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Army, Navy, IAF chiefs meet PM, NSA

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

Hours after the IAF warplanes struck a terrorist training camp in Pakistan, the three service chiefs met and apprised him about the country's preparedness to deal with any possible retaliatory action by Islamabad, official sources said Tuesday.

They said Modi congratulated the service chiefs, particularly of Marshal B S Dhanoa for the successful operation.

Separately, the three chiefs met and discussed overall preparation of the forces to deal with any eventualities, the sources said.

The air strike on the JeM terrorist training camp in Balakot, 80 km from the Line of Control, was the first operation inside by since the 1971 war.

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First Published: Tue, February 26 2019. 20:35 IST