Shimla, May 11 -- Amid escalating conflict between India and Pakistan, a projectile hit a forest hill at Damtal village in Himachal's Kangra district, bordering Punjab's Pathankot, at 12.30pm and exploded without harming anybody, police said.

Kangra deputy commissioner Hemraj Bairwa said the projectile hit an uninhabited area and no one was injured. He added that splinters were also found at a few places in the district.

Locals said they heard three blasts when the projectile hit the hilltop just next to the panchayat ghar.

Police officials, who reached the blast site, said the intended target could be Pathankot.

The blast comes hours after two suspicious objects resembling the remains of a drone and a missile were found at two places...