India's foreign minister injured in road crash

Indian foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee, a long-time stalwart of the governing Congress Party, was seriously injured when a lorry slammed into his car, it was reported today.

The accident happened yesterday as Mukherjee, 72, was travelling back from his parliamentary constituency north of Calcutta, eastern India’s main city, said Raj Kanojia, a senior police official in the state of West Bengal.