IAF pushes back Pakistani jets, downs PAF F-16

New Delhi/Islamabad (IANS) India-Pakistan tensions persisted on Wednesday as the IAF chased away intruding Pakistani fighter jets in Jammu and Kashmir's Nowshera sector with India shooting down a Pakistani F-16 which fell on the Pakistani side.

2 IAF pilots captured, claims Pakistan, India is yet to confirm

New Delhi/Islamabad (IANS) Pakistan claimed on Wednesday that it has captured two Indian pilots, one of whom was identified as Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman. The identity of the other is not known.

Though India is yet to confirm…

New energy source discovered off Andhra coast

Bengaluru (IANS) Researchers have discovered "methane hydrates" -- a potential fuel of the future -- just two meters below the sea floor in the Krishna-Godavari (K-G) basin off the coast of Andhra Pradesh in the Bay of Bengal.

PAF F-16 shot down by India

New Delhi (IANS) India on Wednesday shot down a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) F-16 that had come close to the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector of Jammu and Kashmir.

The aircraft fell 3 kilometres inside Pakistani-administered Kashmir. As…

Rajnath holds high-level meeting on security

New Delhi (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting here to discuss internal security, a day after the Indian Air Force (IAF) bombed the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror outfit's biggest training camp…

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…

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.
 

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…

RBI removes Allahabad Bank, Corporation Bank, Dhanlaxmi Bank from PCA

New Delhi (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has taken off Allahabad Bank, Corporation Bank and Dhanlaxmi Bank from the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework allowing them to resume their normal lending activities.

The…

Jharkhand CM and others hail air strike

Ranchi (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das and others have hailed the strikes by the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday targeting terrorist bases inside Pakistan in retaliation for the February 14 Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF troopers…