Security has been beefed up in and around the Vaishnodevi Devi shrine in Trikuta hills following the recovery of a pen bomb from the premises, police said on Friday.
The evacuation of coastal areas of Florida and neighboring Georgia was the biggest seen in the US in a dozen years.
One of the slain terrorists has been identified as Shahbaz Safi Wani alias Rayees Kachru, who was active in the area since June, 2016.
The state government has already evacuated more than 30,000 people across the state after rain water flooded their habitats.
Asim Umar, Al Qaeda's Sharia council chief, heads its operations on the sub-continent.
"Since the Hyderpora attack of June 24, there have been a series of successful operations both on LoC and in the hinterland area. We have killed 28 terrorists in this period, out of which 18 were eliminated on the LoC and 10 in the hinterland," GOC of Srinagar-based 15 Corps Lt Gen Gurmeet Singh told reporters in Srinagar.
The government on Monday said steps were being taken to ensure 'adequate accountability' of auditors, solicitors and managers to a public issue of a vanishing company.
The defence ministry has now written to the ministry of external affairs informing it about the incident.
Having sounded a 'high alert' on volatile movements in the market and to save small investors, Sebi chairman G N Bajpai will launch a practical guide for household investors, prepared by the Delhi Stock Exchange, in New Delhi on Saturday.
Five people, including a minor girl, died and as many injured in separate incidents during heavy rains in Kullu, Kangra and Chamba districts of Himachal Pradesh.
All buildings flanking the 8km parade route in Delhi have been taken over by security personnel to prevent terrorists from using them to launch rockets or missiles.
All roads leading to the stadium have been sealed and security personnel have been deployed on rooftops near the stadium, a senior police officer said.
Apprehending attack by Pakistan's Border Action Team on forward posts and patrol parties in the run up to Republic Day, Army has sounded an alert along the boundary with Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir.
Nearly 200 people were missing after a massive landslide in northeast Nepal that blocked Sunkoshi river, turning it into a huge lake and putting dozens of villages both in Nepal and India at risk of flash floods.
The cyclone would bring light to moderate rains at most places and 'heavy to very heavy downpour' at some places on November 6.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India continued to be on high alert and has asked the stock exchanges to "remain extraordinarily watchful of any unusual movements" following the intense volatility in the capital market.
A large quantity of explosives was recovered on Thursday from a vehicle in the capital city where security has been tightened ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit on November 29.
The chief minister said certain "leads" have been found which are being pursued aggressively and assured that culprits would soon be arrested. The chief minister has also announced a reward of Rs 50 lakh for anyone providing information on those involved in the blast.
Troops along the LoC and International Border have been placed on high alert following the raids, a senior defence official said.
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Wednesday warned that the country may witness more communal violence ahead of the 2014 general election as he indicated that some political parties could be behind the riots in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.
Though the "eye of the storm" is away from land, the cyclone's outer periphery would leave its impact on the coast.
The national capital has already been placed under a multi-layered security blanket.
A suspected poacher was killed in a firing by National Defence Academy's security guards in Pune on Friday when a group of individuals tried to enter its premise.
A Delhi Police head constable, Ratan Lal, was among the nine killed in the violence that erupted on Monday over the amended citizenship law.
A father of three living in Scotland has managed to live to tell the tale of the brutality of Taliban terrorists after he went undercover at a training camp for the terrorists.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who undertook an aerial survey of rain ravaged areas of Idukki and Wayanad, said Kerala was in the midst of an unprecedented flood havoc and the calamity has caused "immeasurable misery and devastation."
The FBI has sent a bulletin sent to law enforcement agencies, asking them to look out for suspicious body language.
Mobile internet services will remain suspended in 'sensitive' parts of Haryana till Wednesday to prevent any disturbance.
The slain militant was identified as Anjoy Islary alias Monjoy and he was the self-styled commanding officer of the NDFB-S.
Following sharp movements in the stock markets, Securities and Exchange Board of India has placed its surveillance system in a state of "high alert" to detect any "misconduct" and protect investors interest, Sebi chairman G N Bajpai said on Thursday.
Seven people, including two police officers and a terrorist, were killed as the Punjab Police's elite Special Weapons and Tactics team and the Indian Army were carrying out a massive operation in the Gurdaspur district to flush out terrorists who went on a rampage attacking a bus and a police station complex.
The airspace above the prime minister's residence at Race Course road in Delhi is a 'no fly zone'.
A prominent social activist was on Wednesday shot dead by militants in Sopore township of north Kashmir's Baramulla district, police said.
Five people, including the priest, two nuns and two parishioners were held by the assailants who raided the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray near Rouen in Normandy on Tuesday.
This comes a day after the end of a prolonged encounter in the high-security Badamibagh area.
This follows Monday night's blast in a BEST bus in Ghatkopar, Mumbai.
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