India, May 9 -- It was a slow start to Friday in the Valley, particularly in the summer capital of Srinagar, after an anxious night of cross-border attacks through multiple drones and heavy shelling in Jammu and Kashmir amid escalating tension with Pakistan.

Businesses opened late on Friday morning, while traffic was thin and educational institutions remained closed.

Following India's targeted strikes on terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on Wednesday, the neighbouring country mounted multiple drone and missile attacks that were thwarted by the Indian air defence system in Jammu, Udhampur and Pathankot on Thursday night.

A 40-year-old woman was killed and five others were injured in Uri late on Thursday night after ...