The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday raided the houses of some active Jaish-e-Mohammad militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Awantipora area, police sources said.


NIA raids homes of JeM men in J&K


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A combined team of Assam Rifles and Manipur Police on Tuesday seized drugs and cash in a raid at a house in state's border town Moreh in Tengnoupal district, police said.


Drugs, cash seized in Manipur border town


Balakot, the town in a remote valley in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where the Indian Air Force struck the Jaish-e-Mohammed's biggest training camp on Tuesday, was the "epicentre of jihad in South Asia", according to a 2010 book "Partitions of Allah-Jihad in South Asia".


'Balakot was epicentre of jihad in South Asia'


Fears of diplomatic or military retaliation from Pakistan might keep equity investors subdued over the next few days, market observers said on Tuesday.


Investors cautious amid heightened geo-political tensions


The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the Pulwama terror attack, has claimed a major breakthrough in the case with the recovery of a can from the attack site. About 25-30 kg RDX was stored in the can kept in the vehicle used in the attack, said officials.


NIA retrieves remnants of RDX can from Pulwama attack site


Indian Navy divers on Tuesday located the fifth body from inside the 370-feet deep flooded coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district, where over a dozen miners remain trapped since December 13, 2018, an official said.


Navy locates fifth body in Meghalaya coal pit


Hawks will give a very tough time to doves. That's how a Pakistani official captured the sentiment as India struck at terror camps in Pakistan on Tuesday in retaliation for the February 14 attack in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir.


Situation would improve after May, hope many Pakistanis


"How's the josh? High sir!" -- the social media world was replete with Bollywood film dialogues which Indian netizens used to thump their chest with pride after Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jets struck terror launch pads in Pakistan administered Kashmir (PoK) on Tuesday.


'Josh' is high: Film dialogues go viral as India hits Pakistan terror camps


A string of Bollywood celebrities like Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Sonakshi Sinha and Suniel Shetty took to social media to salute pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF) following reports that they crossed the Line of Control (LoC) with their fighter jets and returned after dropping a payload in Pakistan.


Jai Hind: B-Town celebrities praise IAF strikes across LoC


The benchmark Sensex fell over 500 points on Tuesday after Pakistan claimed that Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jets crossed the Line of Control (LoC) and returned after dropping a payload.


Sensex tanks 500 over fears of escalation in India-Pakistan tension


Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone conversation with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to exchange views on the recent suicide attack in Kashmir.


Pakistan, Chinese ministers discuss Pulwama attack over phone


A local court in Tripura on Monday sent to four-day police custody a tribal youth who was arrested from Mysuru in Karnataka for uploading on Facebook video clips supporting the Pulwama terror strike, a police official said.


Tripura youth in 4-day police custody for supporting Pulwama attack


A Delhi court on Monday granted bail to Dubai-based businessman Rajiv Saxena in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case.


AgustaWestland: Delhi Court grants bail to Saxena


State-run Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) has won Rs 234 crore export order from Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop Ltd, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd in Israel, to make components for airborne applications.


BEL bags Rs 234 cr order from Israeli firm


A day after snowfall halted the search operation for five troopers, who went missing last week after an avalanche hit Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh, the operation began again on Monday, officials said.


Himachal avalanche: Rescue operation for 5 missing troopers resumes


Three people, including a woman and her two daughters were killed when a Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit a house north of Yemen's capital Sanaa, a relative and local health authorities said.


Three killed in Saudi-led airstrike in Yemen


It's curtains for the biennial Aero India 2019 air show after a spectacular flying display by fighters, helicopters and jet trainers delighted about a lakh visitors at the IAF Yelahanka base here on Sunday.


Aero India 2019 concludes on a high, 50 pacts signed


In a joint operation, the Punjab Police and the Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday recovered over 13 kg heroin in Punjab's Ferozepur district and arrested one smuggler.


Punjab Police, BSF recover over 13 kg heroin in Punjab


Its curtains for the biennial Aero India 2019 air show after spectacular flying display by fighters, helicopters and jet trainers delighted around a lakh visitors at the IAF Yelahanka base, here on Sunday.


Aero India 2019 concludes on a high note


Sudhir Choudhrie, Indias biggest arms agent and lobbyist, who is being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED), has made enough through his deals to have reportedly entered the real estate business.


The inter-connected world of Indian defence business (IANS Investigation)


Lockheed Martin's offer to make F-21s -- F-16s in new avatar -- in India has opened up prospects for the Indian fifth generation fighter development programme but a possible tie-up with the US aircraft-maker will hinge on its commitment to honour license issues and the extent of technology transfer.

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