Army reports peaceful night in Jammu and Kashmir amid India-Pakistan tensions

Amid ongoing IndiaPakistan tensions Jammu and Kashmir was peaceful last night with no hostilities between the Indian and Pakistani militaries along the Line of Control and the International Border reported news agency PTIThe Indian Army said this on Monday morningThe night remained largely peaceful across Jammu and Kashmir and other areas along the International border it said in a brief statement reported PTINo incidents have been reported marking the first calm night in recent days it said reported PTIIndia launched Operation Sindoor on early May 7 to destroy seven terror infrastructures in Pakistan and PakistanOccupiedKashmir in retaliation to the Pahalgam terror attackAll subsequent retaliations to Pakistani offensives were carried out under Operation SindoorIndia and Pakistan on Saturday announced reaching an understanding to stop all firings and military actions on land air and sea with effect from 5 pm that dayThere were some violations of the underlying by the Pakistani military on Saturday nightRajasthan border districts observe blackout as precautionMeanwhile a complete blackout was observed in the border districts of Rajasthan on Sunday night as a precautionary measure following a suspension of hostilities between India and PakistanThere were reports that some red lights suspected to be of drones were spotted in the sky in Barmer The district administration sent out an alert on X Incoming drone activity spotted Please stay inside your houses and observe blackout DM BarmerThe district administration however refuted social media posts about a drone being shot down as factually wrongBy Monday morning an apparent sense of normalcy seemed to have set in with the border districts with people gathering at tea stalls and shops engaging in usual conversationsJalam Singh a Jaisalmer local said Things appear to be as usual now Last night was peacefulThe blackout timings varied across the districts last night Jaisalmer faced a blackout from 730 pm to 6 am Bikaner from 7 pm to 5 am Ganganagar from 7 pm until sunrise and Barmer from 8 pm to 6 am But Jodhpur was sparedHowever schools colleges and coaching centres in the border areas remain closed as a precautionary measureSecurity forces are alert and all arrangements to face any situation in the wake of the tension between India and Pakistan are in place across all districts an official of the home department said in JaipurNew Delhi and Islamabad reached an understanding on Saturday afternoon to halt military actions with immediate effect after four days of intense crossborder drone and missile strikes DGMOlevel talks between India and Pakistan are set to be held on MondayWith inputs from PTIatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params