Nigerian radical group Boko Haram has released four schoolgirls out of more than 200, who have been abducted and held captive since April 14, media reported Thursday citing sources.
According to sources in the Nigerian town of Chibuk, the Boko Haram let go of the four girls, while other sources believed that the girls managed to escape.
The Punch, a local daily newspaper, said the number of freed girls has risen to 75.
If your friend does not understand the foreign language you speak, web-based translator may no longer be the only option as Microsoft has developed an app for Skype that can almost translate conversations in real time.
Skype enables two people who have the software to participate in a video chat over the internet.
Skype vice president Gurdeep Pall demonstrated for the first time publicly the Skype Translator app early this week, with Pall conversing in English with German-speaking Microsoft employee Diana Heinrichs.
If you are heading to the hills of Himachal Pradesh this weekend, mild showers may greet you, the Met office forecast Thursday.
“Rain and thundershowers are likely to occur over mid and low hills of the state during the next three days,” an official of the India Meteorological Department here told IANS.
He said most of the prominent tourist destinations like Shimla, Dharamsala, Palampur, Manali, Kasauli, Kufri, Narkanda and Dalhousie are likely to witness intermittent rainfall till June 1, which will bring down temperatures to comfortable levels.
Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan today invited TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao to form government in Telangana, which would come into existence as the 29th state of India on June 2. The swearing-in ceremony would be held at Raj Bhavan here on June 2 at 8.15 AM, a Raj Bhavan press communique said. TRS has secured majority in the recent assembly elections by bagging 63 out of the 119 seats in Telangana and Rao has been elected as leader of the TRS legislature party.
“Congratulating Sri K Chandrasekhar Rao, on his election as the Leader, the Hon’ble Governor has sent him an invitation
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh Thursday said adequate funds were being provided to restore and maintain historical temples in the state.
He said the funds were being provided to restore the ancient temples in their original architecture.
Speaking to reporters after performing ritual ceremonies at the ancient Narain Temple in Rohru tehsil in Shimla district, he said the grant-in-aid to the temples had also been increased.
The temple was recently re-constructed by spending Rs.3 crore, temple officials said.
The Congress advisory committee is seeking entries for the Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavna award 2013, a statement by the All India Congress Committee said Thursday.
The award carries a citation and a cash prize of Rs.5 lakh. It is given to either individuals or institutions in recognition of their endeavour to promote communal harmony or fight terrorism and violence.
The entries should be sent latest by June 14 to the chairman of the advisory committee, Karan Singh, the statement added.
A Pakistani court today reserved its ruling on former military ruler Pervez Musharraf’s plea seeking the lifting of a travel ban on him. Musharraf, 70, is facing treason charges for subverting and circumventing the Constitution by imposing emergency on November 3, 2007. The federal government has placed his name on the Exit Control List (ECL), stating he might try to flee the country.
Musharraf, who was formally indicted in March on treason charges, approached the Sindh High Court last month to lift
A new study has revealed that women who indulge in more activities during pregnancy are more likely to give normal birth.
Kelly Morgan from Swansea University College of Medicine said that women are often anxious about the process of childbirth and the uncertainty of needing medical interventions but results have suggested that maintaining an active lifestyle during pregnancy is something all women who want complication-free pregnancies can take advantage of, the BBC reported.
Resigning from Vadodara Lok Sabha seat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed gratitude to the people of the constituency for giving him victory by a “historic” margin and said he would leave no stone unturned in ensuring that its development touches newer heights.
Modi, who decided to represent Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi Lok Sabha seat, said he was looking forward to the opportunity
of serving “Ganga Maa” and work for the holy city’s development.
“Resigned from Vadodara LS seat. Due to people’s affection got elected by a historic margin. Will always remain
“Slow and ineffective” response to allegations of scams under the erstwhile UPA government strengthened anti-Congress impressions in the minds of voters which resulted in party’s poor show in the Lok Sabha polls, senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar said here today. “The slow and ineffective response by Congress to the allegations of various scams levelled by entire opposition not only dented the party’s image but changed the mind of people in the country. The allegations probably prompted voters to think (whether) to vote for Congress,” Aiyar said while addressing a press conference.
Hit by a severe drought-like situation and erratic rainfall, the tea growers’ organisations in Assam have asked the government to launch a subsidy scheme for irrigation which can be availed of by tea estates of all sizes.
According to statistics provided by the organisations, production is already low this year compared to the last two years, and the overall figures are likely to suffer if this situation persists.
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today ordered authorities in Punjab to take stern and immediate action against the killers of a 25-year-old pregnant woman who was brutally stoned to death for marrying the man of her choice.
Farzana Parveen was attacked on Tuesday outside the Lahore High Court by nearly 20 members of her family, including her
father and brothers, with sticks and bricks. The brutal murder of Farzana has shocked the rights bodies and common people.
“I am directing the Chief Minister (Shahbaz Sharif) to take immediate action and report must be submitted by this
Myanmar parliament member Thura U Aung Ko has warned of the country heading towards a political crisis if the administration turns a blind eye to constitution amendment, local media reported Thursday.
Speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing parliament session, U Aung Ko, who is a central executive member of the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USFP), told local media that “ethnic parties and the people are demanding the constitution amendment so do the international community”, according to Xinhua.
An auto driver was killed allegedly by his son for stopping him from taking drugs in Govind Nagar area, police said.
The incident took place on Wednesday after an argument broke out between Ramkumar(58) and his son Vinay, following which the accused attacked his father with bricks and smashed his face and head while he was asleep, they said.
The accused informed his elder brother Ajay about the incident and fled from the spot, police said.
A rainbow of dishes may satiate your taste buds but they may lower the diversity of bacteria in your gut – making your body vulnerable to a plethora of diseases.
Researchers have discovered that the more diverse the diet of a fish, the less diverse are the microbes living in its gut.
Fish that are picky eaters – focusing on just one type of food such as small crustaceans or chironomid insect larvae – have more diverse microbial communities in their intestines, the findings showed.
In contrast, fish eating a more diverse mixture of foods have less diverse microbes in their intestine.
A doctor couple was on Thursday booked for their alleged carelessness in operating a patient who died post the surgery, police said.
The FIR has been registered against Dr Chhavi Ojha and Dr Ramesh Ojha, who had operated one Phoolkumari, who died on May 27, they said.
The family members of the victim have alleged that she died due to carelessness of the doctor couple. On their complaint, police has lodged FIR against the two doctors. The doctors claimed that they were innocent, police said.
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The Sahara group Thursday told the Supreme Court that it was selling its three prime properties in London and New York to raise money to secure the release of Subrata Roy and two other directors.
The court, however, asked Sahara to place before it the communication it had exchanged with the Bank of China with which these properties were mortgaged.
The three hotels in which the Sahara group would be off-loading stakes are the Grosvenor House Hotel in London and the New York Plaza and Dream New York hotels.
India will release 30 fishermen and 5 civilian Pakistani prisoners on Thursday. The move by India comes after bilateral talks between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif.
Earlier, 150 prisoners who were released by Pakistan reached Vadodara in Gujarat late on Wednesday night. Pakistan had freed 150 prisoners as a goodwill gesture a day ahead of Nawaz Sharif’s visit to New Delhi.
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The RSS is “not an economic fundamentalist”, senior sangh leader Ram Madhav said on Thursday making it clear that the Narendra Modi government is free to take decisions for the good of the country including on FDI.
The organisation said that its “broad line” is to protect the country’s economic sovereignty and it is for the government to decide the nitty gritty.
“We are not an economic fundamentalist. RSS is of the view that it is the government of India, which should be making the decisions about what economic decisions are good for the country.
In a bid to raise awareness and help the underprivileged widows, the Loomba Foundation, the global NGO working for the cause of widows will be organizing an annual charity dinner on June 21 at the Taj Mansingh, New Delhi ahead of the UN-ratified International Widows Day (June 23). The theme for this year’s fundraiser is ‘Justice for Widows – Corporate Social Responsibility’, which aims to encourage corporate India to channelize their mandatory 2 percent Corporate Social Responsibility provision in the Companies Act for the benefit of impoverished widows.
A new study has claimed that climate change has no effects on a person’s mood.
Professor Paul Dolan of Behavioural Science said that it is not necessary that people living in sunny climates are happier than those often exposed to cold or rainy weather, the Independent reported.
He further explained that if it is sunny everyday, you get used to it and the sunshine doesn’t make you happier anymore and most of our anxieties come from worrying about the future.
Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohammad Zaka Ashraf has reportedly submitted ‘ contempt of court’ charges against the current chairman Najam Sethi, adding a new twist to the bitter row over the top PCB slot.
Ashraf accused Sethi of deliberately concealing facts from the court, as well as misconstruing and misinterpreting the Supreme Court order, which suspended the Islamabad High Court’s judgment that reinstated Ashraf in Sethi’s place.
Twelve people, including 10 militants, were killed in separate incidents of violence in Afghanistan Thursday, authorities said.
In one attack, a district intelligence chief was killed while three intelligence officials were wounded when a roadside bomb struck a vehicle in Aqcha district of northern Jawzjan province at noon, provincial police chief Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani told Xinhua.
Separately, police official Abdul Matin and a colleague were injured when a sticky bomb attached to a police jeep went off in Maehtarlam, the capital city of eastern Laghman province before noon.