BEIJING: Tibetans staged a small protest in Beijing on Monday, a witness and an activist group said, the first such rally in the capital since demonstrations against Chinese rule of Tibet broke out last week. Around 50 people had gathered in a silent protest outside a building in the Chinese Minorities University in the Haidian district of western Beijing, the witness, who did not want to be named, told AFP.

NEW DELHI: India, as an advanced developing country, can lead the world in renewable energy technologies as part of a solution to the climate change crisis, former US Vice-President and Nobel Peace Laureate Al Gore said here.

NEW DELHI: There are thousands of talented NRIs/PIOs who would like to come back and contribute to the success of their motherland. But in spite of the declared intentions of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and high officials to welcome them though the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas and other avenues, the government of India and its organs are actually creating hurdles to their return.

NEW DELHI: Congress President Sonia Gandhi has dismissed speculation about early elections and laid out the road map for the next Lok Sabha polls by stating the party would be more careful in selection of candidates and show greater unity and discipline.

NEW DELHI: Temperatures rose on the issue of Indo-US nuclear deal with the CPI(M) demanding an immediate meeting of the UPA-Left Committee and issuing an ominous warning that the future of the government depends on the decision it will take on Washington's "pressure" to conclude the agreement.

NEW DELHI: Amid concerns here over the Hyde Act, the US has suggested that the "domestic" legislation would have to be taken into account in operation of the civil nuclear cooperation with India. "The Hyde Act is a domestic legislation (and) the 123 agreement is an international agreement. I think we can move forward with both in a consistent manner," Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher told reporters here.

NEW DELHI: Questioning certain statements from the US, India has made it clear that its rights and obligations on civil nuclear cooperation came only from the bilateral 123 Agreement and it was not bound by the controversial Hyde Act.

NEW DELHI: Maintaining opposition to the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, BJP has rejected government's argument that the Hyde Act would have no bearing on the agreement and asked it not to operationalize it.