India, May 8 -- Tensions between India and Pakistan reached an all-time high in years on Thursday evening after a suspected Pakistani drone 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 and sensitive areas of Rajasthan as well. All of this comes a day after 'Operation Sindoor' military strikes carried out by New Del...