India admits security lapses in Mumbai

India's new home minister said on Friday that last week's Mumbai attacks had revealed security lapses, and that evidence clearly showed longtime enemies from neighbouring Pakistan were responsible.

The ruling Congress party-led coalition is under renewed criticism from the opposition that it is weak on security after the three-day rampage by 10 Islamist gunmen in India's financial capital capped a series of bomb blasts this year in India.

"I would be less than truthful if I said there were no lapses," Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram told reporters in Mumbai. "These are being looked into. We will address the causes that led to the lapses."