Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Securities (CCS) to deliberate over the Pulwama terror attack. A 12-member team of the NIA has left for Jammu and Kashmir to start investigating the Pulwama terror attack. Union Home Minister Rajanth Singh will fly to Kashmir today to take stock of the situation in the state. On Thursday, in one of the deadliest terror attacks in Kashmir, a CRPF convoy of 70 vehicles was targeted by a Jaish-e-Mohammed suicide bomber, resulting in the death of 37 jawans, while several others are critical. Heads of various counties have expressed condolences over the Pulwama attack. The United Nations said the guilty must be punished. India has slammed Pakistan for the attack and blamed it for supporting Jaish-e-Mohammed and its founder Masood Azhar. Pakistan, on the other hand, issued a statement rejecting India's attacks. The Jaish suicide bomber, identified as Adil Ahmad Dar, rammed an SUV laden with over 3000 kg of explosives into the CRPF bus carrying about 40 personnel.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addressed a press conference after the hig-level meet. Arun Jaitley said "MEA will initiate all possible diplomatic steps which are to be taken to ensure the complete isolation from the international community of Pakistan of which incontrovertible is available of having a direct hand in this act,". Jaitley further added that "India withdraws Most Favoured Nation status to Pakistan after the attack”.

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The CCS to take assessment and discuss the incident, The CCS observed two- minute silence for the martyred CRPF, expressed gratitude to those who made the sacrifice and expressed condolence to the families. The CRPF will transport the bodies to the families.

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