India, Jan. 14 -- India asked Pakistan to rein in its drone activities after Islamabad launched defensive drones to assess if New Delhi was preparing to take any action against it, army chief General Upendra Dwivedi said on Tuesday, speaking against the backdrop of multiple aerial intrusions in Jammu earlier this week.

He also said that India was looking at creating a rocket-cum-missile force at the earliest to boost its combat effectiveness with weapons that can hit targets at different ranges, pointing out that the country's neighbours had already raised such specialised forces.

"It is the need of the hour that we raise such a force. Today, rockets and missiles complement each other.We are looking at a rocket-missile force as China an...