IAF strikes in Pakistan live updates: India issues demarche to Pakistan, demands immediate and safe return of pilot

Amid escalating tension between India and Pakistan, Indian Air Force (IAF) shooters who are part of the Indian team at the ongoing ISSF World Cup in the capital have been summoned by the Air Force.

Pakistan's civil aviation authority spokesman Mujtaba Baig told PTI that flight operations in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces have been suspended for an indefinite period. Read full text

A Pakistani Air Force F-16 fighter jet was shot down by Indian Air defence forces in Rajouri sector of Jammu region on Wednesday morning, officials said. The aircraft was brought down in Jhangar area of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri sector, officials in the Army said. Details were awaited.

The Army and BSF have been put on the highest degree of alertness along the border after air space violations by the neighbouring country and the night-long heavy firing and shelling by Pakistani troops on forward and civilians areas across the LoC which stopped on Wednesday.

PM Narendra Modi cut short his address at a function in Vigyan Bhawan and rushed to attend a meeting to review the security situation arising out of Pakistan's attempt to violate Indian air space. Modi was replying to the questions from youngsters during the National Youth Festival 2019 when he was handed over a small piece of paper by an official of PMO. The Prime Minister immediately stopped and walked toward the panelist where Union Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore was also present.