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Srinagar, Feb 27: An Indian Air Force plane crashed in the disputed area of Kashmir on Wednesday, killing two pilots and a civilian, a police official said, amid heightened tensions with neighbouring Pakistan. Further details about the incident were not immediately available. India on Tuesday said it had launched an air strike inside Pakistan and that its warplanes killed "a very large number" of

New Delhi, Feb 27: Yousuf Azhar, brother-in-law of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azharand the target of the Indian air strikes on Tuesday, was involved in the 1999 hijack of Indian Airlines plane IC-814 and was on Interpol lookout notice since 2000. Azhar alias Ustad Gauri was heading the terror camp in Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which was targeted and destroyed by the Indian Air Force early

New Delhi, Feb 26: Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday lauded the Indian Air Force (IAF) for carrying out multiple air strikes on Jaish-e-Mohammed's (JeM) advanced training camp in Balakot in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. "Our soldiers are strong and will never think twice before attacking the neighbouring country. I congratulate them from my party's side,"

New Delhi, Feb 26: 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 on Tuesday, killing up to 350 terrorists, sources said. They said at least 325 terrorists and 25 to 27 trainers

Amaravati, Feb 26: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi washed the feet of sanitation workers in Prayagraj to seek votes, as the Lok Sabha elections are inching closer. The Telugu Desam Party or TDP chief claimed, "Narendra Modi is washing their (sanitation workers) feet before the elections. These sanitation workers have been providing

Bhuj, Feb 26: A Pakistani unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was on Tuesday shot down near the International Border in Kutch district of Gujarat, police sources said. Debris of the UAV was seen near Nanghatad village in Abdasa taluka of Kutch, they said. On hearing a loud sound around 6 am, villagers went to the spot and found the debris of the UAV, the sources said. Asked if a Pakistani UAV had been

Kolkata, Feb 26: Despite knowing that a militant attack was about to take place, Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not try to prevent it in Pulwama, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday. Addressing a meeting of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) here, Ms. Banerjee asked why the Prime Minister did not play a proactive role to stop it. “A game of war” “You [Mr. Modi] knew that the

Islamabad, Feb 26: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Monday that India's "dream" of isolating Pakistan will never be fulfilled, amidst simmering tensions between the two countries following the Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF soldiers. Forty Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed on February 14 in Jammu and Kashmir when a suicide bomber of Pakistan

New Delhi, Feb 26: Indian air force jets carried out air strikes on militant camps inside Pakistan on Tuesday, a government minister said, the first Indian comment on the raids. "Air Force carried out aerial strike early morning today at terror camps across the LoC (Line of Control) and Completely destroyed it," minister of state for agriculture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Twitter. ये मोदी का

Islamabad, Feb 26: Pakistan on Tuesday claimed that the Indian Air Force jets crossed the Line of Control (LoC), following which the former "scrambled" immediately. The claim comes in the wake of tense relations between the two countries in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack, claimed by Pakistan-based outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed. Indian Air Force violated Line of Control. Pakistan Air Force