US troops have made their first detentions inside military areas set up on the US-Mexico border as part of the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration, the US Army said.

The Border Security Force (BSF) is training villagers living in border areas in Jammu and Kashmir with self-defence techniques and firearms familiarisation, officials told NDTV.

In a definitive step towards the resolution of longstanding boundary differences between Assam and Meghalaya, the two state governments on Monday decided to erect border pillars in five of the disputed areas by Independence Day.

The Assam government will provide arms licences to indigenous people residing in "vulnerable and remote" areas and those along the border with Bangladesh for instilling a sense of security in them, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

After 10 days of ceasefire between India and Pakistan, the Beating Retreat ceremony by the Border Security Force (BSF) is set to resume on Tuesday evening

Flight operations across 32 airports in North and West India are expected to return to normal, as cross-border military action between India and Pakistan came to a halt over the past few days.

Jammu Kashmir Schools Reopen: Various schools will reopen from today in Jammu and Kashmir.

The killing of 31 Maoists at Karregutta Hill on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border this week - the result of 'India's largest anti-Maoist op' - has been hailed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah as an "historic" achievement.

Jammu and Kashmir administration is actively assessing the damage and expediting relief efforts in border areas affected by recent shelling from across the Line of Control (Loc), the union territory's Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo said.

India and Pakistan, which were involved in intense firing for four days as tensions simmered following a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam last month, agreed to a ceasefire on Saturday evening.

In a security move prompted by escalating tensions with Pakistan, Indian Railways has decided to halt night-time train operations in the border areas of Jammu and Punjab.

The Line of Control is always tense, but lately, cross-border firing from Pakistan has been relentless - shells piercing the calm of villages in Rajouri and Poonch. These border areas have always been on edge, but what I saw now was different.

Pakistan military targeted civilian areas, including medical facilities and a school, as it continued attacks along the western frontier last night, the Indian armed forces said on Saturday.

Several houses were damaged after Pakistan opened unprovoked firing across the Line of Control (LoC) in border areas of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday night.

India Pakistan Tension LIVE Updates: Indian Army said the night remained largely peaceful across Jammu and Kashmir and other areas along the International Border with Pakistan, less than two days after the two neighbours agreed to a ceasefire.

A high alert was sounded in Delhi, and all city government employees' leaves were cancelled as hostilities ramped up between India and Pakistan, with several border areas, including Jammu, coming under cross-border shelling.

Pakistan, hours after its foiled attempt to target 15 Indian cities, launched an attack on parts of Jammu and Kashmir. While the border areas are under heavy shelling, Jammu is being targeted with missiles and drones.

At least 13 civilians have died and over 50 have been injured near the border areas in Pakistan's firing, theMinistry of External Affairs (MEA) said.

Villagers in Ferozepur said they have begun shifting their belongings even though there has been no official evacuation orders from the Border Security Force, Indian Army, or any government agency so far.

Several flights connecting major cities in northern states have been impacted due to airspace restrictions in view of the Indian armed forces' strikes on terror bases in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Pakistani troops resorted to heavy cross border shelling along the Line of Control in Karnah area of Kupwara district early Wednesday, less than two hours after India launched air strikes against terror targets in Pakistan and PoK.

India Pakistan Tensions Highlights: The Indian Air Force (IAF) will carry out a routine military exercise in Rajasthan, along the International Border with Pakistan, on Wednesday.

The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has begun conducting joint patrolling in sensitive areas along the India-Bangladesh border.

A man allegedly raped and strangled his seven-year-old daughter in the Loni Border area, later fabricating a story to frame a neighbour, police said on Tuesday.