are standing like a 'rock' to counter their evil designs.
Canada urges India,Pakistan to exercise maximum restraint
Feb 28, 2019, at 09:17 am
Toronto, Feb 28 (IBNS): Amid heightened tension between India and Pakistan following the Pulwama attack on Feb 14 where 40 Indian Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed, the Canadian government on Wednesday urged the two nuclear-armed neighbours to exercise maximum restraint and avoid any 'military escalation'.
Fighting terror in assertive manner unthinkable in the past, 'feasible now': Jaitley
Feb 27, 2019, at 03:16 pm
New Delhi, Feb 27 (UNI/IBNS) : A day after India undertook the aerial strike destroying terrorist camp at Balakot in Pakistan, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the Air Force assault proves that India can also do something which was 'unthinkable' until recent past.
IAF airstrikes breach security, peace: says Pak in UN
Feb 27, 2019, at 01:07 pm
Islamabad, Feb 27 (UNI/IBNS) : Pakistan has complained to the United Nations (UN) that the Indian Air Force (IAF) strike on a major Jaish-e-Mohammed camp in Balakot, Pakistan was equivalent to "aggression against Pakistan."
Our borders are safe, says Army's Twitter handle on the heels of surgical strike inside Pakistan
Feb 27, 2019, at 11:27 am
New Delhi, Feb 27 (UNI) Poetry always has powerful message - either in peace time or at the time of conflicts and war. Trust an emotive Indian Army to take recourse to it after a successful surgical strike in a terror camp inside enemy territory.
India does not want further escalation of situation: Sushma Swaraj
Feb 27, 2019, at 10:27 am
Wuzen, Feb 27 (IBNS): A day after India Air Force jets hit terror camp across the Line of Control, Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, who is currently in China, said the country will want to avoid any "further escalation of the situation" and will "continue to act with responsibility and restraint".
Take action against terrorist groups operating on your soil: Pompeo tells Pakistan
Feb 27, 2019, at 09:18 am
Washington, Feb 27 (IBNS) A day after the Indian Air Force jets destroyed a major terror training camp across the Line of Control, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Pakistan to take action against terrorist groups operating on its soil.
We do not want anybody to interfere in our internal affairs: VP after IAF surgical strike
Feb 26, 2019, at 09:34 pm
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS): On a day when India avenged the Pulwama attack with pre-dawn air strikes by the Indian Air Force on Jaish-e Mohammad camps located across the Line of Control, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that though India is a peace loving nation and it wants to be friendly with all our neighbors, "we do not want anybody to interfere in our internal affairs and whoever interferes, we will give a befitting reply."
Aerial strikes on JeM camp: Laxman lauds IAF
Feb 26, 2019, at 07:39 pm
Hyderabad, Feb 26 (UNI) Telangana BJP unit President Dr K Laxman has welcomed the action after a Jaish-e-Mohamad (JeM) terror camp in Balakot, Pakistan, was destroyed in Indian Air Force (IAF) air strikes early on Tuesday morning.
India avenges Pulwama terror attack striking inside Pakistan, destroys Jaish camp
Feb 26, 2019, at 05:46 pm
New Delhi/Islamabad, Feb 26 (IBNS): Paying back Pakistan days after the Pulwama terror attack which left over 40 Indian paramilitary personnel dead, the Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted a pre-dawn surgical strike across the Line of Control (LoC) in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) destroying what it called the biggest camp of terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM).
Tripura celebrates IAF airstrike in Balakot
Feb 26, 2019, at 05:06 pm
Agartala, Feb 26 (UNI) The jubilant people of Tripura host celebration of second surgical strike of India at Balakot in Pak occupied Kashmir today in different places of the state, 12 days after Pulwama attack on CRPF by Pakistan abetted Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) terrorists.
Country is in safe hands: Narendra Modi says after India conducts another surgical strike
Feb 26, 2019, at 03:48 pm
Churu, Rajastha, Feb 26 (IBNS): Hours after the Indian government confirmed that a surgical strike was conducted by the Air Force to target terror camp across the Line of Control, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday assured that the country was in 'safe hands'.
Feb 26, 2019, at 12:35 pm
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS): In a first official confirmation, the Indian government on Tuesday said the Indian Air Force (IAF) had carried out a "non-military pre-emptive" surgical strike across the Line of Control (LoC) in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), a step which seems to be a fitting reply to the recent Pulwama attack, which had left over 40 Indian paramilitary personnel martyred.
Feb 26, 2019, at 11:01 am
Srinagar/New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS): In what seems to be a fitting reply to the Pulwama terror attack on Feb 14 by Pakistan backed Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit killing 40 soldiers of CRPF, Indian Air Force on Tuesday carried out strikes on a terrorist camp across the Line of Control (LoC) in Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir (POK), officials confirmed.