Kasab’s mother coming to India to meet him: Mukherjee

July 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will address the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India, this morning. This is the post budget customary meeting of the Central Board of Directors with the Finance Minister.

June 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bhutan Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley will arrive here today on a four-day visit to strengthen ties between the two countries. During his visit, Thinley will meet President Pratibha Patil and his Indian counterpart Dr.

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).

April 16th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan said Thursday it was 'seriously' investigating the 26/11 Mumbai attacks and urged India to provide 'at the earliest' the clarifications it had sought on the carnage. 'We acknowledge the comments by the minister for external affairs of India confirming that Indian authorities were examining the material received from Pakistan seeking further clarifications and evidence from India and that New Delhi would respond accordingly,' APP news agency quoted Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit as saying.

April 16th, 2009 KOLKATA - External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that all necessary information on Mumbai terror attacks has already been given to Pakistan. "I can't help their assessment.

April 15th, 2009 MUMBAI - The trial of Ajamal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist of the Mumbai attacks will be taken up by a court here on Wednesday in person. According to a Times Now television report, this is the first time Kasab will appear before the court as the high profile 26/11 trial commences.

April 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With Pakistan prevaricating over punishing those behind the Mumbai attacks, India Wednesday said there won't be any resumption of bilateral talks till Islamabad allows terrorists to use its territory against India. New Delhi also underlined that it has provided enough evidence to Pakistan to act against the perpetrators of the Mumbai carange.

April 14th, 2009 JANGIPUR - Arrested Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab's mother will visit India to meet her son who is now on trial for his role in the Mumbai terror attack last year, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here Tuesday. Disclosing this to reporters, Mukherjee said Pakistan should not delay in punishing those who masterminded the Nov 26 terrorist attack in Mumbai from its soil.

April 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI/JANGIPUR - India Tuesday said it has given 'enough evidence' to Pakistan regarding the Mumbai attacks and underlined the need for action even as the mother of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone Pakistani terrorist captured during the mayhem, prepares to meet him. A day after Pakistan sought more evidence regarding the Mumbai atrocity, New Delhi indicated that it was ready to give more information provided Islamabad stops indulging in 'diversionary' tactics and show sincerity about punishing those behind the carnage.

April 10th, 2009 MUMBAI - Mumbai Police went into a tizzy last week when a woman claiming to be the mother of Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir alias Kasab came to meet City Police Commissioner Hasan Gafoor. The purported 'mother' of the nabbed terrorist involved in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and currently in police custody, wanted to meet Gafoor at the high security police headquarters in south Mumbai.

April 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has rejected BJP claims that the United Progressive Alliance is falling apart. On Sunday, Mukherjee told reporters in New Delhi that all the constituents of the alliance except PMK are still with the UPA.

February 6th, 2009 KOLKATA - India is yet to receive an official response on the dossier it has given to Pakistan on the Mumbai terror strikes, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here Saturday. 'I am yet to receive any official communication from Islamabad so far,' Mukherjee told reporters.

February 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Amid reports about Islamabad trying to delink itself from the Mumbai terror attacks, India plans to intensify international pressure on Pakistan during the day-long visit of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon here Thursday. The UN chief, who comes here after a short visit to Pakistan, will attend the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS), which focuses on addressing the issue of global climate change.

January 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who has undergone a successful heart surgery, must have had 'some stress', External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said. 'Some stress must have been there but I really don't know how this has happened,' Mukherjee told Shekhar Gupta in an interview for NDTV to be telecast Jan 31.

December 26th, 2008 KOLKATA - India is not against any particular country but against terrorism, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Saturday, and urged the Pakistani leadership to join hands in combating it together. 'India is not against any particular country or any religion.