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Wanted Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militant Noor Mohammad Tantray was killed during a police encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, a police team surrounded a house where two JeM militants were reportedly hiding and killed Noor in the subsequent encounter. Noor was involved in the attack on the BSF camp outside Srinagar airport in October.

A three-foot tall dwarf Jaish-e-Mohammed commander, Noor Mohammed Tantray, was killed by security forces in an encounter in J&K on Tuesday. Tantray, who was responsible for major terror strikes including an attack on a BSF camp in October, was arrested in 2003 for terrorism and sentenced to life imprisonment. The 47-year-old was on the run since jumping parole in 2015.

Denying reports that the Indian Army crossed over the Line of Control and smashed a post, Pakistan said the cross-LoC adventures were a "figment of India's imagination". It added that India got a "befitting reply" and their guns were silenced. Earlier, reports said India crossed the LoC, killing three Pakistan soldiers in retaliation for the death of four Indian jawans.

Intelligence agencies have issued warnings to Tihar jail authorities in Delhi that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim is plotting to kill Chhota Rajan. Reportedly, the information was accessed when Delhi's gangster Neeraj Bawana's aide told the plan to someone over phone in a drunken state. The jail authorities have been asked to review the security arrangements inside the prison.

The Army is reportedly planning to use camels to patrol the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh. The animals will be trained to patrol long distances, carry heavy loads of ammunition and supplies. This is expected to benefit the Army as the camels can move faster and carry heavier weight than the ponies and mules traditionally used by the force.

Flight operations at the Delhi airport were suspended for 20 minutes on Thursday after a pilot of an airline spotted a drone-like object in the area. The incident, which was the fourth in two weeks, led to closure of all three operational runways between 7:30 am and 7:50 am. Security authorities inspected the area and no such object was found.

The Border Security Force (BSF) has been told to keep a close watch on the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura to prevent entry of "unwanted elements" into the state where Assembly elections are due in 2018, an election official said. The central government has also agreed to send security forces as required by the Election Commission, the Chief Electoral Officer said.

One jawan was killed and two jawans were injured after terrorists attacked a CRPF training centre in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district during the early hours of Sunday. The terrorists hurled grenades and opened fire to enter the training centre. Stating that the attack was conducted by Fidayeen, the CRPF said a similar attack could happen on other camps also.

Four Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans were martyred and three others were injured during a terrorist attack on a CRPF training centre in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district in the early hours of Sunday. The Indian forces have killed three terrorists in the ongoing attack. Terror organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed has claimed responsibility for the incident.

Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed has released a video of a 17-year-old militant hailing jihad before going to attack the CRPF camp in J&K's Pulwama. The militant, who was the son of a policeman, was killed by the security personnel during the attack in which five CRPF jawans were martyred. In the video, he urged Kashmiri youths to join the "fight for azadi".

India and Pakistan on Monday exchanged lists of their nuclear installations for the 27th consecutive time under the Prohibition of Attack against Nuclear Installations Agreement. The annual exchange of lists is aimed at updating the nations about the installations to be covered under the agreement. The countries also shared a list of Indian and Pakistani nationals lodged in their jails.

The Home Ministry has declared Nagaland a "disturbed area" under Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) for six more months till June-end. The ministry said the state is in such a "dangerous condition" that use of armed forces in aid of civil power is necessary. AFSPA empowers the security forces to conduct operations anywhere and arrest anyone without prior notice.

After a video showing Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman walking without any security to have lunch with common people in Bengaluru surfaced online, a Twitter user wrote, "Indian defence is in good hands." Another user wrote, "She is a no nonsense person." Meanwhile, a tweet read, "Please do not expose yourself to danger... the nation needs you."

Chinese soldiers with road-building machines reportedly crossed up to 200 metres into Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh in late December. Reports state that some locals informed the Indian Army about the intrusion, following which the latter intercepted the Chinese troops and seized their machines. This comes months after the 73-day standoff between Indian and Chinese troops at Doklam.

A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan Head Constable RP Hazra was killed by sniper fire on Wednesday in a ceasefire violation by Pakistan Rangers in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district. Reports said that it was the jawan's birthday. After the BSF retaliated, there was heavy exchange of firing from both sides, reports added.

India has cancelled a ₹3,174-crore deal to buy 1,600 Spike anti-tank guided missiles, according to Israeli state-owned defence company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. Reports said India wasn't keen on the deal as its military research body DRDO was working on creating its own missiles. Rafael said it regretted the decision but remained committed to cooperating with India's Defence Ministry.

Classified Army documents pertaining to the operational matters of an infantry brigade have reportedly gone missing from its office in Punjab's Jalandhar. A high-level internal investigation has been ordered to probe how the documents went missing from an official's cupboard. People responsible for the maintenance of the office were questioned during the investigation.

A day after a jawan was killed in a ceasefire violation by Pakistan in J&K, the Border Security Force on Thursday killed an intruder and destroyed two Pakistani army mortar positions. Pakistan's infrastructure, solar panels, and weapons were also damaged, Jammu Frontier Inspector General Ramawtar said. The BSF jawan had been killed by a Pakistani sniper on his birthday.

The Indian Army on Thursday located and defused live bombs and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district. The Army used advanced technology and cameras to detect the bomb cache and destroy it in safer places. The explosives were allegedly planted by Pakistan-based infiltrators.

The Kerala Police on Friday averted a possible terror attack by seizing five metal containers containing explosives under the Kuttippuram Railway bridge in Malappuram district. The police team also found landmines apart from the cache, reports said. The bombs have been defused and a probe has been ordered into the incident.