Srinagar, Jammu, Leh Airports Indefinitely Shut: LIVE Updates IAF Strike in Balakot, Pakistan: Jammu, Leh and Srinagar airports have been indefinitely shut

Srinagar, Jammu, Leh Airports Indefinitely Shut: LIVE Updates

All India  Edited by Anuj Pant

IAF Strike In Pakistan: Earlier in the day, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, in a visit to China, said India wants to avoid any "further escalation of the situation."

Updated : February 27, 2019 13:21 IST

IAF Strike in Balakot, Pakistan: Jammu, Leh and Srinagar airports have been indefinitely shut

New Delhi: 

A day after the Indian fighter jets crossed the Line of Control or LoC before dawn and carried out "non-military, pre-emptive air strikes" to target terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed's camp in Pakistan, the Jammu, Leh and Srinagar airports were indefinitely shut. The move comes after an Indian Air Force chopper crashed in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam this morning. Two bodies were recovered from the site, said police.

The crash took place after both sides across the LoC exchanged heavy shelling and firing. The area has been on high alert amid warnings by Pakistan of retaliation after Tuesday's strike by the Indian Air Force.

There have also been reports coming in of Pakistani fighter jets violating Indian air space in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch and Rajouri sectors.

Earlier in the day, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, in a visit to China, said India wants to avoid any "further escalation of the situation" and will "continue to act with responsibility and restraint".

The US asked Pakistan to take "meaningful action" against terror groups, with the Donald Trump administration calling for India and Pakistan to "exercise restraint" amid heightened tension between the two.

Here are the LIVE Updates on Indian Air Force's (IAF) strike on Jaish terror camp in Pakistan

Feb 27, 2019 13:21 (IST)

IAF Air Strike Baakot, Pakistan Latest News: Flight operations temporarily suspended in Dehradun: news agency ANI

Flight operations in Uttarakhand capital Dehradun have been temporarily suspended, according to news agency ANI.

Feb 27, 2019 13:14 (IST)

Latest News Read Here: IAF Strikes In Pakistan: India Rejects Pakistan Claim Of Jet Shot Down As Islamabad Claims Strike

India today denied Pakistani claims of shooting down Indian jets and said "all our pilots are accounted for" after Pakistan put out a statement claiming "strikes across Line of Control from within Pakistani airspace", a day after Indian fighter jets destroyed a vast terror training camp within Pakistan in a pre-dawn strike.

A Pakistani F-16 aircraft has apparently crashed on its own territory.

In a press release titled "Pakistani Strikes Back", Islamabad said "This was not a retaliation to continued Indian belligerence. Pakistan has therefore, taken strikes at non military target, avoiding human loss and collateral damage. Sole purpose being to demonstrate our right, will and capability for self defence. We have no intention of escalation, but are fully prepared to do so if forced into that paradigm. That is why we undertook the action with clear warning and in broad daylight."

Feb 27, 2019 13:10 (IST)

IAF Strike in Pakistan: Vistara Airlines tweets a list of flights cancelled

Amid the indefinite closure of the Jammu, Leh and Srinagar airports, Vistara Airlines has tweeted a list of flights that have been cancelled, due to the closure.

"Due to air space restrictions, flights UK611 (Delhi-Sringar-Jammu), UK612 (Jammu-Srinagar-Delhi), UK735 (Mumbai-Amritsar), UK736 (Amritsar-Mumbai), UK976 (Delhi-Amritsar) and UK707 (Amritsar-Delhi) stand cancelled for today," the tweet from Vistara Airlines said.