| Sources said the government had decided to put the recent blasts in Mumbai, after which it had suspended contact with Pakistan, behind it. |
| Singh, in his recent interactions, has been in favour of not just resumption of dialogue but even aggressive unilateral peace moves by India. |
| What these move are still is in the realm of speculation but there is likely to be an effort to create some ground for forward movement on Sir Creek and Siachen. |
| Today, however, Singh seemed to be in a different mood. "Pakistan has not done enough curb terrorism, which is why the peace process has been disturbed," he said. |
| These issues have to be sorted out," he said, adding that there were areas like opening of bus and rail routes in which there had been improvement. |
| He also expressed "great sorrow" at the killing of Baloch leader Akbar Bugti by Pakistan security forces early last week, a stand calculated to make Pakistan see red. |
| Meanwhile, CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat and CPI General Secretary AB Bardhan met the prime minister today to urge him to make effort to resume the peace process. |
| They asked him to "renew" talks, including on Kashmir, Sir Creek and Siachen. Bardhan was learnt to have told the prime minister that "history must be created and this is the time." |
| The prime minister was learnt to have assured the Left allies that he was going to meet Musharraf with an open mind. |
| Former Chief Minister of Jammu& Kashmir Farooq Abdullah had met the Left leaders a week ago and told them that the situation in the Valley had deteriorated after the suspension of talks with Pakistan. |
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