New Delhi, May 9 -- As many as 300-400 drones were launched towards Indian positions by the Pakistan Army last night, which were sighted at 36 locations from Siachen base camp in Ladakh to Kutch area in Gujarat, the Defence sources said on Friday.

The Indian Armed Forces successfully thwarted the attack attempts and neutralised the drones.

"Most of the drones were unarmed. The drones were fitted with cameras and possibly relaying footage to their ground stations. The Indian air defence systems took out almost all the drones which could have caused damage to infrastructure," added defence sources.

Earlier in the day, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh conducted a review of the country's current security situation at South Block, which house...