What was the task set to us we have achieved it. The rest of it is for the government to decide,” said Air Marshal C. Hari Kumar on Saturday on the air strike on the terrorist training camp in Balakot in Pakistan. Air Marshal Hari Kumar stepped down as Chief of Western Air Command (WAC) on Thursday.

Motihari/Jamui: The BJP on Saturday blamed former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru for the continuing crisis in Jammu and Kashmir and charged the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) regime for its "inadequate response" after the 26/11 Mumbai attack. "(Vallabhbhai) Patel had been entrusted w

The Samjhauta Express will leave for Pakistan from Delhi on Sunday after the two neighbours agreed to operationalise services at their ends, a senior railway official told PTI. The announcement came a day after Pakistan released Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman. The official said the first

Defence Research and Development Organisation chairman G. Satheesh Reddy has been conferred the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics award for his contribution to the field of missile technology development. Dr Reddy also serves as the Secretary, Department of Defence Research and D

Nashik: The funeral of pilot Ninad Mandavgane, who died in an IAF helicopter crash in Jammu and Kashmir two days back, was held with full military honours in Nashik on Friday. The pilot was also given a 21-gun salute. Ninad Mandavgane (33) was cremated on the banks of Godavari. He and six others

Lucknow: Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Friday said the ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan will have no bearing on the upcoming general election in April-May. Arora was responding to a query on whether there were any chances of the polls being postponed in the wake of the sit

New Delhi: Months ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shrimoni Akali Dal (SAD) reached the seat-sharing agreement. BJP president Amit Shah announced on Thursday that his party and its old ally Akali Dal will contest the Lok Sabha elections together and on the same

Kolkata: A youth was beaten up by a mob in Phoolbagan area of North Kolkata suspecting him as a child-lifter, police said on Saturday. A police officer was also heckled when he tried to rescue the youth late on Friday evening. After being informed, personnel from Phoolbagan police station reached

New Delhi: Several airports including Srinagar, Jammu, Leh, Amritsar, Pathankot, Gaggal, Dehradun, Shimla, Bhuntar and Chandigarh have been closed for civilian operation, as the airports` facilities are currently being used by the Indian Air Force (IAF). Mumbai airport has cancelled flights to al

Jammu: The Indian Army destroyed five Pakistani posts along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday night in a befitting retaliation to firing from across the border, resulting in a "number of casualties" to Pak troops, a defence official said. "The Indian Army retaliated for effect a

Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said all regional political parties in Jammu and Kashmir should sit together and chalk out a strategy to save Article 35A of the Constitution. People of all ideologies, including separatists, should resist the “onslaught” on the constitu

New Delhi: Hours after Indian Air force jets carried out massive strikes on terror camps deep inside Pakistan, a Pakistani drone was shot down by India near the international border in Kutch, Gujarat. India’s alert air defence spotted the drone near the Naliya Air Base and shot it down. Naliya is

New Delhi : Hundreds of Fidayeen and their trainers were shifted from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir to a five-star, resort style camp in a hilltop forest in Balakot after the Pulwama attack, providing Indian forces with "a sitting duck target" when they carried out an air strike early Tuesday, killing u

A Delhi on Monday granted bail to journalist Priya Ramani on a personal bail bond of Rs 10,000 in a defamation filed by former Union minister M J Akbar whom she accused of sexual misconduct around 20 years ago, ANI reported. She appeared in the Patiala House court on Monday after Additional Chief

Two Pakistanis and a local man were among the three Jaish-e-Mohammed militants killed in a gun battle with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam on Sunday, police said on Monday. A deputy superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir police and an Indian Army soldier were also killed in the encount

Itanagar:  The situation in Arunachal Pradesh remained tense on Sunday as a mob, protesting against the government's proposal to grant permanent resident certificate (PRC)s to six communities, set ablaze the private residence of deputy chief minister Chowna Mein. The agitation that broke out on F

Bhopal: The six-year-old twin brothers who were kidnapped from Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh on February 12, have been found dead in a river in Uttar Pradesh’s Yamuna. Sporadic protests erupted in Chitrakoot town of Satna soon after the news of their death reached the place, prompting police to step

Tindivanam (Tamil Nadu): All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) MP S Rajendran, died in a car accident on Saturday morning near Tindivanam, Tamil Nadu. The accident took place when Rajendran, 62, who represented Villupuram parliamentary constituency, was on his way to Tindivanam and hi