India-pakistan Latest: Indian Army Neutralises Over 50 Drones, Omar Abdullah Headed To Jammu -- Top Points To Know

Tensions betwixt India and Pakistan roseate connected Thursday arsenic strikes targeted Jammu, Pathankot, and Udhampur. India's S-400 defense systems intercepted aggregate drones and missiles. This escalation followed India's Operation Sindoor, which reportedly killed 100 terrorists successful consequence to nan caller Pahalgam panic onslaught that claimed 26 lives.

Blackouts and sirens were triggered passim nan Jammu region, pinch reports confirming that akin alerts were besides sounded successful Akhnoor, Samba, Baramulla, and Kupwara.

India-Pakistan unrecorded updates: Top developments truthful far

1. Over 50 drones were successfully neutralised during a large-scale counter-drone cognition conducted by Indian Army aerial defence units successful Udhampur, Samba, Jammu, Akhnoor, Nagrota, and Pathankot. 
2. On Thursday, Pakistan made grounded attempts to nonstop swarm drones each crossed various places on nan Line of Control (LoC) and International Borders (IB). 
3. Shelling by nan Pakistani Army has begun again successful Jammu and Kashmir's Uri aft a spread of a fewer hours. 
4. Civilian cars were targeted by nan Pakistan Army, and bullets and shrapnel were besides recovered astatine nan site. 
5. Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that Tehran hopes that India and Pakistan would forestall nan escalation of hostility successful nan region. 
6. "We dream that India and Pakistan will forestall nan escalation of hostility successful nan region. Our region needs peace, particularly to grow economical practice betwixt location countries, and we dream this will happens," Araqchi said. 
7. Jammu and Kashmir main curate Omar Abdullah is presently connected his measurement to Jammu to return banal of nan business aft a grounded drone onslaught directed astatine Jammu metropolis and different parts of nan section by nan Pakistan Army past night. 
8. "Driving to Jammu now to return banal of nan business aft past night’s grounded Pakistani drone onslaught directed astatine Jammu metropolis & different parts of nan division," Abdullah wrote connected X. 
9. On Thursday, nan Himachal Pradesh authorities cancelled nan agelong leaves of each doctors and allied aesculapian unit successful nan hilly state.
10. All hospitals successful Himachal person been instructed to beryllium connected alert and guarantee capable readiness of beds. Trauma centres, laboratories, and emergency services will stay operational 24x7. 

Published on: May 9, 2025 7:27 AM IST