Multiple blasts were heard in Jammu city in Indian Kashmir for the second day on Friday, and projectiles seen in the night sky after a blackout, two Reuters witnesses said.

Explosions and sirens were reported in parts of Jammu and south Kashmir, and several areas experienced power outages, according to officials.

On a third day of tit-for-tat exchanges, the Indian army said it had “repulsed” waves of Pakistani attacks using drones and other munitions overnight, and gave a “befitting reply”. Late Friday, an Indian defence source told AFP that drones had been sighted in the Indian-administered Kashmir areas of Jammu and Samba,