New Delhi: Air raid sirens were sounded in Ambala on Friday morning following a warning from the Indian Air Force (IAF) Station about a potential aerial attack, prompting authorities to advise residents to stay indoors and avoid balconies. The alert was raised around 10:20 a.m., according to official sources.
The precautionary measure comes just hours after a similar alert was issued in Chandigarh, where air raid sirens were activated earlier in the day after receiving a warning of a possible attack. The Chandigarh administration later confirmed that the alert had been called off, but tensions remain high across northern India.
These developments follow a major escalation in hostilities between India and Pakistan. On Thursday evening, Pakistan launched coordinated air and drone strikes targeting several Indian border regions, including Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and Rajasthan. The attacks are seen as a retaliatory move after India conducted precision airstrikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, following the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 people.
As a result of the escalated conflict, widespread blackouts were enforced Thursday night in cities including Jammu, Srinagar, Udhampur, Baramulla, Pathankot, Chandigarh, Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Barmer, and Jaisalmer.
According to defense sources, Pakistan made multiple failed attempts to infiltrate Indian airspace using swarm drones, particularly along the Line of Control (LoC) and the international border. More than 45 drones were reportedly intercepted and destroyed by Indian Army air defense systems in areas such as Udhampur, Samba, Jammu, Akhnoor, Nagrota, and Pathankot.
Early Friday, Pakistan resumed heavy shelling along the LoC. In Uri and Chowkibal in Kupwara district, several homes were damaged, and one civilian—identified as a woman—was killed in the Uri area due to the cross-border firing.
Security forces remain on high alert, and the situation is being closely monitored by the Indian government and military authorities.
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