Live: Prime Minister Narendra Modi To Address Nation At 8 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the country at 8 p.m. today—his first since coming to power with a decisive mandate, repealing Jammu & Kashmir’s autonomous status and splitting the state in two union territories.

The last time he addressed the nation was on March 27 during the Lok Sabha polls when he announced that India had demonstrated anti-satellite missile capability by shooting down a live satellite.

The planned address comes just days before the prime minister's customary speech on Independence Day from the ramparts of Red Fort.

During the address he is expected to explain the government's decisions on abrogating special status to Jammu and Kashmir and splitting the state into two union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, sources told PTI.

On Tuesday, Parliament approved a resolution abrogating special status accorded to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution. It also cleared a bill to split the state into two union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.