The operation, launched on January 18, saw a fierce gunfight in the Sonnar forest near Mandral-Singhpora that left one paratrooper dead and seven soldiers injured

Senior NCP leader Anil Deshmukh said the decision on Ajit Pawar’s political successor would be taken by the family collectively.

The US president says he has told Iran it has to do “two things” to avoid military action, as the US builds up its forces in the Gulf. 

​The US president says he has told Iran it has to do “two things” to avoid military action, as the US builds up its forces in the Gulf.