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People gather at Wagah Border to welcome IAF pilot, security tightened
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Attari-Wagah (Punjab) [India] March 1 (ANI): Amid tight security, people in huge numbers from across India have gathered at the Wagah Border in Punjab to welcome Indian pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who will be released by Pakistan this afternoon.
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Vidya Balan prays for peace between India-Pakistan, expresses joy for Abhi
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 1 (ANI): Bollywood actor Vidya Balan is all happy for Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who is expected to return to India from Pakistan where he was captured after his plane crashed on the other side of LoC on Wednesday morni
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Imran Khan is a "tape recorder" of Pak military, no point in holding talks
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 1 (ANI): BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Friday said Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is a "tape recorder" of the military and suggested it will be better for India to hold talks with their Army General than with him.
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Punjab CM offers to receive Abhinandan at border, tweets to PM
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Feb 28 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has offered to receive Indian Air Force (IAF) Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman at the border on his arrival from Pakistan.
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Nation relieved, Imran Khan acted like statesman: Mehbooba on Abhinandan's
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Feb 28 (ANI): Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday stated that Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who is going to be released tomorrow, is good news and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has behaved like a statesman. Read More
Release of Wing Commander Abhinandan, best news of day: Robert Vadra
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 28 (ANI): Robert Vadra, businessman husband of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi, on Thursday said that the announcement about release of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman by Pakistan is the best news of the day.
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India wants Pakistan to repatriate Abhinandan unconditionally
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 28 (ANI) India has not asked for consular access but immediate unconditional release of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, asserting that there can be no deal on it unlike the Kandahar episode.
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Pakistan to consider returning Indian pilot if it leads to de-escalation o
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 28 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Thursday that Pakistan is willing to consider returning Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman if it leads to de-escalation of tension and peace with India.
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Indian pilot shot in leg in PoK while swallowing documents, maps
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 28 (ANI): After the 'missing in action' Indian Air Force pilot was captured by the Pakistani Army after his MiG-21 Bison jet crashed on Pakistani soil, Pakistan-based newspaper Dawn claimed that a boy shot at the Indian pilot identified as Wing Commander Abhinand
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Indian High Commission in Islamabad gives demarche to Pakistan MoFA for im
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 28 (ANI): The Indian High Commission in Islamabad last evening gave a demarche to Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) for the immediate and safe return of IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, sources said.
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INDIAN AIR DEFENCE FOILS RAID BY PAF INTRUDERS: A Timeline of events
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 27 (ANI): Fighter jets from the Indian Air Force repulsed a morning raid launched by Pakistani F-16 fighter jets today which prevented damage on Indian troop positions or infrastructure, however, in the process an IAF MiG21 Bison jet was shot down while engaging a P
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