There was not enough time to even lock the house, said Raj, who fled with his parents, two sisters and a younger brother.
India has beefed up its security for its strategic infrastructure such as power plants and refineries, even as the foreign secretary warned Pakistan against any attack on Indian assets.
Four Apache helicopters are to be stationed at the Pathankot Air Force Station, which is considered to be the prime airbase, which is just a few miles from the border of neighbouring Pakistan
In 2016, terrorists, who had launched attacks on the Pathankot Air base, had snatched a Punjab police officer's car to get to the air base.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed that the trial in the case should be held in-camera and ordered that the trial be fast-tracked and conducted on a day-to-day basis to avoid any delay.
"A bag containing some batteries was left at Dalhousie chowk by a local trader after he had a fight with someone," Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Vivek Sheel Soni said.
Assembly elections in TamilNadu, Assam, West Bengal and Puducherry brought landslide victories for the AIADMK, BJP, TMC and Congress respectively.
Information and Broadcasting minister M Venkaiah Naidu today countered those criticising the one-day ban on NDTV India over its Pathankot coverage, saying the "belated criticism" is clearly "ill informed and politically inspired" to create a controversy.
There was also a suggestion by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh that all newspapers and channels "show courage" and "go off air and not publish" on that day to register their protest.
Government to black out NDTV India for a day on November 9 after the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) ministry concluded that the Hindi news channel gave out 'strategically sensitive' details while covering the Pathankot terrorist attack.
The ministry has asked the channel NDTV India to be taken off air for a day on November 9, sources said today, in what would be the first order against a broadcaster over its coverage of terrorist attacks.
After diplomats worked long hours, the Summit of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa came out with a Goa Declaration which also backed India's demand by calling upon all nations to work together to expedite the adoption of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism in the UN without any further delay.
According to the sources, investigation has revealed that locals were allowed to enter Airbase with their cattle if they paid Rs 50.
Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN's Zakka Jacob spoke about the Pathankot attack, PM Modi's Lahore visit and Indo-Pak ties.
India also welcomed Pakistan PMO's statement announcing action against those allegedly behind the Pathankot airbase attack on January 2.
News of the arrests comes 48 hours before a rare meeting of foreign secretaries of the nuclear-armed rivals is tentatively scheduled to take place.
This comes even as a nervous Pakistan continues to play hardball with India following the latter's terse message to Islamabad in the aftermath of the Pathankot attacks, asking them to act first before talks.
"As Co-Chairmen of the House India Caucus, we offer support to the people and government of India and vow to stand together as the US and India address the shared challenge of combating region and global terrorism," their statement said.
Modi received a call this afternoon from the Prime Minister of Pakistan regarding the terrorist attack on the Pathankot airbase, the PMO said.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said six terrorists have been neutralised and two bodies are charred beyond recognition.
An element of uncertainty crept in on Monday over next week's Foreign Secretary-level talks with Pakistan amid indications that these may be deferred in the wake of the Pathankot terror attack on Saturday.
Pakistan has said it is working on the "leads" provided by India on this attack.
Describing the terrorist attack at key Air Force base in Pathankot near international border as "unfortunate", Union minister Kalraj Mishra today said it was an attempt to spoil relationship between India and Pakistan.
The Home Minister said there were intelligence inputs about possible terror attacks in Punjab and steps were taken which helped avert higher casualties.
The security forces acted on the advance intelligence and National Security Guard teams were sent in advance on Friday evening to handle it. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is coordinating the whole operation.