{"id":353477,"date":"2025-04-23T00:36:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T06:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=353477"},"modified":"2025-04-23T00:37:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T06:07:02","slug":"pm-modi-holds-high-level-meeting-at-airport-after-cutting-short-saudi-visit-over-jk-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/pm-modi-holds-high-level-meeting-at-airport-after-cutting-short-saudi-visit-over-jk-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi Holds High-Level Meeting at Airport after Cutting Short Saudi Visit Over J&#038;K Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/04\/PM-Modi-holds-meeting-with-NSA-Foreign-Minister-at-airport-itself-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-353478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/04\/PM-Modi-holds-meeting-with-NSA-Foreign-Minister-at-airport-itself-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/04\/PM-Modi-holds-meeting-with-NSA-Foreign-Minister-at-airport-itself-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/04\/PM-Modi-holds-meeting-with-NSA-Foreign-Minister-at-airport-itself-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/04\/PM-Modi-holds-meeting-with-NSA-Foreign-Minister-at-airport-itself-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/04\/PM-Modi-holds-meeting-with-NSA-Foreign-Minister-at-airport-itself-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/04\/PM-Modi-holds-meeting-with-NSA-Foreign-Minister-at-airport-itself-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/04\/PM-Modi-holds-meeting-with-NSA-Foreign-Minister-at-airport-itself.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New Delhi<strong>:<\/strong> Prime Minister Narendra Modi, upon his early return from Saudi Arabia, convened a high-level security briefing at the Palam airport, New Delhi to assess the situation following the brutal terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s (J&amp;K\u2019s) Pahalgam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting was attended by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, and Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, underscoring the urgency and gravity of the unfolding situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The terror attack, which took place on Tuesday in the scenic Baisaran Valley near Pahalgam, left 16 people dead, including several tourists and an Intelligence officer and injured dozens more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eyewitnesses reported a sudden onslaught of gunfire as terrorists emerged from nearby forests and opened fire on a group of civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initial reports indicate that The Resistance Front, a Pakistan-based outfit believed to be an offshoot of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba, has claimed responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PM Modi, who was in Jeddah for the second India-Saudi Arabia Strategic Partnership Council, had to cut short his visit in light of the attack. He cancelled a scheduled state dinner and an address to the Indian community to return to New Delhi and take charge of the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to the attack, security has been significantly heightened across sensitive areas in J&amp;K. Barbed wire barricades have been erected, and strict vehicle checks are being carried out, particularly at Sarjeevan near Uri Nala in Baramulla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional forces have been deployed in vulnerable zones to prevent any further incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, in a show of collective mourning and protest, several organisations in Udhampur district have called for a complete bandh, demanding justice for the victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pahalgam attack has drawn strong condemnation from global leaders, who have expressed their solidarity with India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, upon his early return from Saudi Arabia, convened a high-level security briefing at the Palam airport, New Delhi to assess the situation following the brutal terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s (J&amp;K\u2019s) Pahalgam. The meeting was attended by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":353478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[17746,19583,18138,19075,15520,18906,18748],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353477"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353477"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353479,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353477\/revisions\/353479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/353478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}