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.

India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said New Delhi “does not wish to see further escalation of the situation” and “will continue to act with responsibility and restraint.”

Hours after New Delhi confirmed air strikes on terror targets across the Line of Control, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a rally in Rajasthan's Churu, "I assure you, the country is in safe hands. There is nothing above the nation."

India's air force shot down a drone near the frontier with Pakistan yesterday, officers said, just hours after New Delhi announced its

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. They went viral as India yesterday claimed it had launched an air strike which killed a large number of militants in Pakistan, a claim which Islamabad has denied.

Indians took to the streets in celebration across the country yesterday after the government said it carried out air strikes inside Pakistan killing hundreds of militants in a training camp.

Pakistan's top civilian and military leaders rejects India's comments that it had struck "terror camps" inside Pakistan, vowing to prove wrong India's claims and warning that it will retaliate to Indian aggression.

Hours after India carried out air strikes on terror camps in Pakistan, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says the country is in safe hands.

India says its aerial strikes on terror camps in Pakistan was “absolutely necessary” in view of the “imminent dangers” of new suicide attacks in India for which Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed was preparing.