India registered another 3.5-0.5 triumph over Afghanistan in the sixth round of Asian team chess championship in Iran.
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The International Master drew with Grandmaster Hua Ni of China to take his tally to 3.5 points in the fifth Asian Chess championship.
India and Pakistan may require more than two pipeline schemes for importing gas from countries like Iran, Turkmenistan
'It is only because we were facing US threats that we were able to successfully develop a nuclear programme of our own.'
The Indian ace scored his second straight victory in the Masters' section of 15th Abu Dhabi International Chess festival.
India and Pakistan will on Tuesday discuss financing of the $4.1-billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project, the transit fee that Islamabad will charge for allowing the passage of the pipeline to India and security issues.
Last week, Pakistan and Iran had signed a memorandum of understanding for the implementation of the 2600-km project.
The Pakistan Boxing Federation lambasted the country's interior ministry for their lethargic attitude
According to the Asian Football Confederation statistics, Indian fans turned out in larger numbers than those in other countries.
Nigerian striker Ernest Jeremiah scored a fine hat-trick as East Bengal beat Turkmenistan's Nebitchi FC in their concluding AFC Cup match.
The ace footballer was admitted to a Kolkata hospital after complaining of weight loss.
In return, Pakistan will withdraw the case from the World Bank,says the South Asia Tribune.
'It will be helpful towards the solution of the Kashmir problem,' Pakistan High Commissioner A A Khan \ntells Sheela Bhatt.
Among other things, presidents Pervez Musharraf and Hamid Karzai also discussed the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan- Pakistan gas pipeline project.
The Kolkata giants take on the Bangladesh side in the AFC Cup Group A league match on Wednesday.
Close on the heels of initiating a dialogue with Iran and Myanmar on importing gas through onland pipelines, Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar will soon visit Turkmenistan and Afghanistan to explore the possibility of bringing natural gas from Ce
The government on Wednesday mandated the petroleum ministry to hold dialogue with Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran and Myanmar to secure natural gas supplies through pipelines to meet demand of the country.
The pipelines will be from Iran to India through Pakistan, from Turkmenistan to India through Afghanistan and Pakistan, and from Myanmar to India through Bangladesh, Mani Shankar Aiyar said.
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