Farooq Abdullah claims Balakot air strike was ‘totally for election’

National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, on Monday, alleged that the Centre ordered the air strike in Pakistan’s Balakot with the “sole purpose” of winning Lok Sabha election. Read More
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Sitharaman: ‘Pakistan failed to act against terror on its soil, so we did’

Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while speaking at an event marking International Women’s Day event in Chennai, said Pakistan failed to act against terrorism on its soil and India had to carry out the air strikes on terror camps inside Pakistan. Read More
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‘Uri, Pulwama was heartbreaking, can’t bear pain forever’: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India has suffered enough in the hands of terrorists and his government has decided to adopt a “new policy” to deal with the menace of terrorism. Read More
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Swaraj: ‘IAF went to kill terrorists, not bring their bodies back’

In the wake of her party colleagues giving out figures as well as denying the same and the opposition questioning the success of the IAF mission, the senior BJP leader said the Air Force went Pakistan to kill terrorists and not to bring their bodies back. Read More
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Rahul: ‘Will give martyr status for KIA jawans, if voted to power’

Rahul Gandhi said Congress and opposition was standing with the government after Pulwama and Balakot air strikes and assured that if his party comes to power, then CRPF and BSF men who died in the line of duty will also get the status of a martyr. Read More
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Rajnath: ‘300 mobile phones in Balakot weren’t used by trees’

The Union home minister said that some 300 mobile phones, which were found to be active by the National Technical Research Organization at the site of the terror camp at Balakot ahead of the bombing by the Indian Air Force, were not used by the plants and trees there. Read More
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Narendra Modi calls opposition ‘Pakistan’s poster boys’

The prime minister also said the air strike happened in the neighbouring country, but “some of those sitting in India were hit by it”. Read More
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Omar: ‘Parties must switch tracks to stop Modi politicize Balakot’

The former chief minister of Jammu & Kashmir asserted that every time the opposition brought up the Pulwama terror attack or Indian air strike in Balakot, they give an “opportunity” to the prime minister and his Bharatiya Janata Party to play to their strengths. Read More
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Sitharaman: ‘No link between air strike and Lok Sabha poll’

Nirmala Sitharaman said, “There is no relationship between the air strike and (Lok Sabha) election. It was based upon intelligence inputs on terrorist activities in Pakistan, to be unleashed against India. It was not a military action.” Read More
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Admiral Sunil Lamba says terrorists may attack through sea

Weeks after the Pulwama terror attack and the subsequent Indian Air Force air strikes on Pakistan terror camps, Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba, on Tuesday, warned that there are reports about terrorists being trained to carry out operations through the sea. Read More
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