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New Delhi: In a significant development, the Border Security Force (BSF) has destroyed a terror launchpad in Looni, District Sialkot, opposite Akhnoor area, Saturday morning, which was being used to launch tube-drones for hitting intended targets in various cities, top defence sources said. "On 9...

New Delhi: India stated Saturday that it has responded in a "measured manner" to the ongoing provocations and escalations by Pakistan. Addressing the press conference on 'Operation Sindoor', Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, along with Indian Army Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Indian Air Force Wing Commander...

New Delhi: The Indian government Friday dismissed as false a viral claim circulating on pro-Pakistan social media accounts that a female Indian Air Force pilot had been captured by Pakistani forces. The rumour alleged that Squadron Leader Shivani Singh had been taken into custody after...

New Delhi: Indian military Saturday destroyed Pakistani drones flying over Khasa Cantonment in Amritsar and warned Islamabad against violating India's sovereignty. "Pakistan's blatant escalation with drone strikes and other munitions continues along our western borders," the Indian Army said in a statement. "In one such...

New Delhi/Jammu: The Border Security Force Saturday said it has "completely destroyed" a terrorist launchpad opposite Akhnoor in Jammu in response to unprovoked firing from the other side along the International Border. The base was located at Looni in Pakistan's Sialkot district, a BSF spokesperson...

New Delhi: Pakistan's claim that its hypersonic missiles fired from JF-17 fighter jets destroyed India's S-400 air defence system in Adampur is "false", an Indian military official said Saturday. Pakistan's state-run PTV earlier reported that Pakistan Air Force's hypersonic missiles destroyed the S-400 system in...

Jaipur: A loud explosion was heard in the Gida area of Balotara late Friday night as a missile-like object fell from the sky near Dewasi ki Dhani of Jagram ki Dhani Panchayat. Villagers rushed to the site and discovered a heavy, metallic object resembling a...

Jammu: A senior government official was among five persons killed while several others were injured in heavy Pakistani shelling in Rajouri, Poonch and Jammu districts early Saturday, officials said. Raj Kumar Thapa, Additional District Development Commissioner, Rajouri, and his two staff members were seriously injured...

New Delhi: The Group of Seven (G7) nations Saturday urged India and Pakistan to exercise maximum restraint and called for immediate de-escalation of their military conflict through dialogue. The call by the powerful grouping came amid the continuing escalation of the military confrontation between the...

New Delhi: Thirty-two airports across northern and western parts of the country, including Srinagar and Amritsar, have been closed for civilian flight operations till May 15, according to the civil aviation regulator. The decision, announced early Saturday, comes in view of the military conflict between...