Security officials said today that the commander of a powerful rebel movement in India’s remote northeast has surrendered with a top deputy.

Pakistani forces opened fire on Indian border guards before dawn today, an official said, adding that two of the Indian troopers were shot and wounded.

At least 13 Indian policemen were killed and five injured today in a Kashmir bomb attack blamed on Islamic militants.

A ceasefire began today along the India-Bangladesh border after two days of fighting over a disputed area between the countries’ forces killed 19 soldiers, officials said.