New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Timeline of India’s sporting achievements in 2008:

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) India’s performance at the Beijing Olympics should inspire all those connected with Indian sport. Shooter Abhinav Bindra, boxer Vijender Singh and wrester Sushil Kumar exemplified what self-belief can do to sport in India. They all and a few other boxers and shuttler Saina Nehwal, who even if they have not been able to win medals, made the country proud.

Kathmandu, Dec 26 (IANS) While the rest of the world steps up festivities to welcome the new year, Nepal faces a dismal future with its Maoist government announcing a power emergency.

Berlin, Dec 26 (DPA) The year 2008 can be called a year of extremes: it saw huge trauma, beginning in the shadow of the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto just days earlier and ending with a global market crisis that has brought despair to millions across the world. Yet the worst is still to come.

Kathmandu, Dec 25 (IANS) Despite its crop of failures, 2008 will remain a landmark in the history of Nepal, Asia and indeed the world communist movement, providing inspiration to communists across the globe.

Kathmandu, Dec 25 (IANS) Despite its crop of failures, 2008 will remain a landmark in the history of Nepal, Asia and indeed the world communist movement, providing inspiration to communists across the globe.

Kathmandu, Dec 25 (IANS) Despite its crop of failures, 2008 will remain a landmark in the history of Nepal, Asia and indeed the world communist movement, providing inspiration to communists across the globe.

Chandigarh, Dec 23 (IANS) Four sportsmen from Haryana, who won medals in international competitions, were Tuesday appointed as Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs) in the Haryana police by the state government.