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Local residents gather as smoke billows from the wreckage of the IAF copter that crashed in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

6 IAF men, civilian killed in Mi-17 copter crash in J&K

The officials said that the helicopter got airborne from the Srinagar airfield at 10 am for a routine mission.

28 Feb 2019 2:27 AM IST

Pak army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor

India claims to shoot down F-16, Pak says no

He said that Pakistan had not used F-16 in the entire operation and no Pakistani fighter jet had been hit.

28 Feb 2019 2:27 AM IST

With the falling score, the government had reportedly said it would soon empower the DGCA to regulate air traffic controllers.

9 airports briefly closed, flight services in disarray

DGCA later declared that operations at these nine airports have resumed as of now .

28 Feb 2019 2:27 AM IST

MiGs are expected to be phased out completely in about 10 years time. (Photo: PTI)

3 Pak jets enter J&K, IAF planes scramble to engage'

Even if Wg Cdr Varthaman's MiG was hit near the LoC, due to high speed he could only eject in PoK.

28 Feb 2019 2:26 AM IST

The United States had earlier asked both India and Pakistan to exercise restraint and avoid escalation. (Representational image)

India's 2 options: To wait, or hit more targets in Pakistan

Global pressure on both India and Pakistan to de-escalate and restrain themselves from further military action is also...

28 Feb 2019 2:26 AM IST

File photo of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman (2nd from left).

IAF pilot in Pak hands after dogfight, Imran offers talks to defuse...

This was the first duel between the IAF and PAF since the 1971 war.

28 Feb 2019 2:25 AM IST

Emergency landing by Naveen copter

Bad weather is stated to be the reason behind the diversion.

28 Feb 2019 2:21 AM IST

In what would have been a case study in the private sector, the IAF made a conscious decision to take the technology, but not the procedures and tactics.

Fighter that transformed' the IAF 56 years ago

The MiG-21 was a transformational acquisition for the IAF, and in some ways even for India.

28 Feb 2019 2:14 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made an indirect reference to the air strikes carried out by the Indian Air Force. (File Photo)

India-Pakistan tension: PM Narendra Modi meets three Service Chiefs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Army Chief General Bipin Rawat, Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba, Air Force Chief BS...

27 Feb 2019 8:41 PM IST

Indian Oil Corp Ltd reported a nearly 18 per cent rise in second-quarter profit.

'Very strong plan' to ensure defence fuel supplies; 500 trucks move to...

Oil companies, officials said, carry out winter stocking in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of the onset of winter every year.

27 Feb 2019 7:59 PM IST

No violent incidents against Kashmiri students reported from States,...

The AG told a Bench of Ranjan Gogoi that the SC's intervention to protect Kashmiris from mob violence had been an...

27 Feb 2019 6:39 PM IST

DMK president M.K. Stalin from left, Andhra CM N. Chandrababu Naidu, Congress president Rahul Gandhi, LJD leader Sharad Yadav, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and others address the media in New Delhi on Monday after a meeting of Opposition parties. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Anguished over 'blatant politicisation' of sacrifices of armed forces:...

'Urge the government to take the nation into confidence on all measures to protect India's integrity,' the Opposition...

27 Feb 2019 6:27 PM IST