India, May 9 -- A 40-year-old woman was killed and five others injured as Pakistani troops resorted to heavy artillery shelling in Gulmarg, Uri, Nowgam, and Kupwara, Rajouri and Poonch along the Line of Control (LoC), the de facto India-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), and drone and missile attacks on Jammu, Udhampur, Samba, Akhnoor, RS Pura until early Friday. The Indian armed forces effectively foiled the attacks, said officials.

The fresh attacks came even as India on Thursday night repelled multiple strikes across the western border. A blackout was clamped across a swathe of the border overnight as Pakistan stepped up hostilities despite India's warning against any escalation.

In J&K, Uri was the worst-hit. One Nargis Beg...