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Operation Sindoor | Wing Cdr Bakshi: India wants to remove terrorism
Wing Commander Praful Bakshi – retired Indian Air Force (IAF) Officer and a 1971 war veteran – speaks on India's Operation Sindoor and its objective.
Published on May 08, 2025 11:09 AM IST
Karan Sethi
Who is Col Sofia Quraishi? Top army officer leading ‘Operation Sindoor’ presser
She comes from a family with military roots - her grandfather served in the Indian Army. She is married to an officer in the Mechanised Infantry.
Updated on May 08, 2025 05:45 PM IST
Arrest will hit career: J&K HC grants bail to rape accused IAF officer
The Jammu and Kashmir high court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to an Indian Air Force wing commander accused of raping a 26-year-old flying officer at the Srinagar airforce station
Updated on Sep 14, 2024 07:06 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Srinagar
What IAF woman officer alleged in sexual assault FIR against senior | 10 points
The IAF said it is cooperating with the police. Both the Indian Air Force (IAF) officers are currently stationed in Srinagar.
Updated on Sep 11, 2024 02:19 PM IST
₹20-crore cheating case: 2 retired Indian Air Force personnel surrender in Navi Mumbai court
In 2017, the Khandeshwar police registered a first information report (FIR) against Tarachan Prasad, 55, and Deepak More, 53. Their anticipatory bail was rejected by the Bombay high court (HC) in February.
Updated on Aug 21, 2019 05:08 AM IST
Navi Mumbai | Pranab Jyoti Bhuyan
Defence pilots may soon join civil aviation sector to tackle staff crunch
Civil aviation joint secretary discusses possibility to tackle staff crunch in industry
Published on May 27, 2019 12:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Neha LM Tripathi, Mumbai
Realtor befriended ex-IAF officer’s wife to murder, loot her
Meenu Jain was found dead at her house at the Air Force Naval Officers Enclave in Dwarka Sector 7 Friday morning. Her jewellery, some cash and two mobile phones were found missing. CCTV footage showed a man entering her house Thursday afternoon in a Swift Dzire.
Updated on May 01, 2019 07:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Anvit Srivastava
Ex-IAF wing commander’s wife found dead in Delhi home
A mobile phone, some cash and jewellery was found missing from the house, following which a case under sections 302 (murder) and 392 (robbery) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered and investigation initiated, police said
Updated on Apr 27, 2019 10:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Opinion | Converting valour to votes is simply not done
“Dedicate the votes to the air force and to jawans”? Did they perform their duty, lay down their lives for someone to ask someone for votes? That sentence meant – who will deny it? – “dedicate your vote to me”. “Not done”, I said to myself. “Simply, simply not done”. Here are brave hearts laying their lives on the line for our country and their daring, their training, their striving, is used to seek votes.
Updated on Apr 15, 2019 08:55 AM IST
TIFR gives half salary to staff citing fund crunch, pays remaining amount after news goes viral
After the news that a premier research institute in the country was facing fund shortage spread, the authorities, in an apparent fire-fighting exercise, deposited the remaining salary component of the staff in their bank accounts.
Published on Mar 07, 2019 10:16 PM IST
Mumbai | Press Trust of India
Sleep deprived, choked, beaten up: How IAF pilot Abhinandan held off Pak grilling
The official, who is part of a team debriefing Varthaman after he walked back into India across the Wagah border on March 1, said the Wing Commander was deprived of sleep, choked and even beaten up by his captors in Pakistan.
Updated on Apr 21, 2020 01:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sudhi Ranjan Sen
Rajasthan family names newborn after Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman
“My daughter-in-law delivered baby boy last evening and we named him Abhinandan in honour of the IAF pilot. We are proud of the pilot and therefore we named him (the baby) Abhinandan,” Janesh Bhutani, grandfather of the child, told reporters.
Updated on Mar 02, 2019 02:36 PM IST
Jaipur | Press Trust of India
Before ‘cooling down’ and medical tests, IAF pilot Abhinandan meets family in Delhi
Right now, the Wing Commander is going through a process called “cooling down” and this exercise is likely to continue for a few more days. Abhinandan had undergone a preliminary examination upon his arrival in India.Sources say that the top priority for the air force right now is to bring his health back to normal.
Updated on Mar 02, 2019 03:42 PM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Varthamans a MiG-21 family: Son flies it, dad flew it
Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman downed a Pakistani F-16 plane before his MiG-21 Bison was hit during a dogfight.His father Air Marshal (retd) Simhakutty Varthaman also flew the MiG-21s and was an IAF test pilot, who retired five years ago, a family friend said here Friday.
Updated on Apr 20, 2020 09:05 PM IST
Mumbai | Press Trust of India
IAF pilot Abhinandan Varthaman fought captors, swallowed documents before being captured: Report
Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, will be released on Friday, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced.
Updated on Mar 01, 2019 08:33 AM IST
Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India