Mandelson pacifies India over Miliband terror gaffe

Peter Mandelson has had to smooth over a diplomatic rift with India caused by the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, it emerged yesterday.

The Secretary of State for Business last week flew into the storm caused by his Cabinet colleague and reassured Delhi of Britain's "solidarity" with the country.

Mr Miliband enraged Indian counterparts by linking the terror attacks in Mumbai to the Kashmir dispute in a newspaper article. New Delhi ministers and officials also complained he had been a "disaster" and "arrogant" during talks earlier this month. MORE...