New Delhi: Schools all over the country are observing a two-minute silence and holding special prayers to remember the young victims of the ghastly terror attack on a Peshawar school in Pakistan on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who reached out to Pakistan in a phone conversation last night with its Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, had appealed to all Indian schools to hold a two-minute silence as a mark of solidarity.
He joined Members of Parliament today in holding a two-minute silence in memory of the school children killed in the attack.
The PM tweeted after his 12-minute conversation, "India stands firmly with Pakistan in fight against terror. Told PM Sharif we are ready to provide all assistance during this hour of grief."
Mr Modi told Mr Sharif that "the savage killing of innocent children, who are the epitome of the finest human values, in a temple of learning was not only an attack against Pakistan, but an assault against the entire humanity."
On Tuesday, the Pakistani Taliban stormed an army-run school in Peshawar, killing 145 people, 132 of them children in school uniform. In eight hours of bloody terror, they lined up and shot dead young students, forced others to watch as they killed their teachers. (9 Gunmen, an 8-Hour Rampage and 132 Children Lost)
PM Modi had earlier on Tuesday condemned the attack as "a senseless act of unspeakable brutality."
Amid tension after cross-border violence in Kashmir peaked recently to the worst in over a decade, PM Modi and Mr Sharif had cold-shouldered each other at the meeting and their cold vibes overshadowed the SAARC agenda.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who reached out to Pakistan in a phone conversation last night with its Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, had appealed to all Indian schools to hold a two-minute silence as a mark of solidarity.
He joined Members of Parliament today in holding a two-minute silence in memory of the school children killed in the attack.
The PM tweeted after his 12-minute conversation, "India stands firmly with Pakistan in fight against terror. Told PM Sharif we are ready to provide all assistance during this hour of grief."
Mr Modi told Mr Sharif that "the savage killing of innocent children, who are the epitome of the finest human values, in a temple of learning was not only an attack against Pakistan, but an assault against the entire humanity."
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On Tuesday, the Pakistani Taliban stormed an army-run school in Peshawar, killing 145 people, 132 of them children in school uniform. In eight hours of bloody terror, they lined up and shot dead young students, forced others to watch as they killed their teachers. (9 Gunmen, an 8-Hour Rampage and 132 Children Lost)
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PM Modi had earlier on Tuesday condemned the attack as "a senseless act of unspeakable brutality."
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Amid tension after cross-border violence in Kashmir peaked recently to the worst in over a decade, PM Modi and Mr Sharif had cold-shouldered each other at the meeting and their cold vibes overshadowed the SAARC agenda.
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