Security personnel take positions during a gun battle with militants at the Army camp in Nagrota in Jammu on Tuesday. Police said four militants had also been killed in a stand-off with security forces inside the command centre in northern Jammu and Kashmir state that lasted most of the day. It was the most audacious attack on an Indian military base since September, when 19 soldiers were killed in an assault that India blamed on Pakistan-based militants. Separately, Indian authorities said three militants were killed in a shoot-out with security forces after crossing into Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan. Tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours have escalated since the 18 September attack on an Indian army base, the deadliest in a decade.

Source: Mint November 29, 2016 04:53 UTC