Former Air Chief BS Dhanoa said that there was no Pakistani aircraft within 150 km of IAF’s strike package that bombed the terror camp in Pakistan’s Balakot on February 26 last year.
The strategic relevance of the Balakot strike reflected the resolve of the political leadership to punish the perpetrators of terrorism and this has been a major shift in the government’s way of handling terrorist attacks, Indian Air Force chief RKS Bhadauria said on Tuesday.
Months after the terror camp in Pakistan’s Balakot was bombed by Indian Air Force, Pakistan very recently “reactivated” it, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said on Monday.
Wg Cdr Abhinandan Varthaman who shot down a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet during the February 27 aerial conflict with Pakistan, has been awarded the third-highest wartime gallantry award, Vir Chakra.
Pakistan has renewed its offer to hold dialogue with India to resolve contentious issues, including the Jammu and Kashmir dispute and terrorism, to restore peace in the region and address the problems confronting the people of the two countries.
BJP chief Amit Shah on Saturday said that Congress party’s attempts to distance itself from Sam Pitroda remarks on anti-terror aerial strike at Balakot camps is not convincing at all and Rahul Gandhi must tender an apology to the country.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday lashed out at Congress’ Sam Pitroda for questioning the outcome of air strike conducted by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in Pakistan’s Balakot.
Hitting out at Congress leader Kapil Sibal for his remarks on the February 26 IAF strike, Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Monday asked him to go to Balakot in Pakistan to check after the latter cited foreign media reports on “no losses” in the operation.
The casualty figure in the air strike on the Balakot camp will be given out by the government, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said on Monday while asserting that the Indian Air Force does not count the number of dead.
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