General Dwivedi will lead a joint security review meeting with senior officials from the Jammu and Kashmir Police and other security forces at the police headquarters in Jammu.

Uttarakhand is mourning the loss of five soldiers from the state following a terrorist attack on an Indian Army convoy in Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.

Speaking in Poonch late Monday evening after a terror attack on a truck in Kathua which killed five Army men, Abdullah pointed out the importance of both countries working together to fight terrorism, echoing former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's vision of friendly relations.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh expressed his deep sorrow on Tuesday over the death of five Army personnel in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district.