India-Pakistan war: BSF foils major infiltration bid along International Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district | LIVE

India also foiled Pakistan military's attempts to target military installations in 15 cities in the northern and western parts of the country using missiles and drones as tensions between the two neighbours mounted amid fears of a wider conflict.

India on Thursday in retaliatory firing launched drone attack on Pakistan starting with Lahore and Sialkot. India also foiled Pakistan military’s attempts to target military installations in 15 cities in the northern and western parts of the country using missiles and drones as tensions between the two neighbours mounted amid fears of a wider conflict.

HERE ARE THE LIVE UPDATES

• At around 2300 hours on 8 May 2025, BSF foiled a major infiltration bid at the International Boundary in Samba district, J&K: BSF Jammu

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• Two Pakistani drones shot down by Indian Army Air Defence Units in Naushera sector of Jammu and Kashmir. Heavy exchange of artillery fire on between the two sides in the sector: Defence Sources
• A Pakistani Air Force jet has been shot down in the Pathankot sector by Indian air defence, multiple sources tell ANI. More details awaited. Official government confirmation awaited.
• Home Minister Amit Shah speaks to DG of BSF, which guards border with Pakistan, and chiefs of other border guarding forces: Sources.
• Explosions can be heard as Indian air defence intercepts Pakistani drones in Uri, Jammu and Kashmir.
• Civil aviation security instructs all airlines, airports to enhance security: The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has instructed all airlines and airports across the country to enhance security measures. All passengers at all airports will undergo a Secondary Ladder Point Check (SLPC). Visitor entry into terminal buildings has been banned. Air Marshals will be deployed accordingly, says Ministry of Civil Aviation sources.
• Indian Navy joins the aggression: The Indian Navy has deployed its first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant near the Karwar coast in the Arabian Sea.
• EAM Dr S Jaishankar tweets, “Spoke with US Secretary Marco Rubio this evening. Deeply appreciate US commitment to work with India in the fight against terrorism. Underlined India’s targeted and measured response to cross-border terrorism. Will firmly counter any attempts at escalation.”
• Pakistan is using Hamas-style missiles to target multiple areas in Jammu, Defence sources said on Thursday. The sources said visuals over Jammu remind of exactly Hamas-style attack on Israel, like multiple cheap rockets. Pakistan Army is operating and behaving like a terror organisation Hamas. Last month ISI and Hamas met in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
• Sources in the defence and security establishment said the S-400 missile defence systems, surface-to-air missiles and the integrated counter unmanned aircraft system were used in thwarting the Pakistani attempts.
• In its response this morning, India launched kamikaze drones and destroyed a Pakistani air defence system in Lahore.
• The defence ministry said the Pakistani military attempted last night to target Awantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur, Bhatinda, Chandigarh, Nal, Phalodi, Uttarlai, and Bhuj.
• The Indian armed forces targeted air defence radars and systems at a number of locations in Pakistan and “neutralised” an air defence system in Lahore, it said.