In the big developing news today, the Indian Army carried surgical strikes across LoC on Wednesday night. Seven terror launch pads were destroyed. On the heels of this the Punjab villages near the Internation Border (IB) have been told to evacuate, reports quoted an official from the district administration. the SSPs of Gurdaspur, Batala and Pathankot have been asked to evacuate all villages 10 km inside the Indian territory. The deputy commissioners were told to make alternative arrangements in schools and colleges. As many as 136 villages were ordered to be evacuated. The Punjab Cabinet also called an urgent meeting to review the security situation. Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal about the strikes. Schools in the border belt were ordered closed following the escalation of tension along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir, sources said. Top civil and military officers meet in Uri to discuss evacuation plans if Pakistan ends ceasefire and resorts to shelling. BSF has cancelled the beating retreat ceremony at Wagah border for today. Eleven days after terrorists killed 18 Indian soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri area, Indian Special Forces targeted "some terrorist teams" positioned at launch pads on the LoC, the Army announced.