Prime Minister apologises for Mumbai terror attack

Addressing the Parliament on Thursday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offered apology for the Mumbai attack.

He called the Mumbai attack a calculated one and said that the government needs to review systems for fighting terror.

"Our country needs a modern and efficient police forces to meet these challenges. Our country has emerged stronger with every attack and will do so again," the PM said.

"There can be double standards in fighting terrorism. Our restraint should not be taken by anyone as our weakness. We need to act and respond with greater speed," he said.

Singh said that much more needs to be done to defeat terrorism. "Need to strengthen police forces at ground level," he said.

"We have to defeat terrorism. Perpetrators of these crimes must pay a price," he said.

Speaking about Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Pakistan needs to do more to curb terror.

"All aircrafts in our airspace will be monitored," he said.

JuD, Hafiz Saeed added to UN terror list

United Nations: Acceding to India's request, a UN Security Council committee on Wednesday designated Jamat-ud-Dawah (JuD), the frontal organisation of Lashkar-e-Taiba, as a global terrorist organisation and its leader Hafiz Mohammad Saeed a terrorist in the wake of their alleged involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks. With this they are subject to freezing of assets, travel ban and arms embargo. In a letter to the Security Council on Friday, India had urged the 15-member UN body to "proscribe" them as they were involved in the Mumbai mayhem which killed more than 170 people including several foreigners. Pak ready to ban JuD if evidence is provided Moving quickly, given the seriousness of the issue and the information provided by India in support of its demand, the Security Council Al Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee at its meeting held at the UN headquarters on Wednesday afternoon approved the names as requested by India. In addition to this, the Sanctions Committee also designated two other LeT leaders as terrorists. They are Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, chief of operations of Laskhar-e-Taiba, and Haji Muhammad Ashraf, chief of finance of the group. These names were added at the request of the US. Pakistan foreign minister talks of war All the three are Pakistani nationals and their names have appeared in connection with the Mumbai terrorists attack. The Sanctions Committee also designated Mahmoud Ahmed Bahaziq, an India-born Saudi national, as a terrorist. He served as LeT leader in Saudi Arabia and raised money for the terrorist outfit. Mumbai terror attack special In addition to JeD, the frontal organisations of two other Pakistan-based terrorist outfits have also been included in the Security Council's terror list. These include Al Amin Trust of the banned Al Rashid Trust and Pakistan Relief Foundation of Al-Akhtar Trust International.