A number of official meetings were cancelled or rescheduled on Thursday in view of the "surgical strikes" carried out by the Indian Army across LoC in Pakistan on the night of Wednesday-Thursday. A crucial meeting to review the Most Favoured Nation status to Pakistan, which was to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday morning, was postponed.
The rural development ministry, which had planned a media tour to Porbandar, sent out a message to journalists saying, "due to Indo-Pak situation, the media tour to Porbandar stands cancelled, will plan next very soon". On Wednesday night, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikkar and NSA Ajit Doval did not turn up for a dinner with Coast Guard commanders at the Coast Guard Headquarters.