New Delhi/IBNS, April 23 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a crucial meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Tuesday evening to discuss the shocking terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam that saw the loss of 28 lives.

The meeting was called to formulate the government's response to the same.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has already issued a warning that there will be retaliation, which will be appropriate and swift.

He said those responsible for the cowardly terrorist attack on 'innocent citizens' in Jammu and Kashmir will soon get a befitting reply to their nefarious acts on Indian soil.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who visited the terror attack site earlier in the day, also joined the meeting in Delhi...