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

While the north Indian airports have opened “for now”, Pakistan has barred aircraft taking off from Delhi and entering its airspace to fly below 32,000 feet.

Indian Railways has issued a security alert across its network in view of the escalating tension with Pakistan, a senior official of the Railway Protection Force said Wednesday. "We have issued an alert to all General Managers of zones in view of the prevailing security scenario. All trains to the mainland and valley in Jammu and Kashmir have additional security personnel on board. We have also identified specific targets related to railways and have beefed up security there," RPF DG, Arun Kumar told PTI.

Top security and intelligence officials on Wednesday huddled into a meet at the prime minister's office in the wake of Pakistan Air Force jets violating the Indian airspace, sources said. National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, senior officials of the Indian Navy, Army and the Air Force and other security officials were holding a meeting to discuss the current security situation, they said.

Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday referred to the 2011 US operation in Pakistan to eliminate Osama bin Laden and suggested India can also do it. His remarks at an event came a day after the Indian Air Force pounded terror camps in Pakistan. Referring to the US operation in Abbotabad, Jaitley said, "Cannot we do it? This used to be only an imagination, a wish. There was frustration and disappointment. It is possible today."