Balakot
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Balakot terror camp reactivated by Pakistan: Army Chief Bipin Rawat
India | Sep 23, 2019, 02:24 PM ISTArmy Chief General Bipin Rawat on Monday said Pakistan has reactivated Balakot very recently and about 500 infiltrators were waiting to infiltrate intoIndia.
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Indian Army was prepared for war post Balakot strikes, says Army Chief General Bipin Rawat
India | Aug 20, 2019, 12:03 AM ISTIndian Air Force bombed terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed's biggest training camp near Balakot, deep inside Pakistan on February 26, in response to the Pulwama attack. Pakistan retaliated by attempting to target Indian military installations on Wednesday. However, the IAF thwarted their plans.
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OPINION | Why is Imran Khan afraid of another Balakot-type strike by India?
Aug 15, 2019, 02:33 PM ISTIndia TV on Wednesday showed video clips of common Pakistani citizens expressing their anger against Imran Khan and his government because of runaway inflation in the prices of essential commodities and mounting debts that his country is facing.
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IAF pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, who shot down Pakistan's F-16, likely to be awarded Vir Chakra
India | Aug 08, 2019, 09:32 AM ISTIndian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, a brave pilot, who shot down Pakistani F-16 jet during aerial combat on February 27 is likely to be awarded Vir Chakra, according to HT. Apart from Varthaman, other pilots who were part of the pre-dawn Balakot airstrikes will also get top military honours.
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Balakot showed IAF's ability of precision bombing: IAF Chief
India | Jul 16, 2019, 11:03 PM ISTThe Balakot strike demonstrated the IAF's ability of precision bombing, Air Force Chief BS Dhanoa said Tuesday, asserting that it is capable of taking part in a full spectrum of conflict, ranging from "sub-conventional to nuclear". He said in case "we have correct coordinates, the Air Force is capable of doing all-weather bombing through clouds".
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Josh is high indeed: Government says border infiltration fell by 43 per cent after Balakot airstrikes
India | Jul 09, 2019, 03:14 PM ISTUnion Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said that Government of India, in tandem with the state government has adopted a multi-pronged approach to contain cross-border infiltration, which include multi-tiered deployment along the International Border and the Line of Control (LoC), border fencing, improved intelligence and operational coordination, equipping security forces with improved technological weapons and taking pro-active action against infiltrators.
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Balakot airstrike: What transpired during 90 seconds of Operation Bandar | EXCLUSIVE
India | Jun 25, 2019, 07:14 AM ISTIndia TV spoke to Mirage 2000 fighter pilots who were among those who struck the Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp near Balakot in Pakistan in February.
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Pakistan didn't enter Indian airspace after Balakot airstrike: IAF chief
India | Jun 24, 2019, 04:45 PM ISTAir Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa has said that Pakistani fighter planes did not enter the Indian airspace after the Balakot strike.
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Indian Navy hunted for missing Pak submarine for 21 days post Balakot strikes
India | Jun 23, 2019, 11:36 PM ISTAfter the Pulwama attack, Indian Navy had taken out its Naval assets from exercises and deployed them at strategic positions facing Pakistan. Conventional as well as Nuclear submarines were mobilized to forward positions.
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'Operation Bandar': Balakot airstrike's code name with a Ramayana connection
India | Jun 21, 2019, 04:48 PM ISTThere was a lot of secrecy maintained by India before conducting the Balakot airstrikes. Months have passed, and operational details still remain confidential. However, it is for all to know that the Balakot airstrike mission was codenamed - 'Operation Bandar' - to maintain confidentiality.
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Has Pakistan shut terror camps in PoK fearing more Balakots? Indian Army Chief responds
India | Jun 10, 2019, 04:57 PM ISTReports on Monday claimed that Pakistan has shut down terror camps on its soil fearing more Balakot-like airstrikes by India. But has it really?
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48.87 per cent people 'very much satisfied' with Modi govt since Balakot air strike: Survey
India | Jun 10, 2019, 09:46 AM ISTThe same poll shows that 25.74 per cent of those polled were "satisfied to some extent" while 18.17 per cent were "not at all satisfied" with the BJP government.
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New Modi govt's first defence deal: India set to buy over 100 SPICE bombs from Israel in Rs 300-crore pact
India | Jun 06, 2019, 11:24 PM ISTThe Indian Airforce has bought over 100 SPICE bombs from Israel in a deal worth Rs 300 crores.
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Indian Air Force removes temporary airspace restrictions imposed after Balakot airstrike
India | Jun 01, 2019, 06:22 PM ISTPakistan had fully closed its airspace on February 27 after an Indian Air Force strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp in Balakot. Pakistan opened its airspace for all flights except for New Delhi, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur on March 27.
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Pakistan likely to remove restriction on air space usage
World | Jun 01, 2019, 05:57 PM ISTThe IAF said it had removed restrictions that were imposed on all routes a day after its 12 Mirage 2000s crossed over to Pakistan and attacked a JeM terrorist training camp in Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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Pakistan willing to open airspace if India decreases troops build up at the LOC
India | May 28, 2019, 09:14 PM ISTIn the wake of escalating tension following an airstrike by Indian Air Force in Balakot last February, Pakistan had restricted its airspace for airlines to and from India.
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Air Marshal Nambiar backs PM Modi's 'clouds cover’ theory on Balakot air strike
India | May 27, 2019, 02:12 PM ISTAs per Commanding-in-Chief, Western Air Command, Raghunath Nambiar, "very strong clouds and very strong convective conditions in clouds prevent the radar from detecting very accurately".
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Day ahead of polls in Punjab, CM Amarinder Singh asks PM Modi to show evidence of Balakot airstrike
India | May 18, 2019, 11:36 AM IST"Why I am saying this is because during Kargil (War), you showed every picture on the television screen. The strike of the Air Force on Pakistani ammunition dump was flashed across the screens. Today your technology is far more sophisticated," Captain Amarinder Singh said.
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CPI-M writes to EC, demands action against PM for Balakot claim
May 12, 2019, 07:13 PM ISTIn the letter addressed to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury accused the Prime Minister of making "outrageous claims" on the Balakot air strike in a television channel.
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Pak to review re-opening of airspace for Indian flights; minister says no change in status quo
India | May 12, 2019, 05:02 PM IST"The Pakistani government will decide whether to lift or not its airspace ban for the Indian flights on May 15," Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) spokesperson Mujtaba Baig told PTI on Sunday.