In his first public address after India's surgical strikes across the Line of Control, Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not directly reference the military action, but stated, "We are at a point now where those who support terror or allow it cannot go unpunished"; Seven civilians and a jawan were injured today in a grenade attack on a paramilitary patrol party in south Kashmir's Shopian district; With doctors signalling that Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa will not be able to leave hospital soon, O Panneerselvam has been assigned her eight portfolios or departments in Tamil Nadu.
