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Shades of revenge from Pearl Harbour, Balakot to Gaza Strip

This article is authored by Lt Gen Bhopinder Singh (retd), former lieutenant general, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Puducherry.

Israel-Hamas War: Damaged buildings in the northern Gaza Strip.(AFP)
Published on Nov 10, 2023 03:29 PM IST
ByHindustan Times

Balakot airstrike's fourth anniversary. How IAF carried out 'Operation Bandar'

Balakot airstrike, “Operation Bandar” as it was code-named, was in retaliation for the Pulwama terrorist attack in India, which killed 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldiers on February 14, 2019.

Balakot airstrike, carried out by the Indian Air Force (IAF), marks its fourth anniversary on Sunday.(File photo)
Published on Feb 26, 2023 02:28 PM IST

IAF Mirage-2000 jet crash in Madhya Pradesh: 5 things to know about aircraft

Two fighter aircraft of IAF were involved in an accident when they were on routine operational flying training mission.

Mirage 2000, manufactured by France’s Dassault Aviation, is one of the Indian Air Force (IAF)’s most versatile fighter jets.(PTI)
Published on Jan 28, 2023 03:52 PM IST

Gen Naravane's message to enemy: ‘If anyone tries to harm India…’

'The fact is that we have said that if you do something to us we will do something to you and that will be proportionate even more than what you have done to us", former Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane.

General Manoj Mukund Naravane. (File photo)
Published on Dec 14, 2022 10:42 PM IST
ANI |

Abhinandan Varthaman: Know the IAF officer, now a Vir Chakra awardee

Abhinandan Varthaman, now a group captain, had shot down a Pakistani F-16 during an aerial dogfight over the Line of Control (LoC) in February, 2019. The 38-year-old, hails from Tamil Nadu's Tiruvannamalai district.

Abhinandan Varthaman with former IAF chief BS Dhanoa.(Photo courtesy IAF)
Published on Nov 22, 2021 12:07 PM IST
By, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

News updates from HT: PM Modi to address 'Mann Ki Baat' tomorrow

Here are today’s top news, analysis and opinion. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi(PTI)
Published on Feb 27, 2021 08:48 PM IST

Squadron that carried out Balakot operation makes long-range practice strike

In another event to commemorate the event, Indian Air Force (IAF) chief RKS Bhadauria on Saturday flew in a Mirage 2000, part of a multi-aircraft sortie, with the same squadron pilots.

Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria flew a Mirage 2000, the aircraft that was used for bombing Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) targets in Pakistan’s Balakot on February 26, 2019. (ANI PHOTO).
Updated on Feb 27, 2021 08:36 PM IST
Edited by Prashasti Singh, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

IAF adds muscle to firepower in 2 yrs since Balakot

Indian Air Force's (IAF’s) Mirage-2000s struck targets in Balakot in response to the Pakistan-backed Pulwama suicide attack in Kashmir in which 40 CRPF troopers were killed on February 14.

Referring to some of the new acquisitions, experts said IAF’s fighter, helicopter and transport fleets played a crucial during the Ladakh standoff that began last May.(PTI file photo)
Updated on Feb 27, 2021 01:06 AM IST
By, New Delhi

‘Bandar mara gaya’: 15 min after missiles struck Balakot, a phone call in Delhi

Ahead of the Balakot air strike, a posse of Indian fighters was scrambled in the Rajasthan sector to get the Pakistan Air Force to move all its assets to intercept the Indians over the skies of Bahawalpur. The IAF’s Mirage 2000 fighters released their Spice 2000 penetrator bombs, each packed with 90 kg explosives, soon after.

The message meant that the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist training camp at Balakot in hinterland Pakistan had been taken down by Indian fighter jets in a daring pre-dawn operation across the border.(File photo)
Updated on Feb 26, 2021 10:27 AM IST
By, New Delhi, Hindustan Times

Pulwama terror attack: People on social media pay homage to CRPF soldiers

The attack on the CRPF convoy took place in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on February 14, 2019. A 22-year-old suicide bomber Adil Ahmad Dar rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the bus.

In this file picture from February 14, 2019, security personnel are seen carrying out the rescue and relief works at the site of suicide bomb attack at Lathepora, Awantipora in Pulwama district of south Kashmir.(PTI Photo/File)
Updated on Feb 14, 2021 07:12 AM IST
ANI | , New Delhi

Rahul Gandhi accuses PM Modi of 'leaking information' about Balakot air strike

The Congress leader said the availability of confidential information of a social media site WhatsApp equates to the 'breach' of the Official Secrets Act.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi waves as he interacts with the farmers at a convention at Vangal Marigoundan Palayam, in Karur on Monday. (ANI Photo)
Published on Jan 25, 2021 07:54 PM IST
ANI | , Karur

News updates from Hindustan Times at 9AM: Shortage of tags, confusion may hit govt’s FASTag plan and all the latest news at this hour

Here are today’s top news, analysis and opinion curated for you at 9 am. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times.

Faridabad toll plaza with FASTag lanes demarcated at Badarpur border, December 13, 2019.(Vipin Kumar /HT PHOTO)
Published on Dec 15, 2019 08:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent
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