NEW DELHI – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday there could be no “business as usual” with Pakistan after a clash last week along the line dividing the arch-rivals in Kashmir in which two Indian soldiers were killed and their bodies mutilated. Indian government also suspended a new program to allow Pakistani pensioners to get visas on arrival at the border, citing technical glitches only hours after officials said it had begun Tuesday. And Indian hockey officials asked all nine Pakistani players signed up to play in the new franchise-based league to go back home after protests against them in Mumbai. “What has happened is unacceptable,” Manmohan Singh said. “The attack on Jan. 8 was premeditated, a pre-planned activity. Such an operation requires planning, detailed reconnaissance,” Singh told reporters. He said India reserved the right to retaliate at a “time and place of its choice.” Singh urged his troops to be “aggressive and offensive in the face of provocation and fire” from Pakistan. He said the alleged beheading of the Indian soldier was “unacceptable and unpardonable” and accused Pakistan of violating the “ethics of warfare.” Home Secretary R.K. Singh told reporters the visa scheme, which was designed to issue visas on arrival to senior citizens from Pakistan, had been suspended until further notice. “ A couple of points have to be ironed out on that. There are technical issues, documents required. We will iron it out after consultation with other agencies,” he said. Following the latest outbreak of violence in disputed Kashmir, around 100 workers of the hardline right-wing Shiv Sena party protested at a stadium where the Mumbai Magicians team, who had four Pakistani players in their squad, were practicing. – Agencies
