Wg Cdr Abhinandan Varthaman returns home from Pakistan

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, the Indian Air Force MiG-21 pilot who was in Pakistan’s custody for nearly 60 hours, was handed over to Indian authorities at Attari-Wagah border, on Friday night. Read More
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Imran offers peace with India, says ‘we should sit down and talk’

While claiming that two Indian MiGs crossed the line of control (LoC) and Pakistan shot them down, the Pakistani prime minister, Imran Khan, again offered talks with India, on Thursday. Read More
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Parties assail BJP for politicizing armed forces’ sacrifices

Amid escalated tensions between India and Pakistan, 21 opposition parties led by the Congress assailed the ruling BJP for “politicizing the sacrifices” made by our armed forces and demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi immediately convene an all-party meeting. Read More
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India accepts Pakistani jets downed IAF MiG-21, pilot missing

Amid the escalating tension along the India-Pakistan border, on Wednesday, India acknowledged that Pakistani warplanes engaged with Indian warplanes and shot down one MiG-21. It also said, one pilot is missing in action. Read More
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Pakistan claims it downed two Indian jets, captured two pilots

Pakistan claimed that its air force has reportedly shot down two Indian military aircraft across the line of control in retaliation to the air strikes conducted by the Indian Air Force inside Pakistan, on Tuesday. It also said it captured two Indian pilots. Read More
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After inviting India, OIC slams New Delhi for air strikes in Pakistan

Three days after the UAE invited India to the OIC foreign ministers’ meeting as “guest of honour”, the Islamic countries’ body has condemned India for carrying out air strikes against the Jaish-e-Muhammed terror group inside Pakistan’s territory. Read More
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Pakistan starts heavy cross-LoC shelling, India retaliates

Hours after the Indian Air Force carried out air strikes against terror camps in Balakot and elsewhere inside Pakistan, the country initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by shelling with heavy-calibre weapons at 12 to 15 places along the line of control. Read More
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Indian air strikes in Pakistan: New Delhi informs world capitals

India informed the envoys of all major countries about its air strikes deep inside Pakistan, including the one on the Jaish-e-Muhammed’s biggest terror training camp in Balakot, on Tuesday, just a few hours after the strikes. Read More
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China urges India and Pakistan to maintain ‘restraint’

In a reaction to India’s “non-military preemptive strike” on a major Jaish-e-Muhammed terror camp in Balakot, China said that it hopes for the two countries to maintain “restraint” and “do more to improve bilateral relations”. Read More
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IAF strikes in Pakistan: Islamabad in huddle, says ‘we will respond’

After IAF jets carried out air strikes against terror camps in Pakistan’s Balakot, the Pakistani prime minister has convened an emergency meeting to review the situation. Senior Pakistani ministers and the top brass of the country’s military attended the meeting. Read More
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