Indian PM reaches out to Pakistan

NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reached out to Pakistan yesterday after months of tension following the Mumbai attacks, saying India would meet its neighbor "more than half way" if it cracked down on militants.

India had put a pause on slow-moving peace talks with Pakistan after New Delhi blamed a militant strike on the financial hub on the Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

"I expect the government of Pakistan to ... use every means at their disposal to bring to justice those who had committed these crimes in the past, including the attack on Mumbai," Singh said in an address to parliament.