Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday ruled out resumption of talks with Pakistan until Islamabad took steps against militants which India says were responsible for the assault in Mumbai last November. "Our minimum demand is that Pakistan must take effective steps to bring the culprits of Mumbai massacre to book before we resume our dialogue," he told a news conference in Chennai.
India was engaged in talks with Pakistan for the last five years until the Mumbai attack, he added. The man accused of being the lone surviving gunman of the Mumbai attack, in which at least 166 people were killed, said last week he was not guilty of the 86 charges the state has made against him. He faces the death sentence, if found guilty.