India not against any country, but terrorism: Pranab

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will present the first general budget at 11am today in Lok Sabha. This is the first general budget of the UPA government after coming to power for second term.

May 16th, 2009 KOLKATA - External Affairs Minister and Congress veteran Pranab Mukherjee was Saturday re-elected from Jangipur in Murshidabad district of West Bengal. Mukherjee won by a margin of 128,149 votes over his nearest rival, Mriganka Bhattacharya of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).

March 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A day after India hand over replies to Pakistan's 30 questions on the Mumbai terror attacks, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said India now expect Islamabad to follow up its commitment with tangible action. "Words and commitments should be followed by tangible action," said Pranab during a press meet.

March 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Tuesday said unless Pakistan completely dismantles the terrorism infrastructure on its territory, incidents like the attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore would continue to take place. External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters here that Pakistan must 'take courage in both hands' to tackle the terrorism infrastructure and appealed to the international community to act to address terrorism, which he described as the 'biggest menace' in the world today.

March 2nd, 2009 KOLKATA - External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Sunday said it was 'unfortunate' that Pakistan is still being used by terrorists to carry out attacks in India. 'We have told Pakistan that terrorists, based in areas under your control, are carrying out attacks in India.

February 23rd, 2009 KOLKATA - India Sunday said Islamabad's peace deal with the Taliban militia in the troubled Swat Valley of North West Frontier Province in Pakistan was a 'matter of concern'. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a programme at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said, 'There should be no compromise with terrorist organisations like the Taliban.' 'Islamabad's deal with Taliban is a matter of concern,' he said.

February 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday questioned Pakistan's seriousness in the war against terror, and noted its denials that Maulana Masood Azhar and Dawood Ibrahim, the two men India sought for trial in terrorist activities, were not in the country were 'not new'. 'First, Pakistan said he (Azhar) was under house arrest.

February 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India would 'spare no efforts in tackling the multi-dimensional challenges of terror', Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee said here Thursday. Addressing a meeting of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Mukherjee said: 'Security has been a concern… There are multidimensional challenges before us.' He pointed out that 'terrorists from Pakistan' had targeted 'financial centres' and the economy.

January 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bolstering counter-terrorism and security cooperation will top the agenda when External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee goes to Dhaka Feb 9 - the first visit by an Indian leader after the Sheikh Hasina government took over. 'There is a very positive agenda for rebuilding the relationship.

January 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Stung by the Nov 26 terror attack in Mumbai that left around 170 people dead, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday called for a new global partnership to 'dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism'. 'We need new partnerships at the global level to counter the threat of terrorism,' Mukherjee told the 'Partnership Summit 2009' organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here.

January 16th, 2009 KOLKATA - India will see how long Pakistan takes to complete the investigation into the Mumbai terror strikes, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here Tuesday as he underlined that terrorist strikes were aimed to hurt Indian economy. 'Pakistan has officially communicated to us that they have launched their process of enquiry from Jan 15,' External Affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters here.

January 16th, 2009 KOLKATA - The terror strikes in the country last year were neither sporadic nor isolated but designed to hurt the Indian economy, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here Saturday. 'I can't take it (terror strikes) as just sporadic and in isolation.

January 16th, 2009 KOLKATA - Having suffered the terror menace for the last 25 years, New Delhi will see how long Islamabad takes to probe the Mumbai terror strikes that were aimed at hurting the Indian economy, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here Saturday. 'Pakistan has officially communicated to us that they have launched their process of enquiry from Jan 15,' Mukherjee told reporters.

December 27th, 2008 KOLKATA - India should go to the United Nations (UN) to build 'maximum international pressure on Pakistan' to combat the terrorism issue, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury said Sunday. 'I think India should mobilise maximum international pressure on Pakistan to combat terrorism.

December 25th, 2008 NEW DELHI - In the wake of the Nov 26 terror attack in Mumbai, India Friday sought the diplomatic support of Saudi Arabia in pressurising Pakistan to act against anti-India terror outfits in that country. India underlined that terrorism is a global phenomenon that has to be dealt with jointly.