Blasts rock Indian Kashmir, Amritsar as conflict with Pakistan escalates

Mihaela Păun

JAMMU: Blasts rang out across Indian Kashmir and the Sikh holy city of Amritsar in neighbouring Punjab state late on Friday (May 9), with the Indian military saying it was shooting down drones in the worst fighting with Pakistan in nearly three decades . The explosions in Amritsar - the first heard in the three-day-old conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours - could mark a further expansion in the hostilities that have alarmed world powers. Projectiles and flashes were seen in the night