On Balakot airstrike, former US NSA John Bolton says India's reaction was appropriate
4 years, 5 months ago

On Balakot airstrike, former US NSA John Bolton says India's reaction was appropriate

India Today  

Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton has said the Balakot airstrike by IAF was a crisis well handled by the Indian side. Speaking to India Today in an exclusive interview, John Bolton, who has recently released his book 'The Room Where it Happened', said that during the India-Pakistan crisis in 2019, India showed restraint and acted in a balanced way. Among a host of other things, John Bolton's book mentions the Balakot airstrikes conducted by the Indian Air Force in February last year. WATCH INTERVEW | Former US NSA John Bolton's interview on his controversial book

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'Informed Pakistan before breaking to world’: PM Narendra Modi on Balakot airstrike
7 months, 3 weeks ago

'Informed Pakistan before breaking to world’: PM Narendra Modi on Balakot airstrike

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he had informed Pakistan about the Balakot airstrikes even before the news of the attack was broken to the media in India. Addressing a rally in Karnataka's Bagalkot on Monday, PM Narendra Modi said he doesn't believe in attacking from the back and fights openly face-to-face. Balakot airstrike: The airstrikes against the Jaish-e-Mohammed terror base …

PM on Balakot airstrikes: 'Informed Pakistan before disclosing it to world'
7 months, 3 weeks ago

PM on Balakot airstrikes: 'Informed Pakistan before disclosing it to world'

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he "doesn't believe in attacking from the back" and he had first informed the Pakistani authorities about the airstrike on a terror camp in Balakot in Pakistan. Addressing a rally in Bagalkote in Karnataka on Monday, he said, "I had asked the forces to call the media and inform them about the airstrikes, but …

From the India Today archives (2019) | The inside story of India's Balakot airstrikes
1 year, 10 months ago

From the India Today archives (2019) | The inside story of India's Balakot airstrikes

India Today  

Hours before the Balakot strike deep in the heart of Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave no indication to those who met him that he had taken such a momentous decision. In the following days, with Pakistan launching a counter strike, a thick fog of controversy surrounded the big questions: what was behind Modi’s decision to clear an air strike …

Balakot airstrikes sent a message to Pakistan that they will suffer more: Former Army General Manoj Naravane
2 years ago

Balakot airstrikes sent a message to Pakistan that they will suffer more: Former Army General Manoj Naravane

Op India  

Former Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane has said that the air strike by Indian Air Force targeting Jaish-e-Mohammed’s advance training camp in Pakistan’s Balakot in 2019 was a clear message that if anyone tries to harm India, then they will suffer more. When asked about the situation when you are dealing with a country which is a rogue …

Two Years of Balakot Air Strikes: Forces Displayed Strong Response to Terrorism, Say Top Defence Officials
3 years, 9 months ago

Two Years of Balakot Air Strikes: Forces Displayed Strong Response to Terrorism, Say Top Defence Officials

News 18  

The Balakot air strikes displayed the armed forces’ capability to retaliate deep in the adversary’s territory and also accelerated the process of acquisition of defence assets, experts said on Friday. Lt. Gen. D S Hooda, who was the Army’s Northern Commander during the surgical strikes post the Uri attack in 2016, said the Balakot strike displayed India’s response to terrorism. …

5 media outlets that ’knew about Balakot airstrike beforehand' as per ‘liberal’ logic
3 years, 11 months ago

5 media outlets that ’knew about Balakot airstrike beforehand' as per ‘liberal’ logic

Op India  

The Mumbai Police leaked the private WhatsApp chats of Arnab Goswami on the internet in order to embarrass the Republic TV Editor. ‘Defence analyst’ Ajai Shukla and The Wire 10 days ahead of the Balakot airstrike on February 16, ‘defence analyst’ Ajai Shukla tweeted, “Boarding an Indian Air Force flight to Exercise Vayu Shakti in Pokhran to watch IAF fighters …

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