NEW DELHI / SRINAGAR / ISLAMABAD

New Delhi late Thursday said that Pakistan fired projectiles over Jammu city in Indian-administered Kashmir, a claim Islamabad denied.

Officials from both countries issued statements following explosions heard in Jammu, which caused public panic.

A complete blackout is in effect in many parts of Jammu and Kashmir, and local authorities have closed all educational institutions in the region until Saturday.

“Military stations of Jammu, Pathankot and Udhampur in proximity to the International Boundary, in Jammu & Kashmir targeted by Pakistan using missiles and drones. No losses. Threat neutralized by Indian Armed Forces… with kinetic and non-kinetic means,” said the Indian joint defense staff on X.

However, Pakistan's Information Minister Abdullah Tarar said that Islamabad “has not targeted any locations in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, or across international border, so far.”

"We urge the international community to take serious note of this dangerous behavior and to counsel India toward restraint and responsibility," Pakistani Foreign Ministry said in a seperate statement.

Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated this week after India announced “Operation Sindoor” late Tuesday night, saying it struck “terrorist infrastructure at nine locations" in Pakistan. Indian officials said New Delhi exercised its “right to respond and pre-empt as well as deter more such cross-border attacks.”

Pakistan said at least 31 people were killed and 57 others injured in India's "Operation Sindoor" and cross-border firing. Officials said forces shot down five Indian fighter jets after the missile strikes and vowed to retaliate.

According to the Indian Defense Ministry, at least 16 people were killed in cross-border firing along the Line of Control (LoC) -- a de facto border that divides the disputed Himalayan region between the two arch rivals -- in Indian-administered Kashmir.

Earlier on Thursday, Pakistan and India claimed to have shot down each other's drones, with some being hit in densely populated cities during overnight attacks.

Pakistan's military spokesman Lt-Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said in a press conference that Pakistani forces destroyed 29 Israel-made Harop drones fired by India overnight, calling it a "serious provocation." He said the attacks killed three civilians and injured four Pakistani soldiers.