Balakot Strike  

Both the Balakot and Pulwama strikes demonstrate that India does not feel coy in undertaking strong counter-terrorism measures against Pakistan Abhinav Khare deep dives to find out if decisions regarding the use of nuclear weapons may change in future if we are to believe Rajnath Singh’s words.

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who will be awarded the Vir Chakra, along with pilots of the five Mirage-2000 fighter jets that took part in Balakot strikes are likely to receive top military awards.

Pakistan has agreed to India's request to let PM Modi's aircraft flyover its airspace. While India has still not confirmed on Indo-Pak bilateral meeting during the SCO summit, Imran Khan still remains hopefull on peace talks.

Francesca Marino, an Italian journalist in her report mentions that to hush up the matter JeM members also visited the families of those killed and handed over cash compensation to them

Not once, but at least thrice, Rahul Gandhi conveniently steered away from making his stand clear on an issue that has become the overarching election agenda, particularly since Balakot strike by Indian forces. Sample this.

According to a senior official, names of 12 Mirage 2000 pilots, who bombed a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror camp in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), have been recommended for the Vayu Sena medal for gallantry.

On Tuesday, two-way flights from Lahore to Islamabad and flights from Karachi to Multan departed as per schedule, said a statement issued by the national carrier - Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) - on Tuesday

A fight broke out when UK-based Kashmiri and pro-Khalistan outfits started chanting anti-India slogans to counter British Indian protesters chanting pro-Modi slogans, thanking the Prime Minister for exacting revenge on Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists with the balakot strike

 

The Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday detained a 50-year-old person, who crossed the border from Pakistan’s side at the Rann of Kutch. The BSF, however, said that nothing has been recovered from his possession.

Meanwhile, IAF chief BS Dhanoa on Monday declined to comment on the death toll in the Balakot strike, saying it was for the government to provide details on the number of terrorists killed