Page 12 - India-pakistan Conflict

Happy that Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman is returning home: IAF

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan announced in Parliament on Thursday that Varthaman would be released on Friday as a 'peace gesture'

Pak willing to consider returning IAF pilot if it leads to 'de-escalation'

His statement came a day after Pakistan detained the IAF pilot following a fierce engagement between air forces of the two sides along the Line of Control

Pakistan makes 'urgent' phone call to China over tensions with India

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi's phone call came as tensions between India and Pakistan rose Wednesday after Pakistan claimed it shot down Indian fighter jets over Pakistani air space

India-Pakistan tensions to end soon, US has 'reasonably decent' news: Trump

Tensions have escalated between India and Pakistan in the wake of the Pulwama attack by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)

Pak's claim of not targeting Indian military installations false: Def Min

India said it shot down an F-16 warplane of Pakistan while it lost a MiG 21 during the fierce engagement between the air forces of the two countries along the Line of Control

India-Pak must settle differences via negotiations, not war: US lawmakers

Some prominent American think-tanks have also warned that Pakistan should dismantle terrorist groups in the country to de-escalate tensions or else it can spark an 'unforeseen war'

Thousands of travellers stranded in Thailand after Pakistan closes airspace

The disruption follows a snowballing crisis between nuclear-armed neighbours Pakistan and India

Indo-Pak tussle: UN chief tracking escalating tensions with 'deep concern'

India carried out air strikes against the biggest training camp of JeM in Balakot

Rising India-Pak tensions not good news for already reeling rupee, bonds

Nervousness ratcheted up Wednesday after Pakistani fighter jets struck at targets inside Indian-controlled Kashmir, prompting both nations to close down large swathes of airspace

Indo-Pak conflict: Pakistan suspends Samjhauta Express service indefinitely

It embarked on its journey from Karachi but the passengers are stuck at Lahore railway station

India-Pakistan tensions: Getting arrested IAF pilot back may not be easy

P D T Acharya, a constitutional expert and a former secretary-general of the Lok Sabha, said it was unlikely the pilot would be repatriated soon

Abide by UNSC commitments, deny safe haven to terrorists: US tells Pakistan

The Ministry of External Affairs handed over the dossier Pakistan's Acting High Commissioner on Wednesday

India-Pak tensions: Vistara waives cancellation fee for Leh, 3 other cities

IndiGo tweeted that it would take zero-cancellation fee for all Indian soldiers who are on leave and have been asked to resume their duties

Playing with fire in Kashmir

The crisis in Kashmir is political and must be resolved politically

Air Canada temporarily suspends flights to India as Pak closes its airspace

Pakistan Wednesday closed its airspace for commercial flights and suspended flight operations across major airports

Pak military officials apprise lawmakers about growing tensions with India

Tensions between India and Pakistan rose following the February 14 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district in which 40 CRPF soldiers were killed

Income Tax dept raids 'terror funding avenue'; searches in Kashmir, Delhi

The operation was conducted in four places in the Kashmir Valley and three places in the national capital

India, Russia, China agree to step up coordination on anti-terror front

India on Tuesday bombed and destroyed JeM's biggest training camp in Balakot, about 80-km from the Line of Control

Cross border trade continues amid escalating India-Pakistan conflict

The cross-LoC trade between J&K and PoK continued Wednesday amid the escalating Indo-Pak tension with 50 goods-laden trucks crossing the Line of Control a day after the IAF jet fighters bombed a JeM terror facility at Balakot in Pakistan, said officials. The cross-LoC trade via Chakan-da-Bagh Wednesday saw 50 goods laden trucks crossing the LoC, custodian Fareed Kohli of the LoC trade centre at Poonch told PTI. He said while 34 Indian goods trucks went to PoK, 16 trucks arrived here from the other side. The cross-LoC trade takes place between the two sides four days a week from Tuesday to Friday. A similar number of goods trucks, 35 Indian and 15 of PoK, had crossed the LoC Tuesday when the weekly trade resumed. A Pakistan Air Force F-16 fighter jet was shot down by Indian air defence forces in Rajouri sector of Jammu region on Wednesday morning after it violated the Indian air space and dropped bombs at a few places near the LoC. The PAF fighter jet breached Indian air space ...

Pakistan airspace a no-go, airlines in spot over cost of diverting flights

For Air India and Jet Airways, an airspace closure over Pakistan would mean their flights to the US and Europe will have to take a longer route