Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a high-level security meeting on Saturday at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg with defence minister Rajnath Singh, national security advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, the chief of defence staff, and the heads of the Army, Navy, and Air Force amid rising tensions with Pakistan.
The meeting followed a heavy shelling by Pakistani forces in Rajouri earlier in the day, which killed additional district development commissioner Raj Kumar Thapa and caused civilian casualties and destruction.
The conflict with Pakistan has escalated, with Indian armed forces giving a proportionate and appropriate response to Pakistani efforts to strike Indian installations.
