Dhaka, April 25 -- Troops from India and Pakistan have exchanged fire at the border on the third day after a militant attack in Jammu-Kashmir's Pahalgam escalated tensions between the South Asian neighbours, reports NDTV.

The Indian news outlet says that there was "speculative firing on some Indian posts by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) on Thursday night," citing the Indian Army.

"The firing was effectively responded to," Army sources told NDTV, adding that there were no casualties.

Suspected militants opened fire in the Baisaran Valley, a popular tourist attraction in Kashmir's Pahalgam area, on Tuesday afternoon, killing 26 people and wounding several others before fleeing into the surrounding pine forests. A group...