Pahalgam Terror Attack: PM Modi Chaired a High-Level Meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) today.

Pahalgam terror attack live: PM Modi on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on the Pahalgam terror attack. Several leaders, including Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, S Jaishankar and Nirmala Sitharaman, attended the meeting being held at the PM Modi residence.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday afternoon expressed deep grief over the death of innocent people in the attack and reaffirmed the government’s zero tolerance policy against terrorism. Describing the incident as a “cowardly act”, Singh vowed that the perpetrators as well as those operating from behind the scenes will face a strong and decisive response.

“We lost many innocents lives in the cowardly act in Pahalgam. We are extremely distressed. I offer my condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones,” Singh said in his address to the nation. “We will not only reach out to the culprits of this act but also to those behind the scenes. The accused will soon get a strong and clear answer, I want to assure the country,” he said.

Before his address, the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh chaired a high-level security meeting with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Air Chief Marshal A P Singh and other top officials to assess the situation in the region. Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Jammu and Kashmir to monitor the security response and offer condolences.

Amit Shah visited the Government Medical College in Anantnag to meet the injured victims and later travelled to the Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam where the attack took place. He conducted an aerial survey before landing at the site and directly assessing the ground situation. Militants opened fire at a famous meadow near Pahalgam on Tuesday afternoon (April 22, 2025), killing at least 26 people, mostly tourists, in what appears to be the deadliest attack in the Valley after the Pulwama attack in 2019.

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