New Delhi, March 1 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) in the national capital on Sunday after concluding his two-day tour, GoI sources said.

He is expected to land in Delhi around 9:30 pm. The meeting comes amid growing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East following US-Israel strikes on Iran.

Israel and US launched Operation Roaring Lion/ Operation Epic Fury in coordinated airstrikes across multiple Iranian cities, targeting Iranian military command centres, air-defence systems, missile sites, and key regime infrastructure.

The strikes resulted in the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and four senior military and security officials. Large explosions were ...