• Attack exposes security breach at Parliament

• Delayed departure saved Vice-President

• Lucky escape for MP

• They were a desperate lot

• Taken unawares, it was confusion, panic

• Two bouts of anxiety

• Grieving kin throng hospital

• Captain leaves last: Mahajan

• Mere laws won’t do, says DMK chief

Outrageous, say USA, UK, Pakistan
New Delhi, December 13
The USA today condemned the terror strike in Parliament House. It said: “We condemn this outrageous act of terrorism and express our deepest sympathy with the families of the victims of the attack,” a US Embassy spokesman said.

• Pervez flays attack by ‘intruders’

Cabinet reviews security
New Delhi, December 13
The Vajpayee government today decided to deploy armed securitymen inside Parliament House and undertake a thorough review of such high-profile potential terrorist targets as Parliament House, Rashtrapati Bhavan, PM’s House, North Block, South Block and buildings of strategic importance across the country.

• Houses to meet tomorrow

27 blasts rock Akhnoor sector Jammu, December 13 As many as 27 IED blasts rocked the Kanachak border belt in the Akhnoor sector today. However, there was no casualty “on this side of the border,” according to a Defence Ministry spokesperson. Official reports said either militants or Pakistani troops triggered the blasts from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. on a two-km border stretch between Beli Azmat and Tent post in the Akhnoor sector.