23:42
Security officials said on Wednesday that the videos of the captured Indian Air Force pilot were being released on the internet as part of a psychological operation against India and netizens should desist from sharing them on social media. Five videos were shot by Pakistani army and...
23:18
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley appealed to opposition parties to introspect their statement, saying it is being used by Pakistan to bolster their case. The 21 opposition parties after their meeting earlier in the day issued a joint statement expressing deep anguish over what they...
23:04
Shiv Sena chief and BJP ally Uddhav Thackeray said on Wednesday that no political party should take credit for the air strikes carried out by the Indian Air Force on Jaish-e-Mohammed's training camp in Pakistan.My heart is swollen with pride over the elimination of terror hide-outs in Pakistan. I...
22:35
Thank you my friends for your concern and wishes. I thank God for his blessings, Abhi is alive, not injured, sound in mind, just look at the way he talked so bravely...a true soldier... we are so proud of him. I am sure all your hands and blessings are on his head , prayers for his safe return, I...
22:04
India was in a triumphal mood after the air attack on Pakistani territory on Monday. For almost all sections of Indian opinion, Mondays event has been a matter of celebration. For military analysts, the attack signified a leap of faith theyd long clamored for challenging Pakistans bluff...
21:51
Amid growing tension between India and Pakistan, former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday voiced hoped that saner counsels shall prevail between the leadership of the two countries and they will get back to the task of economic development. I do hope that saner counsels will...
21:44
Addressing a press conference, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar says, A statement was released by the opposition parties. The statement said that BJP is politicising the martyrdom of soldiers. We condemn this statement. The impact of that statement is seen on Pakistan television. Has Opposition...
21:19
The Railways on Wednesday said the Samjhauta Express will continue to run as per schedule from Delhi to Attari in India, amidst reports that Pakistan has suspended its operations between Wagah to Lahore on its side. The train will run as per schedule as of now, Northern Railway spokesperson...
20:52
Various airlines such as Air India, Jet Airways, Qatar Airways and Singapore Airlines on Wednesday announced they were rerouting their flights as Pakistan closed its airspace in the wake of escalating tensions with India. Inbound and outbound flights from USA and Europe for...
20:33
The government has handed the Pakistani envoy a dossier containing specific details of Jaish-e-Mohammed complicity in the Pulwama terror attack of February 14, in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed. The dossier also had proof of the presence of JeM terror camps and its leadership in...
20:11
Canada's largest carrier canceled one flight to India from Vancouver and another flight en route to Delhi has turned back to Toronto.
19:36
With tensions high, Indians and Pakistanis have taken to social media, urging their governments to resist military conflict.The hashtag #SayNoToWar is trending worldwide and has been used by citizens on both sides of the border, and by politicians, celebrities and human rights groups.
19:20
India has demanded the immediate release of its fighter pilot, from Pakistani custody.It condemned what it said had been the vulgar display of an injured personnel of the Indian Air Force and suggested Pakistan had violated international humanitarian law.In a statement issued after it summoned...
19:02
Russia on Wednesday urged India and Pakistan to show restraint as it expressed serious concern about the escalation of hostilities between the two countries.We call on both sides to show restraint and step up efforts to resolve existing problems by political and diplomatic means, the ministry of...
18:42
Paksitan military spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor has now said that they only have one IAF pilot in their custody. Wing Commander Abhinandan is being treated as per norms of military ethics, he tweeted. Earlier in the day, he had said at a press conference Pakistan had captured...
18:33
Pakistan Army retracts; says there is only one Indian pilot under its custody.
18:26
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is held a key meeting with security and intelligence chiefs to discuss the crisis.India has admitted that one of its fighter jets went down and that a pilot is missing - but we don't know how it will respond.Pakistan has said it is ready to sit down and talk.
18:08
Senior leaders of 21 opposition parties who met in Parliament today said they backed the Armed Forces and expressed deep concern for the air force pilot who went missing during this morning's engagement with Pakistani Air Force. But there was sharp criticism for the leaders of the...
17:38
Pakistan and India summoned their respective envoys over ceasefire violations today. Pakistan summoned India's Acting High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia over the alleged ceasefire violations after New Delhi foiled an attempt by Pakistan Air Force this morning to carry out strikes in Jammu and...
17:19
Commercial operations at Amritsar airport, which was suspended early in the day, began even as the airports in Chandigarh, Pathankot, Halwara, Adampur and Bathinda remained on high alert in view of heightened tensions between India and Pakistan. The arrival and departure of all civil flights...
17:06
India summons Pakistan Deputy High Commissioner Syed Haider Shah.
17:05
Omar Abdullah tweets: Thoughts with the family, friends & colleagues of #WingCommanderAbhinandan. Prayers for his early & safe return home to all those eagerly waiting for him. In the mean time Pakistan please treat him as you would have us treat one of your men in uniform should he be...
16:58
Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday suggested that India is capable of carrying out an operation similar to the 2011 US action in Pakistan to eliminate Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. His remarks at an event related to the campaign to clean River Ganga came a day after the Indian Air Force...
16:38
Ajai Shukla @ajaishukla Two Indian pilots in Pak custody. Their MiG-21 was lured by two PAF F-16s into an air def ambush. The F-16s made shallow ingress into Indian airspace, dropped bombs, and waited for IAF MiGs that scrambled. Then F-16s turned back, MiGs followed, were shot down by air...
16:28
Pakistan PM Imran Khan addresses his country says he had made an offer to India after Pulwama for investigation. All wars in world history have been miscalculated, those who started the wars did not know where it will end. So, I want to ask India, with the weapons you and we have, can we afford...
15:47
MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar and Air Vice Marshal RGK Kapoor address the media in Delhi. Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale is not part of the briefing. Pakistan has used its Air Force to target military installations in India in response to Indian counter-terrorism operations but...
15:17
NOTAM (Notice to Airmen to alert aircraft pilots of potential hazards along a flight route) has been withdrawn. Flight operations will resume. In other words, operations at all nine airports, which were shut for civilian traffic, have resumed as of now, the DGCA said.
15:08
Here's a confirmation of sorts, the man in Pakistan's custody is indeed IAF's Wing Commander Abhinandan. News agency ANI quoting sources said, IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan took off in a MiG 21 Bison jet today, he is yet to return. In a 46-second video released by the...
14:56
Nine airports, including the ones in Srinagar and Jammu, were closed on Wednesday for civilian air traffic amid escalating tension with Pakistan, officials said. Airports at Srinagar, Jammu, Leh, Pathankot, Amritsar, Shimla, Kangra, Kullu Manali, Pithoragarh were among those closed, they...
14:31
Pakistan on Wednesday claimed that it shot down two Indian military aircraft over Pakistani air space and arrested two pilots. However, there was no official confirmation from the Indian government. In a 46-second video released by the Pakistan Army, a blindfolded man claiming that he's IAF Wing...
13:52
So, here's a confirmation: DG ISPR, Pakistan, Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor says Pakistan has no hand in the Mi-17 IAF chopper crash where one civilian and the pilot were killed. Ghafoor says, There are reports of crash of an Indian aircraft on the Indian side (in Budgam), we had no engagement with that...
13:16
France is working on a proposal to ban chief of the UN-proscribed Jaish-e Muhammad Masood Azhar and could move it in the Sanctions Committee after it assumes the Presidency of the powerful UN Security Council in March, sources said. The rotating monthly Presidency of the 15-nation UN...
13:07
There are no reports of any IAF jet suffering damage in action by India's adversaries, defence sources said on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, Pakistan claimed it shot down two Indian military aircraft over Pakistani air space and arrested at least one of the pilots. Military spokesperson...
13:05
In the IAF, pilots are the ones who will go across into enemy territory. They go deep inside, fight their way in and fight their way out. They need very high degree of training, confidence, self belief, risk taking ability and courage. But a whole amount of infrastructure backs them up, you can't...
12:46
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh is holding a high-level meeting at North block; NSA, RAW chief, Home Secretary and other officials present at the meeting.
12:40
India says Pakistan Air Force's F-16 that violated Indian air space was shot down in Indian retaliatory fire 3 km within Pakistan territory in Lam valley, Nowshera sector, reports news agency ANI. A parachute seen as Pakistan Air Force's F-16 was going down, condition of the pilot is...
12:26
Srinagar, Jammu and Leh airports were among five airports closed on Wednesday for civilian air traffic shortly after an IAF jet crashed in Kashmir's Budgam district, officials said. The move to close the five airports comes amid escalation of tension between India and Pakistan after IAF carried...
12:23
Dr Mohammad Faisal, spokesperson of the Pak foreign office on the Pak fighter jet incursions in Indian air space: PAF (Pakistan Air Force) undertook strikes across LoC from Pakistani airspace. Sole purpose of this action was to demonstrate our right, will and capability for self defence. We do...
12:19
SSP Budgam on military aircraft crash in J&Ks Budgam says, As of now we aren't in a position to ascertain anything. Technical team is here, they'll ascertain facts. We have found 2 bodies so far and have evacuated them. Search is going on here.
12:17
Update on the IAF plane crash in Budgam: An IAF Mi-17 transport chopper crashed on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam, officials said. The crash comes a day after India carried out air strikes at a Jaish-e-Mohammed camp in Balakot in Pakistans Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
11:58
Spokesperson Pakistan Armed Forces, Major General Asif Ghafoor tweets, In response to PAF strikes this morning as released by MoFA, IAF crossed LOC. PAF shot down two Indian aircrafts inside Pakistani airspace. One of the aircraft fell inside AJ&K while other fell inside IOK. One Indian pilot...
11:43
Srinagar, Jammu and Leh airports were Wednesday closed for civilian air traffic shortly after an IAF jet crashed in Budgam district and amid escalation of cross-Line of Control shelling between armies of India and Pakistan. The civilian air traffic has been suspended temporarily in view of...
11:41
Three Pakistani fighter planes violate Indian air space in J-K's Poonch and Rajouri sectors and drop bombs on the way out, say officials. The Pakistani jets entered Nowshera in Rajouri district but were pushed back by Indian fighter jets, a top official said. The jets entered into Indian air...
11:01
Terrorists attacks like Pulwama are a grim reminder for the need of all countries to show 'zero tolerance' towards terrorism, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Wednesday, a day after India conducted pre-emptive air strikes deep inside Pakistan hitting Jaish-e-Mohammad training...
10:46
Pakistan on Wednesday violated ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri sector in Baramulla district, officials said. The Indian Army is retaliating strongly and effectively to the cross border firing. More details of the incident are awaited.Pakistan ceasefire violations have been reported in a...
10:36
Having spent four years in Pakistan and been able to assess the thought process of their military up close, I am of the opinion that a reprisal is inevitable. The Pak military lives in a high ego, make believe world (even believing a nuclear war is fightable!) and I know they WILL respond soon...
10:14
Two Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists were gunned down by security forces on Wednesday during an encounter in the Memander area of Shopain district in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.The encounter, which broke out between the security forces and terrorists in the early hours of Wednesday in Sophian,...
09:28
India does not wish to see further escalation of the situation and will continue to act with responsibility and restraint, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told China and Russia in Wuzhen on Wednesday after the country targeted terrorist training camp in Pakistan as she asked all nations...
09:16
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat said Tuesday the IAF air strike on a terrorist training camp of Jaish-e-Mohammed, the group behind the suicide bombing targeting CRPF personnel in Pulwama, inside Pakistan was a tribute to the martyrs of the Feb 14 assault.He recalled legendary...
09:07
Power supply of certain areas in the strategically located 15 Corps Cantonment in Srinagar was switched off as a precautionary measure Tuesday night, officials said. Some areas of the cantonment are located on Zaberwan hills and electric supply to this area was stopped in anticipation...
08:52
The United States on Wednesday firmly asked Pakistan to take meaningful action against terrorist groups operating on its soil and underscored the importance of avoiding escalation at any cost after India targeted terrorist camp in Pakistan.Forty Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed...
08:21
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday raised the recent Pulwama suicide attack in her crucial bilateral meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi here, a day after India destroyed a major Jaish-e-Muhammed terror training camp in Pakistan.I am visiting China at a time when there...
00:11
In the aftermath of the Balakot airstrike conducted by the IAF early on Tuesday morning, the bordering states of Punjab, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh have been put on high alert.Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that his country would respond to what he described as uncalled-for...
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