'I do admit there is a pause in the composite dialogue process because of the attacks on Mumbai,' Pranab Mukherjee told reporters in Srinagar, the main city in Indian Kashmir.

'What we expect and what we have pointed out to (Pakistani Foreign Minister) Shah Mahmood Qureshi is that Pakistan should fulfill its commitment of not allowing its territory for terrorist attacks against India,' he added.

India earlier on Tuesday said it was not planning military action against Pakistan in response to the deadly Mumbai attacks but warned that its relationship with its rival would not be 'normal' until Islamabad takes action against militants.

Indian authorities have blamed the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba for the three-day siege that left 164 dead in Mumbai last month.

Pakistan has arrested a senior Lashkar leader who was the suspected mastermind of the attacks and shuttered the offices of a charity linked to Lashkar. Authorities there say they will prosecute anyone allegedly involved in the attacks in their own courts.

But Indian leaders have said the moves are not sufficient and have called on Pakistan to do more to dismantle the terror network they claim is well-established in that country.

Defense Minister A.K. Antony said India was 'not planning any military action' against Pakistan but urged Islamabad to crack down on militants thought to be based within its borders.

'Unless Pakistan takes actions against those terrorists who are operating on their soil against India ... things will not be normal,' Mr Antony told reporters on Tuesday.

In the weeks since the Nov 26 attacks, tensions have been high between India and Pakistan, but India's prime minister, along with other senior leaders, have said they are not preparing for war.

The attacks killed 26 foreigners, and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown have visited New Delhi and Islamabad to cool tensions in the region, and to press Pakistan to cooperate in the investigation.

Mr Brown asked for access to the suspects detained in Pakistan during a visit to Islamabad on Sunday. Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said he turned him down.

According to Gilani's office, the Pakistani prime minister said in parliament that he told Mr Brown that 'if there were any proofs, these persons will be prosecuted under the law of Pakistan.'

Mr Brown also has asked India to let British police question the only gunman captured alive during the Mumbai attacks. India has made no public response. -- AP