Foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee, on his first day in the finance ministry, expressed satisfaction over credit policy adopted by RBI and said economic booster released by government is working well and yield more results very soon. He also reviewed the preparation of the vote-on-account, to be present in the forthcoming session of Parliament, with top officials of finance ministry, all the secretaries in the ministry, chairman and members of the Central Board of Direct Taxes and the Central Board of Excise and Customs.

New Delhi, Jan 30 : External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has urged Pakistan to honour its own deadline to make public the report of a preliminary investigation prepared on the basis of information provided by New Delhi regarding Mumbai attacks last November.

Talking to reporters here on Thursday, Mukherjee said India had not given any deadline, but it is expected of Pakistan to honour its own deadline.

Colambo, Jan. 28 : The External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has called on the Lankan Pesident Mahindra Rajapakse to take steps to ensure the safety of Sri Lankan Tamils during the ongoing conflict against the LTTE.

"We have requested that the basic effort should be to help the civilians and ensure their safety and security," Mukherjee said after his meeting with Rajapakse.

Rajapakse assured Mukherjee that Sri Lanka will implement the 13th Amendment devolution package soon.

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New Delhi, Jan 27 : External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee will visit Sri Lanka today where the military claims to have captured the last LTTE bastion of Mullaittivu.

During the two-day visit, Mukherjee will meet Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama and to press for early implementation of the devolution package to ensure that the ethnic Tamils get rights and privileges at par with others.

His visit comes in the backdrop of strong demands by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and some other parties from the state that the External Affairs Minister should visit Sri Lanka and prevail upon Rajapaksa government to go for ceasefire.

Kabul, Jan. 22 : Addressing a joint press conference with his Afghan counterpart Rangeen Dadfar Spanta, the visiting Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee here, replying to question on Kashmir on Thursday said that the international community should not link the November 2008 terror attacks on Mumbai to Kashmir.

Apparently referring to the recent statement made by the British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Kashmir suggesting terror attacks in south Asia would stop with the resolution of the Kashmir dispute, Mukherjee said: "These attacks (on Mumbai) are not related to Jammu and Kashmir and are a part of global terrorism."