Drone attacks were repulsed in Jammu, Samba, Barmer, Pokhran, Ferozepur, Rajouri, Phalodi, Barmer, Jaisalmer, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Amritsar.

Multiple blasts were heard in Jammu city in Indian Kashmir for the second day on Friday, and projectiles seen in the night sky after a blackout, two Reuters witnesses said.

India's army has responded to what it described as Pakistan's "blatant escalation with drone strikes and other munitions" along its western borders as part of the latest escalation in a conflict between the two nuclear-armed rivals.

India has accused Pakistan of attacking three of its military bases with drones and missiles, a claim which has been denied by Islamabad. The Indian Army said it had foiled Pakistan's attempts to attack its bases in Jammu and Udhampur,