Beijing, Aug 11 (PTI) World champion Abhinav Bindra
clinched India's first ever individual gold medal at the
Olympics, winning 10m air rifle event at the Beijing Games

Shirish B Pradhan

Beijing, Aug 11 (PTI) The United States Sunday said it
may not immediately remove North Korea from its list of
terror-sponsoring nations as Pyongyang has yet to agree to a

New Delhi, Aug 11 (PTI) Even though it says it is yet to
firm up its position with regard to N.S.G. waiver for India,
Japan is eyeing the business potential in the lucrative

New Delhi, Aug 11 (PTI) Iran has asked India and Pakistan
for an early trilateral meeting to finalise the long-delayed
Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project but New Delhi is

Kathmandu, Aug 11 (PTI) The Constituent Assembly in Nepal
Sunday started the process to put in place a new government
after the country's president directed the House to elect a

Islamabad, Aug 11 (PTI) Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf
Sunday faced mounting pressure from friends and foes to quit

Kathmandu, Aug 11 (PTI) Frustrated by their repeated
failure to form a government, Maoists have now accused India
of manipulating the Nepali Congress which they blamed for the

Jaishree Balasubramanian

New York, Aug 9 (PTI) The United Nations Environment
Programme is launching a new initiative to better protect
bees, bats, birds and others that are essential to global crop