The bodies of the soldiers killed in an attack by Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama on Thursday reach their homes today. As the CRPF soldiers' coffins arrived, hundreds gathered to pay their respect in an emotional moment. People stood on roads with flowers, holding the national flag to receive the soldiers' bodies.
Last evening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Nirmala Sitharaman, along with Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal paid tributes to the 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldiers as their bodies arrived at the Palam airport. PM Modi and the other leaders laid the wreath on the coffins, wrapped in the national flag.
A terrorist drove up a car carrying 60 kg of RDX explosives next to a security convoy on the Jammu-Srinagar highway and triggered the explosives on Thursday in what is the worst terror attack to take place in Kashmir since the start of the century. US National Security Adviser John Bolton has told Indian counterpart Ajit Doval yesterday that America supports India's right to self-defence after they discussed the Pulwama attack. "I told Ajit Doval today that we support India's right to self-defence. I have spoken to him twice, including this morning... and expressed US' condolences over the terrorist attack," he told news agency PTI. The centre has decided to take all possible diplomatic steps to ensure Pakistan's isolation and had withdrawn "Most Favoured Nation" status to the country.
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The prestigious Cricket Club of India (CCI) Saturday covered a portrait of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, in one of its restaurants, in protest against the terror attack on a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama.
Paying tribute to our martyred soldiers at the sets of Marakkar#PulwamaTerroristAttack pic.twitter.com/eGqRHd5gZq
- Mohanlal (@Mohanlal) February 16, 2019
Hundreds gather to pay tributes as bodies of CRPF soldiers reach homes
- NDTV (@ndtv) February 16, 2019
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Pulwama Attack: Top Spy Chiefs Meet At Rajnath Singh's Home As India Preps Dossier For PakistanThe country's top intelligence officers along with Home Minister Rajnath Singh held a closed-door meeting in Delhi today to prepare a dossier on Pakistan's involvement in the car bomb attack that killed over 40 CRPF soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama on Thursday, people with direct knowledge of the matter told NDTV.
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- Bharat Ke Veer (@BharatKeVeer) February 16, 2019
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Sacrifice of soldiers killed in #PulwamaAttack won't go in vain: PM Modi
- NDTV (@ndtv) February 16, 2019
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Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik convened a high level meeting at the Raj Bhavan today and reviewed the present law and order situation in the state in the aftermath of #PulwamaAttack . pic.twitter.com/NQyT0DwZl0
- ANI (@ANI) February 16, 2019
#CRPF jawans hold a candlelight march in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal to pay tribute to the soldiers who were killed in #PulwamaTerrorAttack on Thursday
- NDTV (@ndtv) February 16, 2019
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Along with Hon. Minister @AnantkumarH paid respects to the martyr @crpfindia jawan C.Sivachandran of Village: Kargudi, District: Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu. No words of consolation to offer. Extreme grief. pic.twitter.com/MYmgHupK3p
- Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman) February 16, 2019
Paid tributes to two brave #CRPF jawans from #Odisha who sacrificed their lives in #PulwamaTerroristAttack. Entire State stands in solidarity with the bereaved families. A school in their villages will be named after the martyrs in honour of their supreme sacrifice. pic.twitter.com/OPSMc1cDv1
- Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) February 16, 2019
Rajnath Singh briefs leaders on Pulwama attack at all-party meet in Delhi
Kulbhushan Jadhav case at UN court amid tensions with Pakistan over Pulwama
Am in #Wayanad, at #CRPF martyr Vasanth Kumar VV's home.His 8 yr old daughter responded to me with a lovely smile, handshake, telling her name. Relatives say she hasn't understood anything.Son is 5-yr-old. Vasantha Kumar's young wife, mother are shattered, inconsolable. @ndtv pic.twitter.com/e2pmcC8CA0
- Sneha Koshy (@SnehaMKoshy) February 16, 2019
US supports action against Jaish-e-Mohammed, asks Pakistan to freeze funds of designated terror groups
@IndiaCoastGuard salutes supreme sacrifice of #CRPF personnel in #Pulwama & in remembrance of the brave martyrs, the India Coast Guard musical nite at Coast Guard Officers' Mess, Noida scheduled to-date stands cancelled. RIP Brave Hearts #WeStandAsOne
- Indian Coast Guard (@IndiaCoastGuard) February 16, 2019
Hon'ble PM, Sir, the entire nation is in grief & you are the guardian of society / nation. We all stand firmly united with you in this hour of crisis. We pay our homages, prayers & deepest condolences to the brave soldiers & their families for their sacrifices through you.
- Shatrughan Sinha (@ShatruganSinha) February 16, 2019
Hon'ble PM, Sir, the entire nation is in grief & you are the guardian of society / nation. We all stand firmly united with you in this hour of crisis. We pay our homages, prayers & deepest condolences to the brave soldiers & their families for their sacrifices through you.
- Shatrughan Sinha (@ShatruganSinha) February 16, 2019
the whole situation. We need to give a befitting reply for the loss of all our beloved soldiers & await with bated breath for guidance & directions from you. Jai Hind!#PulwanaAttack#StandWithForces
- Shatrughan Sinha (@ShatruganSinha) February 16, 2019
