India on Monday refrained from making any comment on the resignation of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, terming it as an "internal matter" of that country.

"We have no comments to make on the resignation of President Musharraf," External Affairs Ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna said when asked to speak on the latest development in Pakistan.

"This is an internal matter of Pakistan," he said.

India has been having a "comfortable" working relationship with the Musharraf regime, despite it having the military tinge.

New Delhi has been expressing satisfaction over its engagement with the Musharraf dispensation during which the relations saw a lot of improvement after the initial phase of bitterness and even a 10-month military stand-off.

Among the significant developments during Musharraf's tenure were the border ceasefire in November 2003 and launch of the peace process and Composite Dialogue between the two countries in January 2004.

Under the peace process and composite dialogue process, a number of confidence building measures and other initiatives were undertaken successfully to improve ties.

Even cross-border infiltration had been under minimal during the later part of his term.

New Delhi, which is agitated at the renewed surge in infiltration and ceasefire violations by Pakistan, feels that it was easier to work with the Musharraf as it was a "single" power centre______________




India's Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the Men's 10m Air Rifle in Beijing on August 11 with an incredible performance in the final. Bindra shot a total score of 700.5.
China's Zhu Qinan, gold medalist at Athens 2004, won the silver medal with a total score of 699.7.
The bronze medal was won by Finland's Henri Hakkinen, who was leading the field after the qualification round, but was unable to hold off Bindra and Zhu in the final. The Finnish shooter shot a total of 699.4.
Hakkinen shot 598 in the qualification round, giving him a one point lead over Zhu. Bindra was one point further back with 596.
Bindra signals his intentions early in the final, with a 10.7 on his first shot. None of Bindra's shots in the final dropped below 10.0.
Hakkinen's performance in the final was solid, but it needed to be better. He averaged 10.14 per shot in the final, compared to Bindra's 10.45.
Going into the last shot, Bindra and Hakkinen were tied for first place, but Bindra secured the gold medal with his best shot of the final, an outstanding 10.8.
Conversely, Hakkinen's last shot was his worst, a lowly 9.7. This allowed Zhu to overcome Hakkinen and win the silver medal. Zhu shot 10.5 on his last shot.
Zhu will be disappointed that did not become the first shooter to win two gold medals in the Men's 10m Air Pistol. However, he was unable to reproduce his best – Zhu holds the Olympic record for the final score in the event, the 702.7 that he shot at Athens 2004.