Pakistan carried out cross-border shelling on Saturday morning, causing significant damage to civilian areas in Jammu city and heightening fears among residents.
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 India-Pakistan tension, Telangana Government has established a Control Room at Telangana Bhavan in national capital to provide assistance, information, and support to residents of Telangana residing in border States.
Multiple residential buildings were damaged in the region of Kupwara, Poonch, and Rajouri sectors of Jammu in the cross border shelling by Pakistan last night.
The Panchkula administration has placed the district on high alert and announced that a complete blackout will be enforced across Panchkula tonight starting at 7 pm till further notice.
Heavy shelling by Pakistan in a border village in Jammu and Kashmir damaged houses, cars, and the boundary wall of a local gurudwara. A local resident said the shelling began around 1 am, but the Gurduwara Sahib and a nearby medical dispensary were not harmed.
Air sirens were sounded across Chandigarh on Friday as part of a precautionary measure after the city received an alert from the local Air Force station about a possible attack, said the official.
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.