India, May 10 -- India hit back at Pakistan on Friday night after repelling Pakistani drone strikes at 26 locations in Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat, as Islamabad ratcheted up hostilities for the second straight day, raising fears of a full-blown conflict.

Three civilians were injured in an armed drone strike in Punjab's Ferozepur town.

Drones were sighted across a wide arc of locations - ranging from Baramulla and Srinagar in the north to Bhuj in the west - along both the international border and the Line of Control, the army said.

"The Indian armed forces are maintaining a high state of alert, and all such aerial threats are being tracked and engaged using counter-drone systems. The situation is under close and const...