Tensions between India and Pakistan have escalated sharply following a series of missile and drone attacks launched by Pakistan on Thursday night, targeting several Indian regions including Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and Rajasthan. As part of the ongoing military crisis under Operation Sindoor, the Indian armed forces have responded decisively, intercepting all incoming aerial threats and destroying enemy assets across the border.

Late Thursday evening, emergency sirens echoed across Chandigarh following alerts of a potential incoming Pakistani missile attack. The alarm was triggered as part of India's precautionary civil defence protocol, immediately sending people into shelters and enforcing a city-wide blackout in sensitive sectors. Although no missile ultimately landed in the city, the alert underscored the seriousness of the escalating situation.

The latest provocation by Pakistan follows India's precision strikes on terror camps located in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) earlier this week. These retaliatory strikes, launched in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, were aimed at dismantling terror infrastructure that India claims was responsible for killing 26 civilians in a suicide bombing in southern Kashmir.