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Welcome Home Wing Commander Abhinandan! The nation is proud of your exemplary courage: PM Modi
Welcome Home Wing Commander Abhinandan!
The nation is proud of your exemplary courage.
Our armed forces are an inspiration for 130 crore Indians.
Vande Mataram!
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 1, 2019
Kupwara: 4 security personnel killed in encounter with terrorists in J&K
Two CRPF Inspectors and two policeman officers of the Jammu and Kashmir Police were killed, five other security personnel injured in the gunfight at Babagund Langate area of Handwara, Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir
Pakistan to lodge UN complaint against India for ‘eco-terroism’ forest bombing: Report
Pakistan plans to lodge a complaint against India at the UN, accusing it of “eco-terrorism” over air strikes which damaged pine trees, a government minister said on Friday according to a Reuters report
IAF pilot Abhinandan crosses over to India
IAF pilot undergoes medical checkup at Wagah
Gujarat Congress MLA Bhagwan Barad gets jail term, could face disqualification
Senior IAF officials at Attari border to receive Abhinandan
Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman is now reaching the Wagah border. Air Vice Marshal RGK Kapoor will receive the Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot.
04:00 PM | Pakistan partially reopens airspace
All domestic and international flights will be allowed to and from the four cities of Karachi, Islamabad, Peshawar and Quetta.
The closure of Pakistani airspace has affected 400 flights daily, per Eurocontrol. The greatest impacts have been felt in Iran (✈️⬆️) and Georgia/Azerbaijan (✈️⬇️). Southern India has also seen an increase in flights.
Live tracking: https://t.co/Xnltx3QPBo pic.twitter.com/NuEux7tsSw
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) March 1, 2019
03:40 PM | Lok Sabha Polls will be held on time: EC
03:15 PM | Sushma Swaraj raises issue of Terrorism at OIC meet
Bringing up the issue of terrorism at the global conclave, Swaraj said that the peril of terrorism is growing in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.
01:40 PM | IAF Pilot Abhinandan arrives at Lahore from Islamabad
01:25 PM | 2 cops killed, over 20 injured as truck collides with police van on Odisha Highway
In a shocking incident, 2 policemen died while 29 other got severely injured in a road mishap on Odisha Highway.
The incident took place on Friday morning near a filling station at Lakhanpur on National Highway-49 near Belpahar in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district.
As per the reports, a speeding truck collided head-on with a van in which the cops were travelling.
12:15 PM | Pakistan Leader of Opposition Shahbaz Sharif urges UAE crown prince to withdraw OIC invitation extended to India
12:10 PM | Sitting Delhi High Court Judge Valmiki Mehta passes way due to cardiac arrest
11:58 AM | Pakistan foreign minister Qureshi says he won’t attend Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meet as India is attending
10:35 AM | Chanda Kochhar, Videocon Chief Venugopal Dhoot’s homes searched by ED
The homes and offices of former ICICI Bank chief executive Chanda Kochhar and the managing director of Videocon Venugopal Dhoot were searched on Friday by the Enforcement Directorate regarding a loan case.
10:30 AM | Alleged Pakistan spy trying to snoop on BSF post arrested in Punjab’s Ferozpur
BSF in Ferozepur has arrested an Indian national near border out post, Maboke & seized a mobile phone with Pakistani SIM card, in use, from his possession. The number is added to 8 Pak groups. 6 other Pak phone numbers also retrieved from him. The man is from Moradabad.
10:25 AM | Kargil War hero Air Marshal R Nambiar appointed Western Air Command Chief
Kargil war hero and present Eastern Air Command chief Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar has been appointed as the new chief of Indian Air Force’s sword arm Western Air Command (WAC) on Thursday.
10:10 AM | Pilot to arrive Wagah Border at 2 PM
Retd Air Marshal S Varthaman is a highly-decorated officer and Shobha Varthaman is a doctor. They left for Amritsar soon after landing in Delhi. They are all set to receive their son, who is expected to be handed over by Pakistan to India at about 2 pm, at the Wagah border.
