Kathmandu, Oct 21 : Nepali Congress acting president Sushil Koirala today accused the Maoists of delaying the Constitution-making process by inviting debates on People''s Republic.

Kabul, Oct 21 : The Taliban have reportedly shot dead a Christian lady social aid worker in Kabul, identified as 34-year-old Gayle Williams, accusing her of spreading her religion.

According to a report in The News, the aid worker, a South African-British national, helped handicapped Afghans, while working for the woman’s aid group ‘Serve’ (Serving Emergency Relief and Vocational Enterprises).

Kathmandu, Oct 21: Nepal and India have agreed to amend the bilateral trade treaty within three months.

The agreement was reached during the two-day Inter Governmental Committee (IGC) meeting between commerce secretaries of the two countries in New Delhi on Monday.

“There has been understanding on issues in which the two countries want change in the trade treaty,” said Purushottam Ojha, Secretary at the Ministry of Commerce and Supplies and head of Nepali delegation.

Islamabad, Oct 21: Deposed Pakistani chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said he had many “secrets in his heart” and would share some of them with the public on November 
3 during his address to the Rawalpindi Bar Association.

Paris - Buoyed by a strong Wall Street showing and the French government's announcment on a capital injection for its banks, shares in Paris were up sharply in early trading on Tuesday.

One hour after opening, the benchmark CAC 40 gained 2.56 per cent, to 3,536.76, with gainers outnumbering decliners by nearly 6 to 1.

Banking stocks led the surge after the French government announced late Monday that it would inject 10.5 billion euros (14 billion dollars) into the country's six-largest financial institutions by the end of the year.