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Last Updated:April 29, 2025, 21:59 IST
Terrorists opened fire in Baisaran meadow of Pahalgam, killing 26 people, mostly Hindus in one of the deadliest terror attacks in the Valley in recent years
Modi vowed to pursue the terrorists behind the attack and their patrons. (Photos: PTI)
Pahalgam Terror Attack: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat amid heighted tensions with Pakistan over the Pahalgam terror attack.
Earlier today, the PM chaired a high-level security meeting at his residence in New Delhi amid tensions with Pakistan over the dastardly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam last week where 26 people, including one Nepalese national, were killed.
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, Chief of Defence Services (CDS) General Anil Chauhan, Indian Air Force (IAF) Air Chief Marshal (ACM) AP Singh, Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi, and Indian Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi were present in the meeting at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg in the capital.
The meeting comes ahead of the crucial meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Wednesday. PM Modi had chaired the CCS meeting on April 23 evening, immediately after he returned from his curtailed Saudi Arabia.
Terrorists opened fire in Baisaran meadow of Pahalgam, killing 26 people, mostly Hindus in one of the deadliest terror attacks in the Valley in recent years.
In a public event in Bihar on April 24, Modi vowed to pursue the terrorists behind the attack and their patrons, a clear reference to Pakistan which has a history of sponsoring terror strikes in India, to the “ends of earth” and inflict harshest punishment on them.
Earlier today, Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan chaired a high-level meeting which was attended by chiefs of three paramilitary forces and senior officers of two other security organisations, news agency PTI reported citing sources.
Director General (DG) of Border Security Force Daljit Singh Chaudhary, DG of National Security Guard Brighu Srinivasan and DG of the Assam Rifles Lt Gen Vikas Lakhera attended the meeting, the sources said. Additional Director General of the Sashastra Seema Bal Anupama Nilekar Chandra were among the other attendees in the meeting.
The BSF guards India’s international borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh, the SSB secures the borders with Nepal and Bhutan, the Assam Rifles protects the border with Myanmar and the NSG is a commando force specialising in anti-terror operations.
