Srinagar, May 7 -- In one of the heaviest cross-border shelling incidents since the 2021 ceasefire agreement, panic swept through Kashmir's frontier villages in Baramulla and Kupwara districts as several residents fled their homes or took shelter in underground bunkers. .
In the Jammu region, at least 10 lives have been lost to cross-border firing.
The shelling began late last night and came after India launched strikes on several terror sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
"I shifted my family to an underground bunker as soon as we heard the heavy blasts," said Rafiq Ahmed, a resident of Uri sector in Baramulla. "Since the 2021 ceasefire, this was the worst night we have lived through."
In the Uri sector, five civilians wer...