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  Operation Sindoor: How is it different from Uri, Balakot, or any such strike by India in the past?

  India | May 08, 2025 3:07 IST

  Operation Sindoor, launched by Indian forces at 1:05 am on Wednesday, marked a significant escalation in India’s counter-terror strategy by targeting nine terror camps, including four in Pakistan's Punjab province – a first for such operations.

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  'Will not be safe on other side, have to pay price': India's strong message to Pakistani terrorists

  World | May 22, 2024 21:37 IST

  Jaishankar warned Pakistan to refrain from staging any attacks on India and added that action would be taken irrespective of international borders.

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  Five years of Balakote airstrikes: A retrospective analysis

  India | February 26, 2024 6:21 IST

  Five years of Balakote airstrikes: The Balakote airstrike also exposed the limitations of Pakistan's nuclear deterrence. Pakistan had developed tactical nuclear weapons to counter India's conventional advantage and to deter any Indian incursion into its territory.

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  Not questioning armed forces, but Modi govt: Digvijaya's new questions to Centre on Balakot

  India | January 24, 2023 19:27 IST

  The Congress party had distanced itself from Singh's comments on Pulwama, including on the surgical strikes, terming his statement "personal".

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  Balakot air strikes displayed India's strong will to act against terror: Rajnath Singh

  India | February 26, 2021 12:26 IST

  The strikes were undertaken days after 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed in a terror attack in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir on February 14. 

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  'Decisiveness of India's political leadership deterred Pak from any misadventure after Balakot'

  Elections | October 29, 2020 14:49 IST

  Former IAF chief BS Dhanoa said that Pakistan could not carry out any major terror attack against India after the Balakot incident because it was aware that any misadventure would invite retaliation.

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  Balakot: Fully prepared to counter any threat to Pak's sovereignty, says PAF chief

  World | February 27, 2020 16:29 IST

  Pakistan Air Force is fully prepared to counter any threat to the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity, the PAF chief said, a year after IAF jets bombed a terror camp in Balakot. The Indian Air Force jets carried out air strikes on a Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp in Balakot on February 26 last year to avenge the killing of 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel in the Pulwama terror attack on February 14. 

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  One year of Balakot airstrike: How Pak terror camp looks after revamp

  World | February 26, 2020 11:59 IST

  Balakot Airstrike Anniversary: February 26 marks the first anniversary of the Balakot airstrike which was conducted by the Indian Air Force to target the terrorist camps operating in the town of Balakot in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

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  India will never forget their martyrdom: PM Modi remembers Pulwama attack martyrs

  India | February 14, 2020 11:18 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembered Pulwama attack martyrs as the nation paid tribute to the sacrifice of paramilitary personnel who were killed in the terror attack last year.

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  Rattled Pak terms Army chief Naravane's remark of 'preemptively strike' right 'irresponsible'

  India | January 02, 2020 8:49 IST

  Pakistan has rejected Indian Army Chief Manoj Mukund Naravane's remark that India reserves a right to preemptively strike on sources of terror across the border terming it irresponsible.

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  Balakot air strikes, Rafale, CDS and impetus on CI-OPs: India's doctrinal policy shift in 2019

  India | December 31, 2019 16:22 IST

  India's doctrinal policy shift in combating terror by carrying out the Balakot air strikes inside Pakistan, appointment of a Chief of Defence Staff and hastening work on military modernisation marked a new beginning in 2019 in dealing with complex security challenges. 

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  From Balakot to post of Chief of Defence Staff, eventful 2019 for defence

  India | December 28, 2019 12:57 IST

  In a landmark decision this year, the government created the post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) in the rank of a four-star General. The CDS will also head the Department of Military Affairs (DMA), to be created within the Ministry of Defence and function as its Secretary.

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  Sanjay Leela Bhansali announces film on 2019 Balakot airstrike, Abhishek Kapoor to helm

  Bollywood | January 01, 2020 19:03 IST

  This will be the second film on the February 26 air strike against terror outfits in Balakot in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

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  US reprimands Pak for misusing American-made F-16 jets post Balakot

  World | December 12, 2019 10:33 IST

  India has maintained that it shot down Pakistan's F-16 during the dogfight and that it shot down one of the fighters using a MiG-21 Bison, flown by Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman. Islamabad, however, has always denied it.

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  Wish India possessed Rafale jets during Balakot strike: Rajnath Singh

  October 15, 2019 10:07 IST

  At a ceremony in France on Tuesday, Singh formally took the delivery of the first of the 36 long-awaited French-made aircraft acquired by the Indian Air Force. He also took a sortie in the two-seater jet.

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  45-50 terrorists being trained in Balakot terror camps in PoK

  India | October 14, 2019 20:07 IST

  The information that is based on Intelligence gathering suggests that these terrorists are being training to strike at Jammu and Kashmir as well as other parts of the country that includes, Maharashtra, Gujarat and some of the southern states.

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  Vivek Oberoi on Balakot: Film should inspire children

  Celebrities | October 12, 2019 14:38 IST

  Actor Vivek Oberoi hopes his next film Balakot will inspire lakhs of children in the country.

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  Squadrons which participated in Balakot airstrike awarded citations

  India | October 08, 2019 17:50 IST

  Two squadrons and one signal unit of the Indian Air Force that were part of the Balakot operation were decorated with citations on Tuesday.

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  Took precaution during Balakot, but things may change: Rajnath

  India | September 25, 2019 22:19 IST

  In a warning to Pakistan, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said India took "great precaution" and did not attack Pakistan or its Army while carrying out strikes on a terror camp in Balakot but things may change if the neighbouring country does not mend its ways.

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  Pakistan rejects Indian army's Balakot ‘terror reactivation’ statement

  World | September 24, 2019 13:17 IST

  Army Chief General Bipin Rawat in Chennai on Monday said Pakistan has reactivated the Balakot terror camp very recently and about 500 infiltrators were waiting to sneak into India.