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IAF shoots down Pakistani F-16 jet that intruded into India

The incident took place in J&K's Nowshera sector. The pilot who was shot down ejected in Pakistani territory.

Pakistan claims it shot down 2 Indian Air Force fighters, arrested 1 pilot

The Pakistan statement says one IAF jet fell inside PoK and the other fell inside Jammu & Kashmir.

IAF jet crashes in J&K’s Budgam district, one dead but fate of pilots unknown

The IAF jet broke into two and caught fire in an open field near Garend Kalaan village in Budgam at 10.05 am. 

Pakistani jets enter Indian air space in J&K’s Nowshera, drop bombs

Officials reported that Pakistani fighter jets entered Indian air space and dropped bombs when they were pushed back by the IAF.

Two Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists killed in encounter in J&K’s Shopian

Officials said the terrorists opened fire security forces during a search operation in Shopian.

Pakistani troops fire mortar shells at Indian posts in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri region

The shelling from across the border comes a day after the Indian Air Force carried out air strikes on Jaish-e-Mohammed camps in Pakistan.

Why India picked IAF over the Army and Navy to hit back at Pakistan

The PM Modi-led Cabinet Committee on Security deliberated a variety of options, but eventually chose the Indian Air Force to carry out the strike on Balakot.

Pakistan shells forward posts along LoC in Rajouri, Indian forces retaliate

The Pakistan army violated ceasefire for the fourth consecutive day by shelling forward posts along the LoC, said officials.

Residents in Balakot town woke up to loud explosions & thought it was an earthquake

They thought an earth quake must have hit the region but in the morning they saw huge crater and four or five destroyed houses.

Balakot is the first time one nuclear power has used air strikes on another’s territory

Only twice have two nuclear powers indulged in violent conflict — the Soviet Union against China in 1969, and the India-Pakistan Kargil War in 1999.

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