Balakot Air Strike

The Indian Air Force is set to retire its Srinagar-based MiG-21 squadron 'Sword Arms' that Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was a part of when he had downed an F-16 combat aircraft of Pakistan a day after the Balakot strike in February 2019.

General Bipin Rawat, India's first Chief of Defence Staff, was killed along with 12 others in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu today. One survivor is being treated for his injuries.

National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah today alleged that the BJP is spreading hate to win the UP Assembly polls next year and accused the party of using "hate" as a weapon to win polls in India.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday indicated that Pakistan, after losing two wars to India, had started resorting to proxy war and that terrorism had become an integral part of its state policy.

India's air power capabilities in terms of hitting targets, defending assets and use of new technologies have gone up significantly after Balakot air strikes and developments following Galwan Valley clashes, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria said.

The central government has no information on the leak of WhatsApp chats related to confidential and sensitive information, including the scrapping of Article 370, which surfaced during the investigation of TRP scam by the Mumbai Police, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

The fighter pilots of the same Indian Air Force squadron that bombed a Jaish-e-Mohammed camp in Pakistan's Balakot two years ago carried out a long-range precision strike against a practice target, sources have said.

On the second anniversary of Balakot air strikes, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday saluted the exceptional courage and diligence of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and said "the success of strikes has shown India's strong will to act against terrorism".

Leaking of official secret of military operations is treason and those involved must be punished, Congress leader AK Antony said today referring to the alleged WhatsApp chats of Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami doing the rounds of social media.

Rahul Gandhi, commenting today for the first time on the WhatsApp chats of TV anchor Arnab Goswami linked to the 2019 Balakot air strike, said "giving official secrets to a journalist is a criminal act" and questioned who was behind the leak.

Amid outrage over leaked WhatsApp conversations of TV anchor Arnab Goswami, submitted by Mumbai Police to a court, the opposition has demanded an investigation into chats linked to the 2019 Balakot air strike in retaliation for the terror attack on a security convoy in Pulwama.

A report on a former diplomat from Pakistan "admitting" that 300 terrorists were killed in India's air strike at Balakot in 2019 has been called out by fact-check website Alt News, which says the video clip that the news was based on was manipulated.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday complimented the Indian Air Force for its rapid deployment of assets at forward locations in response to the standoff with China in eastern Ladakh, saying its Balakot strike and the current combat readiness have sent a strong message to "adversaries".

"We need to back-up our ability to do battle damage assessment" - a critical statement from Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria on the first anniversary of the Indian Air Force's attack on the Balakot terror camp in Pakistan where the government has not been in a position to release images or video of the impact of the hit.

Former Air Force Chief BS Dhanoa said there was no Pakistan aircraft within 150 km of India's strike package that bombed the terror camp in Pakistan's Balakot on February 26 last year. He said Pakistan had no knowledge about the Indian air-strike.

The Indian Air Force is set to retire its Srinagar-based MiG-21 squadron 'Sword Arms' that Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was a part of when he had downed an F-16 combat aircraft of Pakistan a day after the Balakot strike in February 2019.

General Bipin Rawat, India's first Chief of Defence Staff, was killed along with 12 others in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu today. One survivor is being treated for his injuries.

National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah today alleged that the BJP is spreading hate to win the UP Assembly polls next year and accused the party of using "hate" as a weapon to win polls in India.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday indicated that Pakistan, after losing two wars to India, had started resorting to proxy war and that terrorism had become an integral part of its state policy.

India's air power capabilities in terms of hitting targets, defending assets and use of new technologies have gone up significantly after Balakot air strikes and developments following Galwan Valley clashes, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria said.

The central government has no information on the leak of WhatsApp chats related to confidential and sensitive information, including the scrapping of Article 370, which surfaced during the investigation of TRP scam by the Mumbai Police, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

The fighter pilots of the same Indian Air Force squadron that bombed a Jaish-e-Mohammed camp in Pakistan's Balakot two years ago carried out a long-range precision strike against a practice target, sources have said.

On the second anniversary of Balakot air strikes, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday saluted the exceptional courage and diligence of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and said "the success of strikes has shown India's strong will to act against terrorism".

Leaking of official secret of military operations is treason and those involved must be punished, Congress leader AK Antony said today referring to the alleged WhatsApp chats of Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami doing the rounds of social media.

Rahul Gandhi, commenting today for the first time on the WhatsApp chats of TV anchor Arnab Goswami linked to the 2019 Balakot air strike, said "giving official secrets to a journalist is a criminal act" and questioned who was behind the leak.

Amid outrage over leaked WhatsApp conversations of TV anchor Arnab Goswami, submitted by Mumbai Police to a court, the opposition has demanded an investigation into chats linked to the 2019 Balakot air strike in retaliation for the terror attack on a security convoy in Pulwama.

A report on a former diplomat from Pakistan "admitting" that 300 terrorists were killed in India's air strike at Balakot in 2019 has been called out by fact-check website Alt News, which says the video clip that the news was based on was manipulated.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday complimented the Indian Air Force for its rapid deployment of assets at forward locations in response to the standoff with China in eastern Ladakh, saying its Balakot strike and the current combat readiness have sent a strong message to "adversaries".

"We need to back-up our ability to do battle damage assessment" - a critical statement from Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria on the first anniversary of the Indian Air Force's attack on the Balakot terror camp in Pakistan where the government has not been in a position to release images or video of the impact of the hit.

Former Air Force Chief BS Dhanoa said there was no Pakistan aircraft within 150 km of India's strike package that bombed the terror camp in Pakistan's Balakot on February 26 last year. He said Pakistan had no knowledge about the Indian air-strike.