Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead a Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) meeting on Wednesday, April 30, to discuss further responses to the Pahalgam terror attack.
- The meeting will consider closing Indian airspace to Pakistani carriers, with decisions to be formally announced by the Ministry of External Affairs.
- The April 22 attack in South Kashmir, claimed by the Resistance Front, killed 26 people, mostly tourists, escalating India-Pakistan tensions.
- Earlier CCS decisions included suspending the Indus Waters Treaty, revoking SAARC visas for Pakistani nationals, and closing the Attari border crossing.
- Top officials, including Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and NSA Ajit Doval, are set to participate in the meeting to review progress on prior measures and chart further actions.