Pulwama Attack Live: All-Party Meet Begins to Decide India’s Response as Bodies of Jawans Reach Homes

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All party meeting called by the central government underway at Parliament. 

Delhi: All party meeting called by central govt. underway at the Parliament. #PulwamaAttack pic.twitter.com/OqeqgzteE1

— ANI (@ANI) February 16, 2019

Ramesh Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, said, “Curfew was imposed yesterday, no casualties were reported. The situation is under control but as a precautionary measure, we have continued with the curfew. We will decide whether to continue it or not by evening, after assessing the situation.”

Mortal remains of CRPF jawan Rohitash Lamba have been brought to his native place in Govindpura, Jaipur.

Rajasthan: Mortal remains of CRPF jawan Rohitash Lamba have been brought to his native place in Govindpura, Jaipur. #PulwamaAttack pic.twitter.com/Q9nljl6OCH

— ANI (@ANI) February 16, 2019

Daughter of CRPF ASI Mohan Lal pays last tribute to her father.

A team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) reaches the site of Pulwama attack for further investigation. 

Jammu & Kashmir: A team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) reaches the site of #PulwamaAttack for further investigation. pic.twitter.com/PkTph1dfSk

— ANI (@ANI) February 16, 2019

Leaders arrive at the Parliament for the all party meet. 

Delhi: Leaders arrive at the Parliament, for the all party meeting called by central govt. #PulwamaAttack pic.twitter.com/qyRJscQXct

— ANI (@ANI) February 16, 2019

All party meet to be chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh. Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba briefs Home Minister ahead of the meeting called by the central government. The agenda of the meeting, it is understood, is to seek a unanimous view of India’s future course of action. Given the terror attacks in Pathankot, Uri and Nagrota, this will be the first time that the ruling party will try and build a consensus on the actions India should take in days to come.

One Kashmiri Student Expelled, Another Suspended For Offensive Facebook Posts on Pulwama Attack | A Kashmiri student was expelled and another was suspended from two private colleges in Dehradun for making alleged objectionable comments on the Pulwama attack. A first-year student of radiology and imaging technology at a private medical college in the city was suspended after he allegedly commented in a FB post: “Aaj to real PUBG ho gaya (PUBG turned real today)" hours after CRPF jawans were killed in an attack in Kashmir on Thursday.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav pay tribute to Constable Ratan Kumar Thakur and Head Constable Sanjay Kumar Sinha of CRPF who lost their lives in Pulwama attack.

Bihar: CM Nitish Kumar and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav pay tribute to Constable Ratan Kumar Thakur and Head Constable Sanjay Kumar Sinha of CRPF who lost their lives in #PulwamaAttack. pic.twitter.com/LJ7fOOjaQN

— ANI (@ANI) February 16, 2019

India Seeks US Support to Push for Ban on JeM Chief Masood Azhar After Another China Rebuff | Amid the global outrage over the attack on the CRPF convoy in Pulwama, India and the United States will once again push to get Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar designated as a global terrorist by the United Nations. According to official sources, the government will hold talks with the US to bring another resolution to the UN Security Council for a ban on Azhar, who masterminded the Pathankot airbase attack and continues to operate freely in Pakistan despite his group being outlawed in 2002. China has repeatedly rebuffed India’s persistent demands of branding Azhar a global terrorist, a tag that would he bring with it a global travel ban and an assets freeze. China, a veto-wielding member of the UNSC and a close ally of Pakistan, has consistently blocked moves first by India and later by the US, the UK and France to list Azhar as a global terrorist by putting technical holds. 

US Secretary of State says, "US condemns yesterday’s horrific terror attack on Indian security forces. My thoughts and prayers are with victims and their families.We stand with India as it confronts terrorism. Pakistan must not provide safe haven for terrorists to threaten international security."

US Secretary of State: US condemns y'day’s horrific terror attack on Indian security forces. My thoughts&prayers are with victims&their families.We stand with #India as it confronts terrorism. Pakistan must not provide safe haven for terrorists to threaten international security. pic.twitter.com/40cVyCCRvJ

— ANI (@ANI) February 15, 2019

According to data compiled by the South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP), a Delhi-based open data source, the number of fatalities in the valley have increased in the last six years after recording a low in the year 2012.

'Support India's Right to Self-Defence': US Tells Ajit Doval on Pulwama Attack | US National Security Adviser John Bolton told his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval on Friday that America supports India's right to self-defence. Bolton telephoned Doval on Friday to express his condolences for the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir and offered the US' full support to India in confronting terrorism. "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 the US' condolences over the terrorist attack,” Bolton told PTI. Bolton said the US has been very clear to Pakistan on ending support to terrorist safe havens. “We have been very clear on that score... And, we are continuing to be in discussions we are going to have with the Pakistanis,” he said. 

Ramesh Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, on curfew imposed in areas of Jammu said, “The curfew was imposed in the city area of Jammu as it was the area where most of the incidents occurred. We will assess the situation in the morning and decide whether to lift the curfew or not,” was quoted saying by the ANI. 

In a First, Modi Govt Calls All-Party Meet Today Over Pulwama Attack | An all-party meeting has been called by the ruling party to discuss Thursday’s terror attack on a CRPF convoy in Pulwama in which 40 soldiers were killed and many more were injured. This meeting, scheduled for Saturday, will be the first-of-its-kind called by the ruling NDA under Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the wake of a terror attack. The agenda of the meeting, it is understood, is to seek a unanimous view of India’s future course of action. Given the terror attacks in Pathankot, Uri and Nagrota, this will be the first time that the ruling party will try and build a consensus on the actions India should take in days to come.

A key facet in the report is that while the "traditional" threat to convoys has been in the form of IEDs and bullets - the use of a suicide bomber in a bomb-laden vehicle took the forces off guard.

Jammu & Kashmir Police has detained seven persons from Pulwama district of South Kashmir in connection with the terror attack that left 40 CRPF personnel dead near Awantipora, officials said on Friday. The youths were detained from Pulwama and Awantipora during the night on suspicion of links with the planning of the suicide attack, the first of its kind in which a terrorist of Jaish-e-Mohammed detonated an explosive-laden vehicle near a CRPF bus. The overall planning is believed to be done by a Pakistani national, Kamran of JeM, who has been operating and moving in areas -- Pulwama, Awantipora and Tral area of South Kashmir.

With Thursday's attack, the RDX seems to have made its entry back as a weapon of destruction after about 11 years.

Former President Pranab Mukherjee said, "I'm extremely pained by this act of inhumanity perpetrated by terrorists. In this hour of grief, we must stand together as a nation. The united front put up by political parties and politicians across the spectrum is a sight of that unity. The response of the international community in condemning this barbarous attack in one voice will strengthen our resolve to fight this menace." 

Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat pays his last tribute to the CRPF personnel, who lost their lives in Thursday's Pulwama terror attack, after their mortal remains were brought at AFS Palam in New Delhi on Friday.

A key facet in the report is that while the "traditional" threat to convoys has been in the form of IEDs and bullets - the use of a suicide bomber in a bomb-laden vehicle took the forces off guard.

All prior commitments of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for Saturday and Sunday have been cancelled. She will go to Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to pay her last respects to the CRPF personnel of the two states, who lost their lives in Pulwama attack.

In view of the Pulwama terror attack, India apprises 25 Heads of Mission about Pakistan’s role in sponsoring Jaish-e-Mohammad which was responsible for carrying out the gruesome incident.

Mortal remains of CRPF jawans are now being taken to their native places. 

Guru, a native of Mandya district in Karnataka, died along with 36 other CRPF jawans after a suicide bomber from the Jaish-e-Mohammed rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a CRPF bus in Pulwama district on Thursday afternoon.

A NIA team, along with explosives and forensic experts, have collected materials required for forensic evaluation of scene of crime. Considering the status, the team would continue with sifting of material on Saturday too and the outcome would be made known after the analysis is over.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to the slain CRPF jawans at Palam Airport in New Delhi on Friday

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman pays her last tribute to the CRPF personnel, who lost their lives in Thursday's Pulwama terror attack, after their mortal remains were brought at AFS Palam in New Delhi on Friday.