- By Raju Kumar
- Thu, 08 May 2025 04:24 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
India-Pakistan News: Punjab's Gurdaspur administration ordered a complete blackout in the district from 9:00 pm on May 8 to 5:00 am on May 9. The blackout is seen as a precautionary measure amid conflict between India and Pakistan.
The Deputy Commissioner of Gurdaspur has ordered a district-wide blackout from 9 pm to 5 am starting tonight.
"Due to the sensitive environment at the India-Pakistan border, as per the guidelines of the government of India and the Punjab government, to deal with the emergency situation under the Civil Defence Act 1968, there will be a complete "blackout" in District Gurdaspur from 9.00 pm to 5.00 am of the next day from 08.05.2025 onwards until further orders," the order published in Punjabi by Additional District Magistrate, Gurdaspur translated roughly in English.
This order will not be applicable in Central Jail Gurdaspur and hospitals, but these departments will keep the windows of Central Jail Gurdaspur and hospitals closed from 9.00 PM to 5.00 AM and will ensure that they are well covered so that no ray of sunshine can come out, it read.
Pakistan Attempts Drone Attack On Punjab, Rajasthan And Gujarat
The development comes at a time when the government released a statement, saying that Pakistan attempted missile and drone attacks on 15 cities, including Punjab's Pathankot, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur, Bhatinda and Chandigarh.
"During the Press Briefing on Operation SINDOOR on May 7, 2025, India had called its response as focused, measured and non-escalatory. It was specifically mentioned that Pakistani military establishments had not been targeted. It was also reiterated that any attack on military targets in India will invite a suitable response," the statement read.
On the night of 07-08 May 2025, Pakistan attempted to engage a number of military targets in Northern and Western India including Awantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur, Bhatinda, Chandigarh, Nal, Phalodi, Uttarlai, and Bhuj, using drones and missiles, it said, adding these were neutralised by the Integrated Counter UAS Grid and Air Defence systems. The debris of these attacks is now being recovered from a number of locations that prove the Pakistani attacks.
India Launches Fresh Attacks In Response
Today morning Indian Armed Forces targeted Air Defence Radars and systems at a number of locations in Pakistan, it said. Indian response has been in the same domain with same intensity as Pakistan, the government said. It has been reliably learnt that an Air Defence system at Lahore has been neutralised, it added.
Pakistan has increased the intensity of its unprovoked firing across the Line of Control using Mortars and heavy calibre Artillery in areas in Kupwara, Baramulla, Uri, Poonch, Mendhar and Rajouri sectors in Jammu and Kashmir, the statement read.
Sixteen innocent lives have been lost, including three women and five children, due to Pakistani firing. Here too, India was compelled to respond to bring Mortar and Artillery fire from Pakistan to a halt, it added.
Indian Armed Forces reiterate their commitment to non-escalation, provided it is respected by the Pakistani military, the government reiterated.