Shilpak Ambule, India's high commissioner to Singapore said that "everybody is on operational alert. But that does not mean that our India growth story and focus on economy gets affected." His comments come against the backdrop of tensions between India and Pakistan,

India expelled a Pakistani official for espionage, prompting Pakistan to retaliate by declaring an Indian staffer 'persona non grata'.

India and Pakistan engaged in the most intense fighting in decades with four days of escalating conflict that included fighter jets, missiles and drones packed with explosives. It ended almost as abruptly as it began.

The action comes after India expelled a Pakistan working at the Pakistan High Commission was expelled for alleged espionage.

President Trump’s repeated descriptions of U.S. mediation efforts between India and Pakistan have hit sore spots in Indian politics.

India's trade minister Piyush Goyal will lead a trade delegation to the United States starting May 16 to advance trade negotiations, two government officials said on Tuesday, as both countries push for a bilateral trade pact.

It is believed that a major decision could be taken in this meeting based on reports from top officials of the Defence Ministry, Home Ministry, and External Affairs Ministry, as well as intelligence inputs.

Pakistan on Tuesday declared a staff member of the Indian High Commission here "persona non grata" after India expelled a Pakistani official working at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi for allegedly indulging in espionage.

PM Modi on Tuesday reiterated that if any terror attack struck India then the nation will fiercely respond to it at time and conditions of its own choosing.

1972 — India and Pakistan sign a peace accord, renaming the ceasefire line in Kashmir as the Line of Control, a heavily fortified stretch of military outposts that divide the region between them. Both sides deploy more troops along the frontier, turning it into a heavily fortified stretch of military outposts.