New Delhi, February 15: Prime Minister Narendra Modi observed two-minute silence to remember jawans who lost their lives in the worst-ever terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir. While PM Modi cancelled all his political engagement in view of the brutal attack on security forces, he will attend the inaugural ceremony of Vande Bharat Express, earlier known as Train 18. PM Modi is expected to speak at the inaugural ceremony of Vande Bharat Express.

Besides flagging off Vande Bharat Express, PM Modi will launch various projects in Jhansi. His public rally in Itarsi and Dhar have been cancelled. However, the prime minister will address rallies in Maharashtra's Nagpur and Dhule as per schedule. Earlier today, PM Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security a day after the deadly attack on security forces that claimed over 40 lives. Jaish-e-Mohammed Carried Out Pulwama Attack to Avenge Killings of Maulana Masood Azhar's Nephew?

While Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will brief media later today about the Pulwama terror attack, Home Minister Rajnath Singh is scheduled to visit Jammu and Kashmir to check ground situation. More than 40 CRPF personnel were martyred in one of the deadliest terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir when a Jaish suicide bomber rammed a vehicle carrying over 100 kg of explosives into their bus in Pulwama district on Thursday. Pulwama Terror Attack: Toll Touches 45, Intelligence Agencies Warned of IED Strike on Security Forces.

More than 2,500 Central Reserve Police Force personnel, many of them returning from leave to rejoin duty in the Valley, were travelling in the convoy of 78 vehicles when they were ambushed on the Srinagar-Jammu highway at Latoomode in Awantipora in south Kashmir.

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