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India-Pakistan tensions escalate; multiple locations plunged into blackout | Full list
Pakistani drones were shut down in several places and shelling from across the border is underway across the LoC in Jammu and Kashmi
After loud explosions were heard and sirens sounded in several locations across Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and parts of Rajasthan, blackouts were enforced by authorities on Friday night amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan.
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A day after India's air defence system's thwarted an attempt by the Pakistani military to attack several locations in the country with drones, residents were asked to switch off their lights in multiple districts as a precautionary measure.
Further, Pakistani drones were shot down in Rajasthan’s Barmer, Pokhran, Jaisalmer, and Phalodi on Friday evening as well. Pakistani shelling has also resumed along the border districts of Jammu and Kashmir in Uri, Kupwara and Poonch.
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In Punjab's Firozpur, a Pakistani drone struck a residential area and injured a family, with one of them critically wounded. The drones were neutralised and the three individuals were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Full list of locations where blackouts have been enforced
- Firozpur, Punjab
- Hoshiarpur, Punjab
- Moga, Punjab
- Sangrur, Punjab
- Muktsar, Punjab
- Fazilka, Punjab
- Bathinda, Punjab
- Jalandhar, Punjab
- Gurdaspur, Punjab
- Nagrota, Jammu and Kashmir
- Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir
- Pathankot, Jammu and Kashmir
- Akhnoor, Jammu and Kashmir
- Samba, Jammu and Kashmir
- Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir
- Parts of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
- Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir
- Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir
- Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir
- Jammu city, Jammu and Kashmir
- Katra, Jammu and Kashmir
- Ambala, Haryana
- Panchkula Haryana
- Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
- Barmer, Rajasthan
Jammu and Kashmir's chief minister Omar Abdullah took to social media platform X to warn residents of Jammu to remain safe.
He said, “It’s my earnest appeal to everyone in & around Jammu please stay off the streets, stay at home or at the nearest place you can comfortably stay at for the next few hours. Ignore rumours, don’t spread unsubstantiated or unverified stories & we will get through this together."
