"There has been no firing from Pakistan overnight till now. The borders are calm", Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jammu Zone, Rajesh Kumar told PTI.
There was no firing or mortar shelling since 8 AM yesterday along International Border (IB) and Line of Control (LoC).
To review the arrangements of border camps, Minister of State, PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh also visited some camps in R S Pura.
"The morale of the people and troops is very high. They are fully backing action of the Narendra Modi for giving a befitting reply to Pak", Singh told reporters here.
Besides over 32,000 people have fled from their border homes leaving 113 hamlets deserted along the IB
The displaced people say they are too scared to return despite de-escalation in firing from across the border.
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