New Delhi, Aug 29 : Defence Minister AK Antony will lay the foundation stone of a Sainik School in Rewari district of Haryana today.

Minister of State for Defence Production Rao Inderjit Singh and Minister of State for Defence MM Pallam Raju will also be present on the occasion.

Rao Inderjit Singh, who has worked painstakingly towards realizing this goal, said the Sainik School being set up at Tappa Gothra Khori village would be the second Sainik School in the state. The Government of Haryana had recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Defence in this regard.

New Delhi, Aug 28 : Defence Minister AK Antony will lay the foundation stone of a Sainik School in Rewari district of Haryana on Friday.

Minister of State for Defence Production Rao Inderjit Singh and Minister of State for Defence MM Pallam Raju will also be present on the occasion.

Rao Inderjit Singh, who has worked painstakingly towards realizing this goal, said the Sainik School being set up at Tappa Gothra Khori village would be the second Sainik School in the state. The Government of Haryana had recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Defence in this regard.

New Delhi, Aug 1: To promote transparency, open competition and impartiality in procurement for the defence sector, India today unveiled its new Defence Procurement Policy (DPP) 2008 which will become operational from September 1 this year.

Speaking on the occasion, Defence Minister A K Antony said: “We are very clear that we will not allow middlemen in defence contracts and suppliers whether foreign or domestic, will have to strictly adhere to the requirement of the armed forces.

Srinagar, July 30 : Pakistani troops again fired at Indian forces at the Nariya Post in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara Sector on Wednesday, violating the ceasefire agreed between the two countries along the Line of Control (LoC).

According to Defence Ministry sources, the firing started at 11:45 A. M. today and is reported to be still on.

The Indian side has not retaliated so far.

The fresh firing comes just a day after a flag meeting was held between Indian and Pakistani defence officials to ease the simmering border tensions.

On Monday, around 15 Pakistani soldiers had crossed over to the Indian side in the Nowgam Sector of Jammu and Kashmir in violation of the 2003 ceasefire announced by the two neighbours.

New Delhi, July 29 : Defence Minister AK Antony today reacted strongly to the attempt by the Pakistan Army to cross the Line of Control (LoC) and attack an observation post which resulted in intermittent firing between the two sides.

Antony said that the Government is fully prepared to deal with any such infiltrations firmly, and maintained that adequate restraint would be taken to prevent escalation of tension.