India, May 13 -- Barely minutes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation, Pakistani drones were sighted in J&K's Samba town and near army installations in Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur, prompting authorities to activate its air defence system and impose blackout.

Reports stated that Pakistan also opened small arms fire at the International Border in Samba and Hiranagar sectors and was being responded in equal measure by the Border Security Force.

As a precautionary measure, a Delhi-Amritsar flight of Indigo was sent back to Capital. It was scheduled to land at Amritsar at 9.10 pm.

"Over a dozen drones were seen being intercepted by the air defence system," said a local from Samba. Red streaks were seen and explosions heard...