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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

Indian officials skip Pakistan National Day reception in New Delhi: Reports

Pakistan High Commission hosted National Day reception in New Delhi.
Published on Mar 29, 2024 07:47 am IST

Balakot ops showed offensive power can be used under nuclear overhang: IAF chief

IAF’s Mirage fighter jets hit three targets in Balakot. (ANI photo)
Published on Mar 27, 2024 05:07 pm IST

Shades of revenge from Pearl Harbour, Balakot to Gaza Strip

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Israel-Hamas War: Damaged buildings in the northern Gaza Strip.
Published on May 11, 2024 12:48 pm IST

‘Integral part’: India skewers Pak for objections to G20 meets in J&K, Ladakh

India is hosting some 200 meetings at locations across the country as part of its G20 presidency. (HT file image)
Updated on Apr 13, 2023 08:45 pm IST

Ukraine sanctions on Russia virtually ground Pak’s JF-17 fighter programme

Sino-Pak JF-17 fighter is facing severe engine serviceability issues with Russian original equipment manufacturer under Western Sanctions.
Updated on Aug 23, 2022 01:27 pm IST

Armed Forces Tribunal stays action in matter related to Mi-17 friendly fire incident till Sept 30

The helicopter was shot down the day Pakistan launched its jets to target Indian installations in Jammu and Kashmir in response to an Indian airstrike on a terror camp in Balakot.
Updated on Sept 14, 2020 10:55 pm IST

To China, a military and diplomatic message

India cannot let down its guard. China rarely lives up to its promises
Published on Sept 06, 2020 07:05 pm IST

ISI pushed Jaish for intel on IAF bases after Balakot

The terrorists involved in the Pulwama attack, Umar Farooq, Sameer Ahmad Dar and Adil Ahmad Dar
Updated on Aug 26, 2020 08:40 am IST

Rafale is a reminder | HT Editorial

The importance attached to the Rafales and attempts to fast-track the subsequent batches is a reminder of the slowness of India’s procurement system and the question marks over its indigenisation drive
Updated on Jul 29, 2020 06:17 am IST

JeM operative held in Pulwama attack case

NIA last week arrested Mohammad Iqbal Rather for allegedly facilitating Muhammad Umar Farooq’s movement. Farooq, a key conspirator in the Pulwama case, infiltrated into Jammu & Kashmir in April 2018 and was killed in an encounter on March 29, 2019.
Updated on Jul 08, 2020 12:59 am IST

Amid border dispute with China, defence forces get powers to buy critical weapons, ammunition

Similar financial powers were given to the armed forces after the Uri attack and the Balakot aerial strikes against Pakistan.
Published on Jun 21, 2020 06:41 pm IST

Local explosives used to trigger Pulwama attack

Security forces at the site of the Pulwama terror attack on February 14, 2019, in Srinagar.
Updated on May 26, 2020 09:31 am IST

Pak Army publication focuses on Kashmir; Bajwa writes on Art 370, Balakot

Pakistan's Army Chief of Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, walks as he arrives to attend the Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad, Pakistan March 23, 2019.
Updated on Apr 27, 2020 04:47 pm IST

Tejas Mark II to have ability to conduct Balakot-like operations

Tejas Mark II fighter jet
Updated on Mar 19, 2020 10:03 am IST

‘Escalation may not always lead to war,’ says Army chief Naravane

Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane
Updated on Mar 05, 2020 04:28 am IST

‘Escalation doesn’t always lead to war’: Army chief on Balakot strikes

Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane during the foundation stone laying ceremony of the 'Thal Sena Bhawan' in New Delhi, on February 21.
Updated on Mar 04, 2020 11:31 am IST

Pulwama strike was pushed back a week, JeM man tells NIA

CRPF personnel pay tribute at a memorial to the 40 CRPF jawans, who were killed in the Pulwama terror attack in February last year, at Letapora of Pulwama District of South Kashmir.
Updated on Mar 04, 2020 07:28 am IST

India now at par with US, Israel after surgical strike and Balakot ops: Amit Shah

Shah landed in Kolkata around 11 am and went straight to Rajarhat. Shah also inaugurated a series of NSG facilities at Manesar, Hyderabad, Chennai and Mumbai.
Updated on Mar 01, 2020 04:02 pm IST

IAF chief to visit MiG base in Jammu and Kashmir to mark 1 year of Balakot strike

Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria addressing a programme organised to mark Armed Forces Veterans’ Day in New Delhi.
Updated on Feb 26, 2020 05:45 am 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

Intel points to enhanced activity in Balakot, expansion of JeM camp

Picture of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) facility destroyed by Indian Ar Force strikes in Balakot, Pakistan on February 26, 2019.
Updated on Feb 15, 2020 01:43 am IST

Balakot highlighted lowering of India’s threshold on terror

Picture of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) facility destroyed by Indian Ar Force strikes in Balakot, Pakistan on February 26, 2019.
Updated on Feb 14, 2020 05:08 am IST

How IAF chose targets, planned Balakot mission and executed the pre-dawn raid

Picture of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) facility destroyed by Indian Ar Force strikes in Balakot, Pakistan on February 26, 2019.
Updated on Feb 14, 2020 09:06 am IST

After Pulwama, India effected a doctrinal shift

The site of the Pulwama attack, February 14, 2019. Prior to the surgical strikes, India followed a policy of hardening defences to prevent terrorist attacks and diplomatic responses whenever they did take place and led to large loss of life
Published on Feb 13, 2020 07:37 pm IST

‘Proof of Balakot success conclusive,’ says former IAF chief BS Dhanoa

Air Chief Marshal (retd) Dhanoa
Updated on Feb 11, 2020 10:21 am IST

Pakistan’s version on F-16 a facade, says former IAF chief BS Dhanoa

Former chief of the Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal (retd) BS Dhanoa
Updated on Feb 11, 2020 03:11 pm IST

News updates from Hindustan Times at 9 am: Coronavirus toll rises to 636, over 30,000 infected and all the latest news

Li was reprimanded by local police for “spreading rumors” about the illness in late December, according to news reports.
Updated on Feb 07, 2020 08:47 am IST

27 terrorists now being trained at Balakot for attack on India, says Intel

The camp, targeted by the IAF as a reprisal for the suicide bombing in Pulwama by a Jaish terrorist, and also to prevent further attacks against India, is currently headed by Yusuf Azhar, kin of Maulana Masood Azhar
Updated on Feb 07, 2020 08:20 am IST