Pranab Mukherjee, the Indian foreign minister while reopening Taj hotel in Mumbai said “Terrorism remains a scourge for our region. If a country [Pakistan] cannot keep the assurances that it has given, then it obliges us to consider the entire range of options that exist to protect our interests and people from this menace,”.

Mr Mukherjee and the defence minister A K Antony met India’s three service chiefs and senior security officials on Saturday to consider all possible scenarios against their nuclear rival and neighbour, which they believe has given shelter to Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Islamist group accused of masterminding the Mumbai attacks. Indian government knew nothing about the attacks but was able to gather all the information and evidence with in few hours of the attack which pointed out that LT was responssible for it.