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Ultimate sacrifice: Asim Munir on death of Pak major tied to Abhinandan capture

Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir attended the funeral prayer of Major Syed Moiz Abbas Shah. (File photo)
Updated on Jun 27, 2025 07:49 am IST

Keeping India-US ties out of the Pakistan trap

The US is now seeking to reorganise itself internally and reframe the terms of its responsibility and engagement abroad (AFP)
Published on May 21, 2025 07:43 am IST

Outcome of India-Pakistan conflict: Much to be pleased about, much to learn

Nothing is out of bounds now, not even the Indus Waters Treaty, which we once treated as sacrosanct. Any terror attack that has a Pakistani component will be treated as an act of war.
Updated on May 12, 2025 02:16 pm IST

Uri to Sindoor: A look at India's three deadly strikes responding to terror

Uri, Balakot, Operation Sindoor: Each of India's strikes against Pakistan
Published on May 07, 2025 05:56 pm IST

Evening brief: IAF chief on Balakot operation, and more

Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari (ANI photo)
Published on Mar 27, 2024 06:29 pm IST

PM Modi’s counter-terror doctrine works against Pakistani jihadists

Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Updated on Nov 08, 2023 12:17 pm IST

News updates from Hindustan Times at 1 pm: Escalation doesn’t always lead to war, says Army chief on Balakot strikes and all the latest news at this hour

Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane during the foundation stone laying ceremony of the ‘Thal Sena Bhawan’ in New Delhi, on February 21. (PTI Photo)
Updated on Mar 04, 2020 01:02 pm IST

The Balakot strike was a turning point for India| Opinion

The Balakot attack, like India’s 2016 ground-launched surgical strike, targeted the enemy’s non-uniformed soldiers — terrorist proxies
Updated on Feb 25, 2020 10:12 pm IST

‘Balakot was message to Pakistan that terror attacks come at a cost’: Ex-IAF chief BS Dhanoa

Pointing towards the poor fiscal health of Pakistan, Dhanoa said that in February, the neighbouring country was reeling under severe financial crisis.
Updated on Dec 15, 2019 11:15 pm IST

Wish India possessed Rafale jets during Balakot strike:Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said had India possessed Rafale fighter jets earlier the IAF would not have needed to enter Balakot in Pakistan to hit the terror camps.
Updated on Oct 15, 2019 06:19 am IST

PM Modi’s ‘cloud benefit’ remark on Balakot strike sparks political row

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comment in a TV channel interview on Balakot air strikes triggered a political row on Sunday.
Updated on May 12, 2019 06:00 pm IST

PM speech asking voters to dedicate ballot to Balakot not violation: EC

In his Latur speech , Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked voters to support BJP to honour soldiers who carried out airstrikes in Pakistan’s Balakot.
Updated on May 02, 2019 01:00 am IST

‘Up to Pakistan to prove that they weren’t hit or people were killed’: Nirmala Sitharaman on Balakot strike

Sitharaman said that Islamabad was making a mockery of itself by taking defence attaches and selected journalists to a Madarsa which was not even touched by the Indian Air Force on February 26, instead of the terror training centre which was attacked.
Published on Apr 17, 2019 12:08 pm IST

‘Why shouldn’t PM Modi get credit for Balakot strike,’ asks Rajnath Singh

Rajnath Singh hit out at the Congress for not carrying out similar retaliatory action after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack in 2008.
Published on Mar 30, 2019 07:20 pm IST

‘People will not forgive Oppn’: PM after Sam Pitroda raises questions on Balakot strike

Sam Pitroda questioned the policy to launch air strike across the Line of Control.
Updated on Apr 24, 2020 11:10 pm IST

Are you with India, Nirmala Sitharaman hits out at Mamata Banerjee for questioning Balakot strike

Nirmala Sitharaman was speaking on ‘Ensuring India’s National Security, and perspectives on West Bengal and NorthEast’.
Updated on Mar 17, 2019 10:48 pm IST

‘Balakot strike was done for sole purpose of winning Lok Sabha elections’: Farooq Abdullah

National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah
Updated on Mar 11, 2019 06:55 pm IST

‘Were trees using 300 mobiles?’: Rajnath to Congress on Balakot strike

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh during an event in Dhubri, Assam.
Updated on Mar 05, 2019 10:04 pm IST

All options available with govt if another terror attack happens: Sources

IAFs Mirage-2000s carried out an air strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist camp in Pakistan’s Balakot on February 26.
Updated on Apr 20, 2020 05:45 pm IST

Opposition chorus grows for proof of air strike in Pakistan

French-origin Mirage 2000s carried out an air strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist camp in Pakistan’s Balakot on February 26.
Updated on Mar 05, 2019 08:47 am IST

Masood Azhar dead? Speculation rife about Jaish chief’s whereabouts

Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi also accepted on television that Masood Azhar (pictured) was in Pakistan and that he was not well.
Updated on Mar 03, 2019 08:13 pm IST