Bala Chauhan

2 weeks ago | newindianexpress.com | Bala Chauhan

By Bala Chauhan India's stunning strikes at nine terror bases in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) and inside Pakistan's Punjab on May 7 in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack had two firsts. One, precision strikes on the other side of the international border (IB) between India and Pakistan since the 1971 war; and two, use of loitering munitions or "kamikaze" drones to destroy the terror infrastructure of the enemy under Operation Sindoor.

3 weeks ago | newindianexpress.com | Bala Chauhan

All it took was a few hours after India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire for elements in the Pakistani military to go rogue. That this came after the Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif profusely thanked US President Donald Trump for facilitating the agreement was striking. At around 9 pm came the news that drones were back in action in Srinagar and Gujarat and that there was indiscriminate firing of shells across the North-western border of India.

4 weeks ago | newindianexpress.com | Bala Chauhan

By Bala Chauhan NEW DELHI: Amid high tensions between India and Pakistan, a Pakistani F-16 pilot is said to have been taken into custody after the Indian SAM (Surface-to-Air Missile) system shot down the fighter jet near the Sargodha Air Base in Pakistan.

4 weeks ago | newindianexpress.com | Bala Chauhan

Pakistan, in a dangerous escalation of tensions with India, used missiles and drones to attack military bases in Jammu, Pathankot and Udhampur late on Thursday evening. All the bases are in proximity to the International Boundary (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir. "The threats were swiftly neutralized by the Indian armed forces using kinetic and non-kinetic capabilities in line with the established standard operating procedures (SoPs). No casualties or material losses were reported.

1 month ago | newindianexpress.com | Bala Chauhan

On the issue of Mohan's succession, sources added that in compliance with the Supreme Court direction, the state government has sent the names of four seniormost IPS officers of the rank of DGP to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for shortlisting candidates for the next DG&IGP. It would, however, be the discretion of the chief minister to appoint one of them as HoPF. After Mohan, there are four seniormost IPS officers in the state, who are in the reckoning for the top post.