Furore in Parliament over Antony’s ‘clean chit’ to Pak on LoC killings
BJP wants Defence Minister to apologise for ‘letting Pak away’
Govt defends him
New Delhi, August 7
The government today stood behind Defence Minister AK Antony after the BJP disrupted proceedings in both Houses of Parliament.
SALUTING THE BRAVEHEARTS: Army Chief General Bikram Singh (C), Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Sanjiv Chachra (L) and XVI Corps Commander Lt Gen DS Hooda (R) pay tribute to the martyred soldiers in Jammu on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph

Antony not alone in drafting statement
New Delhi, August 7
Even as Defence Minister AK Antony faces a vociferous opposition for the “toned down” statement on Pakistan, it now comes out that Antony was not the author of the rather “diplomatically drafted” statement made after the killing of five Indian soldiers.

India opens retaliatory fire in Uri, Nowgam; 2 Pak soldiers ‘killed’
New Delhi/Islamabad/Jammu, August 7
Away from the disruptions in Parliament, India yesterday took a military stance to retaliate to Pakistani Army firing and not just stop at lodging the usual complaint over the hotline between the Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) of both the countries.

Resumption of dialogue with Pak hangs in balance
New Delhi, August 7
The fate of dialogue with Pakistan hangs in balance in the wake of the killing of five Indian soldiers along the Line of Control (LOC) yesterday.

Youth Congress activists brave water cannons during a protest near the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

Pak summons Indian diplomat
BJP leaders call on PM, don’t want him to meet Sharif

Food Bill in LS amid protests
AIADMK opposes it; DMK wants changes
New Delhi, August 7
The much-debated Food Security Bill, which aims to provide the country’s 67 per cent of the population the right to highly-subsidised food, was introduced in the Lok Sabha today amid sloganeering and protest by the Opposition over the killing of five Indian soldiers by the Pakistan Army yesterday.

DSGMC chief told to take off turban at Rome
Amritsar, August 7
Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) president Manjeet Singh GK was asked to take off his turban during a security check at the Rome International Airport in Italy on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday. When he refused, he was not allowed to board the flight.

Snowden effect: Obama cancels meeting with Putin Washington, August 7 US President Barack Obama is cancelling a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin scheduled for next month in Moscow, the White House said on Wednesday. Barack Obama in Phoenix, Arizona, on Tuesday. —AFP