India has accused Pakistani troops of firing guns and mortars on at least 50 Indian border posts overnight in Kashmir, calling it the most serious ceasefire violation between the nuclear-armed neighbours in a decade.

Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at a luxury Mumbai hotel today, ending a 60-hour rampage that killed 195 people in India’s financial capital.

Indian government forces raided a hideout of suspected Islamic militants in the Indian part of Kashmir today, sparking a gunbattle which left two soldiers and one rebel dead.

Elite Indian strike forces have moved closer to Pakistan’s border amid escalating tensions, following a suicide attack on India’s Parliament, the defence minister said.