Scores of people assemble in Attari to welcome IAF pilot

Attari (Punjab) (IANS) Scores of people assembled at the Attari Joint Check Post (JCP) here on Friday to receive Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Abhinandan Varthaman who is likely to be released by Pakistani authorities later in the day.

Masood Azhar is in Pakistan, Qureshi admits

Islamabad (IANS) Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has admitted that Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar is in Pakistan and is "very unwell", adding that Islamabad is open to "any step" that will lead…

Every Indian proud of Wing Commander Abhinandan: Modi

Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu) (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared on Friday that every Indian was "proud that the brave Wing Commander Abhinandan" Varthaman who was taken captive by Pakistan hails from Tamil Nadu.

5 security men, one civilian killed in Kupwara operation against militants

Srinagar (IANS) Five security men were killed and four others injured in an ongoing gunfight on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara border district, defence sources said. One civilian also died during the operation.

The sources earlier…

IAF pilot Abhinandan Varthaman returns to India

Attari (Punjab) (IANS) IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, captured by Pakistanis two days ago after his MiG-21 crashed in Pakistani territory, returned to India on Friday night. Dressed in a blue coat, grey trousers and white shirt, he…

CCS to meet Thursday later

New Delhi (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely on Thursday evening to take stock of the situation as tension escalated between India and Pakistan.

An Union Cabinet meeting…

Indian pilot to be freed tomorrow as 'peace gesture', says Imran

Islamabad (IANS) The captured Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot will be freed on Friday "as a peace gesture", Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Thursday.

Addressing a joint session of the National Assembly, Khan…

Tourists make merry in Shimla snow

Shimla (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh capital on Wednesday witnessed snowfall that snapped internal road links but brought joy to tourists, who were seen making merry hurling snowballs at one another.

"Shimla and its nearby areas…

Indian fighter jet crashes in J&K

Srinagar (IANS) An Indian fighter jet crashed in Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district, 7 km from the Srinagar International Airport, police said, adding casualties were feared.
 

Bihar man WhatsApps bomb threat in Modi rally, arrested

Patna (IANS) A man here has been arrested after he posted a WhatsApp message threatening a blast at the Sankalp Rally venue of Prime Minister Narendar Modi on March 3, police said on Wednesday.

Udayan Rai, a self-proclaimed…