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BJP govt under Narendra Modi not 'shy like UPA' to take on Pakistan, has given it 'bold response', says Hardeep Puri
• 6 years agoThe Congress was "shy to take on Pakistan" but the BJP-led Modi government reversed the trend and gave the neighbour a bold response for the Pulwama terror strike, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said
Abhinandan returns: Keyboard warriors flood Twitter with dubious messages of babies named after IAF pilot
Fp Staff • 6 years agoMany parents, according to Twitter, have named their babies after wing commander Abhinandan Varthaman, and chose to make the announcement in similar ways.
IAF pilot's return: Pakistani op-eds hail Imran Khan's restraint, Indian news channels quick to term it 'diplomatic victory'
Fp Staff • 6 years agoPakistan prime minister Imran Khan's announcement that the captured pilot would be returned elicited jubilation on both sides. In Pakistan, thinkers claimed a diplomatic victory and lauded Imran for his meditated responses in the scenario. India too hailed this as its own victory
Six IAF personnel killed in Budgam chopper crash: Amid rising India-Pakistan tensions, kin demand 'permanent' solution
Abhayawasthi_manojkumar • 6 years agoEven as India and Pakistan fighter jets engaged in mid-air confrontation on Wednesday, further escalating tensions between the two neighbouring countries, six Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel died in an unrelated MI-17 chopper crash in Budgam
Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman to be released tomorrow, says Imran Khan; pilot was captured on Wednesday
Fp Staff • 6 years agoThe Indian Air Force pilot was confirmed by the Ministry of External Affairs as having been locked in aerial engagement with an aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force (believed to be an F-16 that was felled by India) that violated Indian airspace over Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district.
Wing Commander Abhinandan's poise in Pakistan captivity is commendable; a true officer and a gentleman
Bikram Vohra • 6 years agoIndia stands by Wing Commander Abhinandan, because, in him, the IAF pilots who went and destroyed JeM camps in their Mirages now have a face India can identify with
Pakistan violates ceasefire in Mendhar and Krishan Ghati of Jammu and Kashmir, India retaliates
• 6 years agoAt about 7 pm, Pakistan indulged in unprovoked ceasefire violation by shelling with mortars and firing of small arms along Mendhar and Krishan Ghati sectors, officials said.
Narendra Modi remains true to word; IAF strikes on JeM camps in Pakistan show sea change in govt policy from UPA era
Sanjay • 6 years agoThe IAF strikes at JeM camps in Pakistan show a change in the line of thinking (act and react strongly) under the Narendra Modi government as compared to the UPA era when the govt was undecided on striking at Pakistan even after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks
IAF 'decimates' Jaish-e-Mohammed's biggest training camp in Pakistan; Indians take to streets to celebrate
Fp Staff • 6 years agoPeople across India hailed the pre-emptive strikes by the IAF across the LoC, decimating JeM's biggest training camp and eliminating over 300 militants
Pakistan fighter jets drop bombs in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri sector; no casualties reported
• 6 years agoPakistan jets reportedly violated Indian air space in Rajouri sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday and dropped bombs on their way out