Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar says the standard operating procedure wasn't followed properly during the Pampore encounter; India may have lost out to becoming a member of the elite Nuclear Suppliers Group during its plenary in Seoul this week, but its hopes of joining the group this year are still alive; Asha Kumari, who had been convicted in a land grab case in February and is currently out on bail, to replace Kamal Nath as the Congress general secretary in-charge of Punjab ahead of next year's Assembly elections in the state; and more on the news wrap of the day.