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India buys 100 advanced SPICE bombs in Rs 300 crore deal with Israel

The deal is India's first defence deal after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took over a second term after the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Jun 7, 2019

PM Modi won't meet Pakistan PM Imran Khan at SCO Summit: MEA

The summit scheduled on June 13-14 in Kyrgyzstan's capital city Bishkek was anticipated to be the first bilateral talks since the 2016 terror attack on the Indian Air Force base in Pathankot.

Jun 6, 2019

Post Balakot strikes, Indian Air Force lifts curbs on air routes

The IAF said it had removed restrictions that were imposed on all routes a day after its 12 Mirage 2000s crossed over to Pakistan and attacked a JeM terrorist training camp in Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Jun 1, 2019

Binny, India's only orangutan, dies of respiratory complications at Odisha zoo

The 41-year-old orangutan was first brought to Nandankanan Zoological Park in Bhubaneswar from Pune's Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park in 2003.

May 31, 2019

Saudi Arabia intercepts two Houthi missiles targeting Mecca, claims embassy [Video]

The missiles launched by Yemen-based Houthi rebels were reported to have been heading toward Makkah and Jeddah.

May 21, 2019

BJP's Ram Madhav ropes in anonymous expert to explain PM Modi's 'Cloud Theory'

The expert concluded the statement by saying that there was nothing wrong with what PM Modi had said.

May 14, 2019

WATCH | Priyanka Gandhi mocks PM Modi's cloud-radar theory about Balakot airstrikes

Addressing a rally in Indore's Rajwada Chowk in Madhya Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi said that PM Narendra Modi is such a "defence expert that he thought, the weather is cloudy and the planes won't come on radars".

May 14, 2019

Clouds could have interfered with bomb sensors, says IAF officer on PM Modi's radar theory

The IAF officer said that one of the Mirage 2000 planes could not even drop the payload due to bad weather in Balakot on February 26.

May 13, 2019

Clouds, rain can help us escape radars: Modi's theory on Balakot strikes; Opposition mocks PM

PM Modi had said, "The weather was not good on the day of airstrikes. There was a thought that crept in the minds of the experts that day of the strike should be changed. However, I suggested that the clouds can actually help our planes escape the radars."

May 12, 2019

Who is Francesca Marino? Italian journalist who exposed Pakistan's cover-up on Balakot airstrike

Francesca Marino's detailed report has eyewitness accounts that around 130 to 170 terrorists were killed in the attack by the Indian Air Force.

May 9, 2019

170 JeM terrorists killed in Balakot airstrike, injured treated by Pak Army: Italian journalist

In a detailed report, Francesca Marino also accused Pakistan of lying about the airstrike by the Indian Air Force. Pakistan had earlier denied deaths or damage to properties.

May 8, 2019

Palestinians inspect the remains of a building that was destroyed during Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, on May 5, 2019

Israel lifts all protective restrictions amid ceasefire in Gaza

Israel's Haaretz newspaper reported that the deal was brokered by Egyptian, Qatari and UN officials.

May 6, 2019

Ahead of India's general elections, Pakistan takes media and foreign diplomats to Balakot

The permission to visit Balakot at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa state was granted to the international media along with defence personnel of various countries 43 days after the IAF retaliated for the Pulwama terror attack.

Apr 11, 2019

Successful in conducting 1st phase of Lok Sabha polls in a free, fair and peaceful manner: EC

The Phase I of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections was held in 91 parliamentary constituencies spread across 20 states and Union Territories.