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  IAF Chief says 'ghost of Balakot' buried after Operation Sindoor: ‘Many terrorists were neutralised’

  India | August 09, 2025 16:04 IST

  Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh said Operation Sindoor successfully addressed the “ghost of Balakot” by making the results of strikes on Pakistan visible to the world.

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  Moiz Abbas Shah, Pakistan Army major who claimed to capture Abhinandan, killed in encounter

  World | June 25, 2025 12:02 IST

  Moiz Abbas Shah served as a major in the Pakistan Army. Him and one other personnel were killed in gunfight with Tehreek-e-Taliban group Pakistan outfit in southern Waziristan region on Tuesday.

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  Balakot Airstrike 6th Anniversary: The Story Behind India's Military Act That Shocked Pakistan

  Originals | February 26, 2025 11:40 IST

  Balakot Airstrike 6th Anniversary: India marks six years since the Balakot air strike, a response to Pulwama attack. How did it impact India-Pakistan ties? Watch the video to learn how India's military action shocked Pakistan.

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  Uri, Balakot strikes were befitting reply to rising West front terrorism: India's top diplomat

  World | February 27, 2024 9:59 IST

  EAM Jaishankar made the remark while addressing the Pandit Hriday Nath Kunzru Memorial Lecture 2024 on 'Bharat and the World' at the Jawaharlal Nehru University.

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  When PM Modi declined Imran Khan's midnight call after Balakot strikes in 2019

  India | January 09, 2024 14:58 IST

  The ties between India and Pakistan came under severe strain after India's warplanes pounded a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camp in Balakot in Pakistan on February 26, 2019, in response to the Pulwama terror attack.

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  Balakot Strikes: India declined China's offer to facilitate de-escalation to reduce tension in 2019

  India | January 09, 2024 7:53 IST

  Ajay Bisaria, who served as the Indian High Commissioner to Islamabad, also discloses that India was prepared to send an Indian Air Force aircraft to Pakistan for the repatriation of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, but the Pakistani government denied permission.

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  Balakot airstrikes: How Indian Air Force entered Pakistani airspace and destroyed JeM terror camps

  India | February 26, 2023 12:12 IST

  The airstrike was the first time since the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War, wherein Indian warplanes had crossed the Line of Control and destroyed Pakistan terror camps.

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  'I'll never forget...': Ex-US Secretary of State on India-Pak nuke threat post-Balakot airstrike

  World | January 25, 2023 7:32 IST

  According to Pompeo, the incident occurred on February 27–28, 2019, while he was in Hanoi for the US–North Korea Summit, and his staff spent the night working with both New Delhi and Islamabad to defuse this crisis.

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  Modi Govt 8 years: How PM handled Pakistan with iron fist - Surgical strike, Balakot air strike

  India | May 26, 2022 15:54 IST

  The Modi government handled Pakistan with an iron fist by conducting two operations -- Surgical Strike in 2016 and Balakot Air Strike in 2019 against terror launch pads in response to Uri and Pulwana terror attacks.

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  Balakot airstrike 3rd anniversary: Yogi Adityanath salutes 'extraordinary valour' of IAF

  India | February 26, 2022 8:16 IST

  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath saluted the extraordinary valour of 'Indian Air Force' and said that these soldiers will always be remembered with pride.

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  When Abhinandan Varthaman, flying MiG-21, shot down Pakistan's F-16 fighter jet

  India | November 22, 2021 14:10 IST

  Abhinandan’s Vir Chakra citation mentions that despite the enemy’s“immense numerical and technological superiority,” Wing Commander Varthaman proceeded to courageously engage the enemy aircraft package with utter disregard to his personal safety.'

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  Balakot hero Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman awarded Vir Chakra

  India | November 22, 2021 13:15 IST

  Varthaman was recently promoted to the rank of Group Captain. He shot down a Pakistani F-16 fighter aircraft during aerial combat on February 27 a day after the Balakot airstrike.

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  IAF carries precision strike against practice target to mark 2nd anniversary of Balakot airstrike

  India | February 27, 2021 23:51 IST

  The Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out a long-range precision strike against a practice target to mark the second anniversary of the Balakot Operation on Saturday.

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  IAF carries precision strike against practice target to mark 2nd anniversary of Balakot airstrike

  India | February 27, 2021 23:51 IST

  The Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out a long-range precision strike against a practice target to mark the second anniversary of the Balakot Operation on Saturday.

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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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  Report of ex-Pakistan diplomat saying 300 terrorists killed Balakot airstrike turns out to be false

  India | January 14, 2021 16:44 IST

  The news, on the basis of information shared by ANI, was put out by several media outlets. However, fact check of the statement by the former diplomat confirmed that it was wrongly attributed to him.

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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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  In Balakot airstrike, sophisticated info narratives played imp role: Army Chief

  News | March 04, 2020 17:50 IST

  Army Chief General MM Naravane attended the Indian Army International Seminar with the theme 'Changing Characteristics of Land Warfare and Its Impact on the Military' in Delhi.