A large number of workers from other states working in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba have started moving to safer places after heavy cross-border shelling and attempted drone and missile attacks by Pakistan last night.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday made announcements urging residents to follow blackout protocols and respond to sirens amid heightened tensions in the region. As a precaution, markets in Jammu City are also closing.
Amid escalating tensions, Pakistan resorted to small arms and artillery fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday evening.
Deputy Chief Whip Kewal Singh Pathania met Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday and apprised him about the concerns raised by the parents of Himachali students studying in Jammu & Kashmir, mostly in Srinagar amid the prevailing tension between India and Pakis
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday strongly condemned Pakistan's attempted drone attacks targeting civilians in Jammu, warning that continued escalation would lead to severe consequences for the neighbouring country.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday reached at the government hospital in Jammu to meet the people who were injured in the Pakistan shelling that took place in Poonch.
Sajjad Ahmed, a resident of a border village, standing before the remains of his shop, said that the shelling by Pakistan was target killing of civilians and that it was "injustice" to them.
As tensions escalating further along the India-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir late last night multiple drones and heavy cross-border shelling were reported near civilian areas in Jammu.