India, May 8 -- Tensions between India and Pakistan reached an all-time high in years on Thursday evening after a Pakistani drone and missile attack reported from parts of Jammu, Punjab and Rajasthan was thwarted by the Indian defence systems, prompting blackout enforcement, air raid sirens in the affected cities and suspension of the Indian Premiere League (IPL) match in Himachal Pradesh's Dharamshala midway.

It started with a suspected Pakistani drone attack that was thwarted by the Indian air defence system in parts of Jammu on Thursday evening, and expanded to explosions being heard in some areas of Punjab, sensitive areas of Rajasthan and later along the western borders at various locations as well, according to military sources cit...