"1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security on Friday morning after the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district that killed at least 40 CRPF jawans. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh is expected to visit Srinagar today to take stock of the situation.
2. Union minister Arun Jaitley resumed charge of the Ministry of Finance, less than a week after returning from the United States where he underwent medical treatment. After resuming charge, Jaitley attended a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to discuss the Pulwama attack
3. The United States on Thursday condemned the attack in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir and asked Pakistan to deny safe havens to terrorists. The White House urged Pakistan to “end immediately the support and safe haven provided to all terrorist groups operating on its soil, whose only goal is to sow chaos, violence, and terror in the region”.
4. Pakistan on Thursday strongly denied links to the Pulwama terror attack that claimed lives of 40 CRPF personnel. In a statement, the Pakistan Foreign Office said that the attack in Pulwama in Kashmir is “a matter of grave concern”.The statement further said that Pakistan has “always condemned acts of violence” anywhere in the world.
5. The Gujarat government on Thursday announced compensation of Rs 5 lakh each for the families of 52 victims of the 2002 Godhra train burning. In an official release, the state government said the decision had been taken as per an order of the Gujarat High Court passed in 2017
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