The UN Security Council voted to further tighten sanctions on North Korea in response to their fifth and largest nuclear test yet. 

The BSF today said it has foiled 23 attacks, including two BAT actions by Pakistan, along the Line of Control in Kashmir Valley this year and is alert to deal with any untoward incident.

Veteran actress Himani Shivpuri joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.

United States president-elect Donald Trump today picked former banker and trusted campaign ally Steven Mnuchin as his Treasury Secretary. 

Here's the current bio of Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account, @OfficeOfRG after it has been hacked.

The Twitter account of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi was hacked on Wednesday evening with a series of offensive tweets appearing on his timeline.

India and the United States have signed a deal for 145 M 777 lightweight howitzers for the Indian Army.

PTI reports: Union Cabinet approves Rs 2,000 crore development package for refugees from PoK

Just In: Petrol prices increased by 0.13/litre, diesel prices decreased by 0.12/litre with effect from midnight of November 30

Cyclone Nada: Government schools to remain closed on Dec 1-2 in Chennai, Kancheepuram, Thiruvallur, Cuddalore and Nagapattinam.

India's GDP grows 7.3 per cent in the second quarter of 2016-17: CSO

Donald Trump tweets: 'ISIS is taking credit for the terrible stabbing attack at Ohio State University by a Somali refugee who should not have been in our country.'

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnaviss wife, Amruta, in a red dress and high heels, has sent social media in a tailspin.

Mumbai Mirror reported that Amruta is shooting a music video produced by Bhushan Kumar, which sees her essaying a role seeking admission to a performing arts institute headed by Amitabh Bachchan.

Amruta Fadnavis has previously given playback for Kunal Kohlis Phir Se and Prakash Jhas Jai Gangaajal. For this video, Mrs Fadnavis has also lent her voice.

The video has been filmed in the recently renovated stunning Mumbai Opera House.

Expectedly Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam lashed out saying, "80 ppl hv died due to #NoteBandi  The real beneficiary of new currency dancing with big B. Did u both PM & CM notice?"

More power to you, Mrs Fadnavis.


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MEA: Finance Minister @arunjaitley to step in for @SushmaSwaraj at Heart of Asia Afghanistan conf in Amritsar Dec 4th.

The Foreign minister has been hospitalised over a kidney ailment.

Parliament goes digital after PM's push

German intelligence officer 'arrested over Islamist plot' raising fears the spy agency has been infilitrated. Read

"In India, the left lost the battle. But this month, at what was described as "a conclave of ideas' organized by the Hindu right, I was reminded of a simple truth: Winning is not everything.The right wing won an electoral mandate in 2014, but it still has a tremendous sense of intellectual inadequacy. The conclave here in Goa was about building what is regularly described on Indian social media as a "right-wing ecosystem' to counter the left's alleged control of the news media and academia."

Aatish Taseer for the NYT. Do read

Pakistan reacts: Pakistan Embassy UN @PakEmbassyUN  tweets: "Shame that federal police have just conducted search operation at our Embassy in New York regarding #OhioStateAttack. Federal police have confiscated some documents of our Embassy in New York regarding #OhioStateAttack."

Just in: Pakistani embassy in New York, raided over Ohio terror attack.

The Somali-born student, who injured 11 people in a car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University before being shot and killed, had lived in Pakistan along with his family for about seven years.

The 18-year-old attacker, identified as Abdul Razak Ali Artan, was a Somali refugee who left his homeland with his family in 2007, lived in Pakistan and then came to the United States in 2014 as a legal permanent resident, NBC News quoted law enforcement officials as saying.

He temporarily lived in Dallas before settling in Ohio.

He rammed his car into a crowd at Ohio State University on Monday and attacked them with a butcher knife, injuring 11 before police fatally shot him.

Investigators are investigating whether the attack was an act of terror by Artan, who had once criticised the media for its portrayal of Muslims.

In a magazine in August, he was quoted as saying that he is scared to pray in the public because of media coverage of the religion.

"I'm a Muslim, it's not what the media portrays me to be. If people look at me, a Muslim praying, I don't know what they're going to think, what's going to happen. But, I don't blame them. It's the media that put that picture in their heads," Artan had aid.

He also appears to have made an anti-US posting on Facebook minutes before the attack, on a page that was quickly disabled or taken down by authorities, US media said.

KLF terrorist Harminder Singh Mintu has said that days before the jailbreak he had his last internet chat with Pakistani handler Harmeet. Mintu during his interrogation said his handler Harmeet is living in a safe house under protection of ISI in Dera Chall village of Lahore. According to Mintu he has bases in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand, and ISI plans to bring back militancy through these cells.


Khalistani terrorist Harminder Singh Mintoo was nabbed from New Delhi by the Delhi police as he was trying to flee to a location in the south of Delhi. Mintoo has been remanded to seven days of police custody. Two others involved in the jailbreak - Parminder and Sunil - were arrested yesterday from Shamli and Dehradun respectively. Parminder and Sunil are believed to be two of the 12 armed men who stormed into Nabha jail on Sunday morning.

Massive search operations are currently underway to nab the others involved in the audacious jailbreak.

TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday took potshots at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his demonetisation policy during her visit to Patna.


"Children these days say the other word for PayTM is 'PayPM',' Mamata said. Banerjee has been visiting different states in an attempt to take her protest against government's demonetisation policy to the public.


"The big boss of big bazaar has become our prime minister,' she added.Earlier, Mamata had lashed out at PM Modi after he asked all the BJP MPs and MLAs to submit their account transaction details between November 9 and December 31 to Amit Shah.


She had demanded that rather than post demonetisation period, the details of transactions made before the announcement of demonetisation should be obtained.Mamata was also the first leader who spoke against demonetisation policy and has played a major role in bringing together the opposition parties to organise protest against ruling BJP.

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Till yesterday IAF transported 210 tons of currency notes. C-130, C-17 and AN-32 aircrafts were used to transport to various RBI centres, reports ANI. 

Village Janapuri Nanded, awaits the arrival of the  body of slain soldier Lance Naik Kadam Sambhaji Yeshwantrao.

Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh visits Nagrota army base, is briefed about yesterday's terror attack.

Union Minister for Finance Arun Jaitley is the main attraction for the press in the Central Hall of Parliament. On Wednesday, when Jaitley arrived at the Central Hall, at least 50-60 journalists surrounded him and bombarded him with questions. A seasoned politician, Jaitley sat down, and answered all the questions put to him, but asked not to be quoted.

Congress VP Rahul Gandhi has tasked colleague and former MP Jairam Ramesh with taking up the role of Editorial Coordinator for the National Herald newspaper.

Ramesh has accepted the assignment.


Sources tell us that Ramesh has been writing editorials for the online edition of National Herald, which gets just about 650 to 700 hits a day. The online edition is yet to become popular, but the Congress has approached the issue with a certain amount of thought. Instead of launching a big buck broadsheet edition, the party has decided to first assess public reaction to the paper in its online avataar and then may be take a call about a daily.


The National Herald case is being heard in a Delhi court filed by Subramanian Swamy against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, their companies and associated persons. As per the complaint filed in the court of the Metropolitan Magistrate, the Congress granted an interest-free loan of Rs 90.25 crore to Associated Journals Limited (AJL), owner of the National Herald newspaper which was established by Jawaharlal Nehru and other freedom fighters in 1938. It was alleged that the loan was either not repaid or repaid in cash, which is in violation of Section 269T of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Swamy alleged criminal misappropriation by both Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.

Remains of the Army chopper that crashed in Sukna. The picture was tweeted by Rahul Singh.

A tea garden in Alipurduar, where workers' wages are pending since November 15, has worked a way out for cash payments using the bank accounts of some employees. While the process is an instance of collaboration by the garden, the bank and political leaders to address workers' woes, it will still not sort out the pay problem for Majherdabri tea estate entirely. At the crux of the problem is a permission that the Bank of India branch in Alipuduar has not received from senior officials of the bank to release funds to the Majherdabri management under a pay formula given by the RBI.  Read more

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Outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama has said that his wife and U.S. First Lady Michelle will not run for White House.


"Michelle will never run for office," the president had said in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine done the day after Donald Trump's surprise win.Obama had then said that while his wife is a very talented, she is sensible enough not to be in politics.


Michelle Obama, who will be 53 when she leaves the White House, is the first black First Lady in American history. Her husband is 55.


A Harvard-educated lawyer, she will leave the White House on January 20 enjoying sky-high ratings -- approved by 79 percent of the American public, according to a recent Gallup survey.


That makes her more popular than her husband, the first African American president of the United States. Michelle Obama is on record as saying that she would not follow in the footsteps of Hillary Clinton

Blinds (unexploded shells) were destroyed today at the site of the deadly terror attack on an army base in Nagrota, Jammu and Kashmir, by a bomb disposal team during the combing operations that are still underway.


Extensive combing operations resumed today morning in Nagrota, where terrorists attacked an army base in which seven defence personnel lost their lives.


Army spokesman, Lt. Col Manish Mehta said that search and combing operation began with first day light.


A group of heavily-armed terrorists in police uniform stormed an army unit in Nagrota in morning hours yesterday, triggering an intense gunbattle that lasted for hours.


Seven army personnel, including two officers, were killed in this attack before three terrorists were killed in an armed stand-off which also involved a hostage-like situation with 12 soldiers, two ladies and two children being held captive.


Chief of Army Staff General Dalbir Singh briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on the attack carried out by police uniformed and heavily armed terrorists on an army unit located three kilometers from the corps headquarters.In another incident, three terrorists were gunned down by BSF in Ramgarh area of Samba sector near the International Border after an encounter that lasted several hours and was followed by intense cross-border firing by Pakistani troops.


Image: The Arms and ammunition seized in the Nagrota terror attack.

Police seized a sum of Rs. 20.55 lakh, including 926 currency notes of Rs. 2,000 denomination, from a BJP functionary during a vehicle-check on Kumarasamipatti main road in Tamil Nadu late on Saturday evening, reports the Hindu.


Police said personnel from the Hasthampatti police station, who were conducting the vehicle check, intercepted a car coming into the city. They found a total of 926 Rs. 2,000 currency notes, 1,530 Rs. 100 denomination notes and 1,000 Rs. 50 denomination notes in a bag in the car.


As the occupant of the car, Arun (36) of Peramanur, a zonal BJP youth wing secretary, could not produce proper details and account, the police seized the money.


Later, the money was deposited in the district treasury. Further investigations are on. The police also informed the IT Department about the seizure

Former Indian Army chief General Bikram Singh has said Pakistan's incoming Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa is a "professional". "In the UN operations, Gen Bajwa's performance was totally professional and outstanding," Gen Singh was quoted as saying by Times of India as he described the time when Gen Bajwa had served under him on a United Nations assignment in Congo.

"Bajna chahye, flag bhi dikhna chahye,hamara rashtra gaan nahi bajega to kiska bajega? Somalia ka?" BJP MP Paresh Rawal on SC's national anthem order.

Suparn Verma @Suparn  Fun fact:) @hazelkeech first TVC was for Rediff Bol with @jaybhanushali0 directed by me. Shaadi Mubarak @YUVSTRONG12

Ramesh Srivats @rameshsrivats  on the SC order on the national anthem. "I anyway stand up for the National Anthem, but from now on, I'll play safe, and stand up for anything National. Even National Panasonic."

Just in: Army chopper crashes in Sukna, West Bengal. Three Army officers dead. The crash occured at around 10:30 am today. Details awaited.

Last month, an Indian Air Force helicopter crashed near the Mana Pass in Uttarakhand during a military drill. No casualties have been reported so far in the accident.


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Cyclonic storm to hit Cuddalore on Tamil Nadu coast and Puducherry on December 2. Puducherry CM says the state is fully prepared to face the storm. The cyclonic storm is 770 km south east of the Tamil Nadu coast.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi discharged from hospital.

Sonia Gandhi was admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi yesterday as she's reportedly suffering from viral fever.

Congress spokesman RS Surjewala had said she will be in hospital for two days.

This is the second time in three months that the Congress chief has been admitted to hospital.

On August 3, 69-year-old Sonia was admitted+ to the same hospital with fever, dehydration and a shoulder injury, following a road show in Varanasi a day earlier. She had to quit the road show mid way due to being ill. She also underwent surgery on her left shoulder on August 3.

Sonia likely got back to Delhi last weekend after a brief vacation near Shimla.


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Extremely upset over the Congress staging a walkout from the Lok Sabha despite the government agreeing to discuss all issues, Union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said that the grand old party was now indulging in contempt of democracy as they have become intolerant over the growing popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.


"The way the Congress has behaved in the House, they have insulted the whole country. It is contempt of democracy. They are trying to insult the mandate of the people because they have become intolerant over the growing popularity of the Prime Minister," he added.


Naidu said it is extremely unfortunate that the grand old party is doing politics over yesterday's Nagrota terror attack.


"The Congress and its allies wanted the Prime Minister's presence in the House. He came in the House and no one knows why they left. We don't know whether even they know the reason. During the Question Hour, the Congress raised the issue of Nagrota attack. The Speaker said that combing operation is currently going on. She said after getting all the necessary information, obituary will be paid to the slain soldiers," Naidu said.


Naidu said it has become the job of the grand old party to somehow disrupt the proceedings of the House.


"We said we don't have any objection but there must be tradition and discipline in the House. It is very much unfortunate that the Congress Party is doing politics over this. The people of the country hate such politics. It has become their job to somehow disrupt the proceedings of the House," said Naidu.


"Even the Prime Minister is in the House.still I don't know why they are not allowing the proceedings of the House. The nation wants discussion on many problems, but the Congress doesn't want that. Does the Congress fear of getting exposed?" he added.


Stating that the Congress neither wants a debate nor wants the House to function, Naidu further said this is not expected from a matured party, which has ruled the country for these many number of years.

Lok Sabha adjourned for the day after unabated Opposition uproar over demonetisation.

Claiming that surgical strikes have failed to "deter" militants, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has asked the Centre to explain its Pakistan policy to the nation after seven army personnel were killed by terrorists in Nagrota.


"So on a day on which 7 of our brave soldiers lost their lives to terrorist bullets the government must explain its Pakistan policy to nation," Omar wrote on Twitter late last night after the Nagrota attack.


"It is also true that terrorists are no more deterred from attacking our armed forces today than they were prior to the 'surgical strikes'!" he wrote.


Jammu region was rocked by two terror attacks yesterday in which 7 army personnel, including two Major-rank officers, were killed and eight other security men, including a BSF DIG, were injured, before six heavily-armed terrorists were eliminated in the separate fierce encounters.


Taking a dig at the BJP, the National Conference working president claimed Pakistan was no more isolated internationally now than it was six months ago. "Regardless of what BJP spokespersons would have us believe, Pakistan is no more isolated internationally today than it was 6 months ago," he said.

The victorious Indian team celebrated their victory against England in style as they partied with Yuvraj Singh at his sangeet ceremony in Chandigarh on Tuesday.

Immediately after beating England by eight wickets in the third Test in Mohali to take an unbeatable 2-0 series lead, Virat Kohli and his boys joined former team mate Yuvraj at his pre-wedding party.

Here are the pictures.

Leader of Opposition Arun Jaitley and JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav today exchanged sharp barbs in the Rajya Sabha over the demonetisation issue as the Opposition stalled the pre-noon proceedings.


The incident happened when members of the Congress, TMC, BSP and SP created a ruckus over their demand that the House mourn the killing of 25 armymen since surgical strikes and deaths of 82 persons in post-demonetisation hardships.


Yadav said it was unprecedented that there was no obituary reference for the seven army personnel including two senior officers killed in terrorist attack at Nagrota armybase near Jammu yesterday.


As he also raised death of "nearly 90 persons" in post-demonetisation hardships, Jaitley retorted that he should first discuss demonetisation within his party and find "if it is agreeable" with the ban on 500 and 1000 rupee notes or not. His remark was apparent reference to JD(U) chief and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar supporting demonetisation.


"We are not against demonetisation. We are against the restrictions that have been placed (on withdrawals from own accounts)," Yadav shot back.


The JD(U) leader then went on to ask if Prime Minister Narendra Modi was with him or not. "Is your Prime Minister with you? Is he listening to you," he asked

Meanwhile, Pakistan's new army chief, General Qamar Javed Bajwa has voiced hope that the volatile situation along the Line of Control (LoC) will improve soon.


Soon after assuming charge as the country's 16th chief of army staff, General Bajwa told journalists in an informal interaction that the situation "will be alright" in the near future.


The state-run APP news agency and the Express Tribune, however, said General Bajwa's optimism was contrary to the grim situation prevailing on the ground.General Bajwa's statement was also in contrast to the one given by outgoing army chief General Raheel Sharif, who warned India against considering any misadventure against Pakistan.General Bajwa, according to the Express Tribune, apparently suggested that his approach may be different.

Both Houses of Parliament resume. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan says as Nagrota ops still on and detailed report not in yet, tribute to soldiers will not be paid. Opposition has demanded obituary reference to the seven soldiers martyred in the Nagrota terror attack.  

In Nanded (Maharashtra), a family mourns the death of Lance Naik Kadam Sambhaji Yeshwantro, who lost his life in the Nagrota Attack.

The Supreme Court has directed all cinema halls in the country to play the national anthem before a film. The SC says citizens must respect the anthem and the flag and orders that nobody can print the anthem on any undesirable object. What the undesirable objects are has not been specified. The court said there can be no commercial exploitation of the anthem. SC directs people in cinema halls to stand up when the anthem is played. The National Flag should be shown on screen when the anthem is played. SC directs that no commercial benefits be taken by a person by playing the anthem. SC directs Centre that the order should be given effect in a week's time and be circulated to all the states and Union Territories. Details awaited.

Venkaiah Naidu on Opposition walkout: "Despite PM Modi coming to the house, why did the Congress and supporters leave the house I dont know. This is unfortunate; people of the nation hate such small politics; Congress party walked out during the question hour and then came back. Speaker informed that combing ops is underway in Nagrota, once ops is over tribute will be paid in the House to the soldiers. Desh ki raksha aur desh ki sena ko lekar bhi Congress party politics kar rahi hai, durbhaagypun hai."

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh along with an eight-member Indian delegation - comprising representatives of different political parties - has reached Cuba to attend the pre-funeral commemoration of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro.

Leaving New Delhi for Havana. Shall attend the funeral of towering Cuban leader Fidel Castro with the Indian delegation & pay tributes to him, Rajnaths tweet reads.

The team is expected to return on Thursday evening, official sources said.

After two days of commemorations in Cuba's capital Havana, Castro's ashes will go on a four-day island-wide procession starting Wednesday, before being buried in the southeastern city of Santiago de Cuba on December 4.

Castro died on November 25 at the age 90, after defying the United States during a half-century of iron-fisted rule and surviving the eclipse of global communism.

Pic: Rajnath Singh with CPI-M leader Prakash Karat, CPM leader D Raja 

Both houses adjourned till noon. Arun Jaitley says the government is ready to discuss the note ban and the border situation.

The Opposition troops into the Well of the House in the Rajya Sabha. 

Farmers in Vidarbha are being forced to incur terrible losses -- by accepting lower prices, losing their perishable produce, or due to a fear of depositing cash payments in old notes in banks where they owe loan repayments. Read more

Parliament opens to collective ruckus in both houses. The Opposition wants a discussion on the Nagrota terror attack. PM Narendra Modi is present in the Lok Sabha. The government says it is willing to discuss the Nagrota attack but will wait for the report to come. The Opposition also demands a reply from the PM on demonetisation which has been its demand since the Winter Session of Parliament opened last week. The Opposition wants the government to pay Rs 3 to Rs 5 lakh to families of people who died waiting in the queue outside banks or ATMs post demonetisation.


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Opposition to raise Nagrota Attack issue in both the Houses (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha) today. 

Two Army officers and five soldiers lost their lives in a major terrorist attack on Tuesday at an army base near Jammu in the town of Nagrota, just 20 kilometres from the border with Pakistan.

A senior Army officer said that heavily-armed terrorists in police uniform stormed the 166 artillery unit before daybreak with guns and grenades and forced their way in.

An army spokesperson said the terrorists forced their entry into the Officers Mess complex by throwing grenades and firing at sentries. In the initial counter action, one officer and three soldiers were martyred.

The terrorists then entered two buildings housing officers and their families, leading to a "hostage-like situation".

"The situation was very quickly contained and thereafter, in a deliberate operation all were successfully rescued, which included 12 soldiers, two ladies and two children," the statement said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefed by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on the deadly attack.

Earlier, army chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag briefed Parrikar about the attack.

The ministry is also likely to seek a formal report from the army about the assault which came just two months after the deadly Uri terror strike.

Sources said the prime minister was briefed in Tuesday morning and again after the operation was over.

Heavy fog engulfed the national capital today -- the first this season -- delaying 18 flights and 50 north-bound trains. Five of the flights were diverted due to poor visibility at the Indira Gandhi International Airport where low visibility procedures were implemented.


"More than 18 flights were delayed due to the sharp drop in runway visibility, forcing the airport authorities to switch to operations under LVP," officials said. The visibility was recorded at 800 metres at 5:30 am, which dropped to 200 metres three hours later. The relative humidity was recorded at 98 per cent.


"This is the season's first fog cover...the skies are expected to remain clear during the day and the maximum temperature is expected to hover around 28 degrees Celsius," the official said. The minimum temperature was recorded at 11 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season's average.


According to railway officials, 50 Delhi-bound services from Patna, Ranchi, Howrah, Bhubaneswar and other places were affected due to the thick fog cover. "The trains were running late between one to three hours," an official said.

The rupee firmed up 9 paise to 68.56 against the dollar in early trade today, rising for the second straight day on increased selling of the US currency by exporters and banks.

Forex dealers said a higher opening in the domestic equity market and expectations of encouraging GDP data to be released later in the day, also supported the rupee.

However, the dollars strength against some currencies overseas following stronger-than-expected third-quarter US growth data, higher housing prices in September and a sharp rebound in consumer confidence in November capped the gains.

The rupee had staged a modest recovery from its fresh 2016 low by gaining 11 paise against the US greenback to end at 68.65 in yesterdays trade.
Meanwhile, the benchmark BSE Sensex rose 90.06 points, or 0.34 per cent, to 26,484.07 in early trade today.

Manoj Tiwari to be the next BJP state president of Delhi. Nityanand Rai to be the next BJP state President of Bihar.

In Batala (Punjab), family mourns the death of Havildar Sukhraj Singh, who lost his life in the Nagrota attack. Seven army men including two officers were martyred in the Nagrota terror attack.

Asserting that the escalations along the border are rising especially after the Nagrota terror attack where seven soldiers lost their lives, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take tangible action instead of making speeches about taking action against terrorists.


"I want my government to talk less and act more. We are tired of hearing from our Prime Minster, Defence Minister about their possible retaliations, but despite that soldiers are dying. If you want to retort, then do it by taking any concrete and tangible action, not by talking," Tharoor told media.


Yesterday, two Indian Army officers and five soldiers were killed in the attack, where a group of heavily armed terrorists disguised in police uniforms targeted an army unit located three kilometers from the corps headquarters.


The terrorists forced their entry into the officers mess complex by throwing grenades and firing at the sentries, the army said in a statement.


This led to a hostage like situation, but it was quickly contained, and thereafter, in a deliberate operation, all were successfully rescued, which included 12 soldiers, two ladies and two children.


Defence PRO Manish Mehta said that combing operations have been called off for now and would resume at the crack of dawn on Wednesday.


Chief of Army Staff General Dalbir Singh has briefed Prime Minister Modi and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on the attack

The bravery of the wives of two army officers who were staying in the family quarters helped in averting a major hostage crisis during the encounter that took place in Nagrota area of Jammu on Tuesday. Read more

Army chief Dalbir Singh will be visiting Nagrota today even as extensive combing operations resumed on Wednesday morning at the army base in Nagrota, where a terror attack left  seven defence personnel dead.

Army spokesman, Lt. Col Manish Mehta said that search and combing operation began with first day light.

A group of heavily-armed terrorists in police uniform stormed an army unit in Nagrota in morning hours yesterday, triggering an intense gunbattle that lasted for hours.

Seven army personnel, including two officers, were killed in this attack before three terrorists were killed in an armed stand-off which also involved a hostage-like situation with 12 soldiers, two ladies and two children being held captive.

Chief of Army Staff General Dalbir Singh briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on the attack carried out by police uniformed and heavily armed terrorists on an army unit located three kilometers from the corps headquarters.

In another incident, three terrorists were gunned down by BSF in Ramgarh area of Samba sector near the International Border after an encounter that lasted several hours and was followed by intense cross-border firing by Pakistani troops

The Reserve Bank of India has announced that cash withdrawals from Jan Dhan accounts will be capped at Rs 10,000 per month. 

President-elect Donald Trump said  that anyone who burns an American flag should face unspecified "consequences," such as jail or a loss of citizenship, a move that was ruled out by the Supreme Court nearly three decades ago.                 

Pakistan tonight violated border ceasefire in Uri sector in north Kashmir's Baramulla district by resorting to unprovoked firing, Army said.