Pulwama terror attack: Security forces given free hand, says PM Modi

A day after Pulwama terror attack, India withdraws MFN status to Pakistan, holds meeting with P-5 envoys

Under increasing pressure from the Sangh Parivar and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers, the government on Friday took several steps, including the withdrawal of the most favoured nation (MFN) status to Pakistan, to defuse public anger over Thursday’s terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir.  
 

At least 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were killed in the deadliest terror attack on security forces in the Valley when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden SUV into a CRPF bus in Pulwama district. Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed has claimed responsibility for the attack. The Cabinet Committee on Security, headed by the Prime