Jammu, May 4 -- The post-to-post small arms firing between India and Pakistani troops continued in different sectors along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir for the ninth consecutive night, officials said on Saturday.

However, there were no casualties in the border skirmishes initiated by Pakistan troops in violation of the ceasefire agreement.

This was the ninth consecutive night of unprovoked firing from across the border, which had mostly been restrictedto the LoC. There was only one incident of firing along the International Border (IB).

Firing between the two sides comes amid heightened tensions following the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam in which 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed.

"During the night of May...