Pakistani drone injures three in Punjab’s Firozpur, blackouts ordered in several border districts

Three members of a family in Punjab’s Firozpur town were on Friday injured after a Pakistani drone hit a civilian area, defence officials said.

The three persons suffered burn injuries and were immediately taken to a hospital, Senior Superintendent of Police Bhupinder Singh Sidhu said, according to ANI. The official said that the Army had neutralised most other drones in the area.

Defence officials said drones were sighted at 26 places along the Line of Control and International Border, ranging from Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir to Bhuj in Gujarat. These included suspected armed drones that posed a threat to civilian and military targets.

For the second consecutive day, several cities in the northern and western parts of the country on Friday witnessed blackouts, with reports of explosions and sirens being heard.

Blackouts were implemented in the districts of Jammu and Samba in Jammu and Kashmir, Pathankot and Firozpur in Punjab, Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, and in the Kachchh district of Gujarat, ANI reported.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said he could hear “intermittent sounds of blasts, probably heavy artillery” in Jammu.

Blackout in Jammu now. Sirens can be heard across the city. pic.twitter.com/TE0X2LYzQ8— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) May 9, 2025

News agency ANI released deferred visuals of explosions being heard and red streaks seen across the skies in...

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