The blasts came after blackouts triggered by projectiles observed in the sky above the nearby city of Jammu earlier on Friday.

India's army has responded to what it described as Pakistan's "blatant escalation with drone strikes and other munitions" along its western borders as part of the latest escalation in a conflict between the two nuclear-armed rivals.

As tensions between Pakistan and India continue to rise, the brunt of the impact is being borne by residents of the border regions in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, where people say they have been forced to abandon their homes in search of safety.