<p>Attended by the country's top security officials, the over two-and-a-half hour meeting is also believed to have discussed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of Amarnath Yatra scheduled to start next week, sources said.<br /><br />The meeting, held at the Prime Minister's residence, was attended by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Defence Minister A K Antony, Home Minister P Chidambaram, National Security Advisor M K Narayanan and new Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao.<br /><br />Also present during the discussions were Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta, Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor and Air Chief Marshal P V Naik.<br /><br />"Navy and Coast Guard were put on high alert yesterday to locate a suspicious vessel that was lurking in the waters of Arabian Sea off the Maharashtra and Goa coasts. The search is still on," the sources said.<br /><br />The heightened security alert comes against the backdrop of the audacious terrorist attacks in Mumbai on November 26 last year.<br /><br />Among the other issues that came up during the discussions was the mammoth Chinese military exercise that is currently in progress</p>
<p>Attended by the country's top security officials, the over two-and-a-half hour meeting is also believed to have discussed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of Amarnath Yatra scheduled to start next week, sources said.<br /><br />The meeting, held at the Prime Minister's residence, was attended by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Defence Minister A K Antony, Home Minister P Chidambaram, National Security Advisor M K Narayanan and new Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao.<br /><br />Also present during the discussions were Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta, Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor and Air Chief Marshal P V Naik.<br /><br />"Navy and Coast Guard were put on high alert yesterday to locate a suspicious vessel that was lurking in the waters of Arabian Sea off the Maharashtra and Goa coasts. The search is still on," the sources said.<br /><br />The heightened security alert comes against the backdrop of the audacious terrorist attacks in Mumbai on November 26 last year.<br /><br />Among the other issues that came up during the discussions was the mammoth Chinese military exercise that is currently in progress</p>