Breaking a two-day lull, Pakistan’s troops resort to firing from mortars and small arms targeting Indian forward posts and villages along the de facto border in Akhnoor sector of Jammu and Kashmir, Indian defence officials say.

A decisive crackdown on extremist and militant organisations in Pakistan looks imminent. “The action would soon be visible as things progress,” a source told a group of journalists in Pakistan.

A top Indian minister has said the government would not share proof that "a very large number" of militants were killed in air strikes inside Pakistan this week, after doubts were raised there were any casualties in the attack that stoked tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals.

As India and Pakistan seemingly dial down hostilities that brought the arch enemies to the brink of another war, a massive crackdown on militancy in the Indian-controlled Kashmir region is killing both militants and security personnel in big numbers.

A day after Indian Air Force (IAF) Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman’s release by Pakistan, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman meets him and conveyed that the entire country is proud of his courage and determination, officials said.

A part of the Mumbai international airport's Terminal 2 in India is evacuated after authorities received what they said was a "non-specific" bomb threat call around 11:00am, reports NDTV.

A flare up between arch-foes India and Pakistan appears to be easing after Islamabad handed back a captured Indian pilot, amid efforts by global powers to prevent a war between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

Pakistan plans to lodge a complaint of "eco-terrorism" against India after airstrikes by New Delhi in Pakistani territory this week damaged dozens of trees, its climate change minister tells.

India and Pakistan fired barrages of shells at each other across their angry Kashmir frontier yesterday, leaving at least one dead as the troubled region braces for more violence amid renewed hostilities between the arch-rivals.

A large number of people have assembled at the Attari Joint Check Post (JCP) in India's Panjab to receive Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Abhinandan Varthaman who is likely to be released by Pakistani authorities.

Three days after Indian war planes hit a terror camp in Pakistan, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi drives home his government’s tough posture in dealing with terrorism and said “India will longer be helpless in the wake of terror.”

Pakistan's foreign minister says he would not attend a meeting of foreign ministers from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Abu Dhabi this weekend because his Indian counterpart had been invited to the event.

Pakistani authorities are likely to bring Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman from Rawalpindi to Lahore and hand him over to the International Committee of Red Cross under the Geneva Convention rules, according to reports.

The Indian Air Force says it is very happy that the pilot, who was captured by Pakistan, would be returning home, but dismissed suggestions that it was a goodwill gesture, insisting it was in line with the Geneva Conventions for Prisoners.

A day after Indian and Pakistani fighter jets were engaged in aerial combat, Indian Ministry of Defence officials say airspace intrusion by Pakistan jets was an attempt to attack military installations.

The Indian Army, Navy and the Air Force will hold a joint press conference at 5:00pm amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan ever since the 14 February Pulwama terror attack and the subsequent IAF strike against a terrorist training camp of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) across the LoC.

Pakistan authorities have suspended the services of Samjhauta Express that runs between Lahore and India’s New Delhi until further notice amidst tense bilateral ties in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack.

Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan is focused on de-escalating tensions between India and Pakistan and urged them both to avoid further military action, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, without saying if he had spoken with his counterparts from either nation.

Thousands of Kashmiris have fled their homes, some bailed water out of disused bunkers, while others dug in -- determined to see out the latest flare up of hostilities between India and Pakistan.

Videos which have been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on Facebook and YouTube, and published by mainstream media in both India and Pakistan, show military jets flying at night and dropping what appear to be bombs.