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The first round of talks between the Shri Amarnath Sangarash Samiti and the government panel concluded on an optimistic note with the two sides terming them as "cordial" and "constructive".

Chief Advisor to Governor of Jammu and Kashmir S S Bloeria (left) alongwith members of Shri Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti coming out after the talks. PTI
Three-day strike begins in Kashmir Valley
Normal life came to a grinding halt in the Kashmir Valley as a three-day strike call given by separatists over the Amarnath land row began on Saturday.

India, US set to fine-tune draft waiver
With attempts to get a quick and clean exemption from NSG not materialising immediately, India and the US are set to work on changes in the draft waiver for fine-tuning its provisions...
'We will not acc

ept prescriptive conditionalities from NSG'
India will not accept any "prescriptive conditionalities" to get an exemption from the NSG to operationalise the Indo-US nuclear deal, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Saturday.

States spread red carpet to Tata's Nano
Maharashtra and Punjab invited Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata to consider moving the plant to their states, while Orissa, where group company Tata Steel has suffered violence similar to that in Singur, said that it welcomed industrial projects as they created new jobs.

Obama chooses Biden as vice president
The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Joseph Biden would bring decades of national security experience on board, having first been elected to Congress at the age of 29 in 1972.

Sharif wants judges reinstated by Monday
The ruling coalition in Pakistan was back in crisis with PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif cutting short his deadline for restoration of sacked judges and not committing his party's backing for PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari as President.

Suicide blast kills 20 in Pakistan
At least 20 people were killed and several others injured on Saturday when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into a police station in Pakistan's restive northwestern Swat valley.

Musharraf in 'protective custody'

Troop withdrawal complete: Russia
The withdrawal came two weeks after thousands of Russian soldiers roared into Georgia to defend the separatist territory of South Ossetia from a Georgian offensive.

President Pratibha Patil with West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (R)and Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee(C) in Kolkata on Saturday. PTI

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	Vijender settles for bronze

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	N-deal yet to get NSG nod

	J-K separatists march in lakhs

	50 stolen cars recovered, 6 held

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India is global warming hot-spot: UN study
A UN study, that examined possible consequences of global warming in the next 20 to 30 years, has identified India as one of the "hot-spots", particularly vulnerable to increase in extreme drought, floods and cyclones in the coming decades.

Jamaica's golden bolt
The magical touch of Usain Bolt created another world record on a night that saw the birth of an Olympic legend in Tirunesh Dibaba. Friday at the Bird's Nest was largely about these two runners Jamaica's Lightning Bolt and Ethiopia's long distance queen.

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt hands over the baton to compatriot Asafa Powell in the men’s 4x100M relay final at the Beijing Olympics on Friday. Jamaica won gold in the event with a world record. DH photo / KN Shanth Kumar
Meek end to Indias run
Despite coming close to their season's best performance, India were knocked out of the women's 4x400M relay in the semifinals at the Bird's Nest on Friday.

Nigeria test for Argentina
Champions Argentina face Nigeria for the Olympic gold medal on Saturday in a match which promises to be every bit as exciting as their previous meeting in the final 12 years ago.

Argentina’s Lionel Messi will have a key role to play against Nigeria in the football final on Saturday.
US grab men's beach volleyball gold
Philip Dalhausser and Todd Rogers of the United States won the Olympic mens beach volleyball gold medal on Friday to add to their 2007 world title.
Fun Fridays are here to stay
It is difficult to take seriously a sport where one required element is a "travelling eggbeater" performed by eight synchronised women in spangled swimsuits.

Blonska's B sample too tests positive

Vijender fails in his bid
A bronze medal it is for India from the Olympic Games boxing ring after Vijender Kumar's dream run ended in the semifinals on Friday.

India’s Vijender Kumar (right) went down fighting to Cuban Emilio Correa Bayeaux in the quarterfinals of the middle weight category of the boxing competition at the Beijing Olympics on Friday. DH photo / KN Shanth Kumar
Netherlands triumph
Reigning world champions the Netherlands beat China 2-0 to win their second Olympic women's hockey gold medal on Friday.
Zhang emerges champ

Zhang Yining of China won the Olympic gold medal in the table tennis women's singles on Friday. Zhang beat compatriot Wang Nan 8-11, 13-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-3. China made it a clean sweep as Guo Yue won the bronze. Guo defeated Li Jia Wei of Singapore 11-6, 14-12, 9-11, 7-11, 11-3, 11-4 for the bronze.

Zhang Yining of China acknowledges the crowd after accepting the women’s TT singles gold on Friday.
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ajda pays befitting tribute to late friend
Attila Vajda won Hungary's first gold of the Games in the men's canoe 1,000 metre single on Friday and paid tribute to his friend and two-time Olympic champion Gyorgy Kolonics, who died in July while training for Beijing.

Attila Vajda
Men's hockey final : Germany take on Spain
World Cup champions Germany and Spain go into Saturday's Olympic mens field hockey final hoping the coaches put their previous gold medal experience to good use.
'We will deliver a spectacular legacy'
Beijing has impressed the world with the massive scale at which it has mounted the Olympic Games operations and London, hosts of the next Games, is under pressure to match it.