PM Narendra Modi in a meeting with NSA Ajit Doval, Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag, Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba and the Vice Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa. PTI

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, November 8

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was today briefed on security issues by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag, Chief of the Indian Navy Admiral Sunil Lanba and Vice Chief Air Marshal BS Dhanoa.The Service Chiefs briefed the PM on the situation along the western border. Since the surgical strikes on September 29, there have been more than 60 ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control and the International Border. Some 15 persons have been killed and over 40 have been injured.Pakistan has been relentlessly trying to push heavily-armed terrorists into India. Indian forces have said they have responded to the firing with appropriate force.The government has ordered nearly 175 schools to shut down because of the attacks. Thousands of villages along the de-facto border have been evacuated in recent weeks with residents moved to government-run shelters.