A Nigerian militant group on Monday demanded the release of its leader, in return for setting free an Indian sailor, along with five foreign crew members of a chemical tanker. Nigerian militant group Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta sought the release of its leader Henry Okah for medical treatment abroad.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has taken hostage Cadet Banjit Singh Dhindsa from India alongside some other crew members of chemical tanker -- 'Siehem Peace', about 20 nautical miles from Escravos, MEND said in a statement on Sunday.
It also had other suitors like French company Vivendi, Egyptian company Etisalat and even MTN.
The flamboyant leader arrived in France on Monday flanked by 30 blue-uniformed females, all supposedly virgins, with guns dangling from their shoulders.
Production by the 10 member countries, excluding Iraq and Angola which joined the group this year only, increased by 70,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 266.4 lakh bpd from 265.7 lakh bpd in April.
Reports said that security forces intervened just in time to save seven other Indians in the compound.
Tight monetary policy and various fiscal sops have failed to contain inflation as it jumped to a record level of 6.73 per cent during the week ended February 3 compared to 6.58 per cent for the previous week.
Wholesale prices based inflation rose by 0.10 per cent to stand at 4.92 per cent during the week ended August 12, as against 4.82 per cent in the previous week due to rise in prices of essential items like fruits and vegetables.\n\n
Wholesale prices-based inflation rose by 0.05 per cent to stand at 3.59 per cent during the week ended April 29 as against 3.54 per cent a week ago owing to food items going dearer.
Special arrangements have also been made at several places, including the national capital, for people to take bath in rivers on the occasion.
In an effort to allow 19 poor countries to promote growth and make progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the International Monetary Fund will grant 100 per cent debt relief to them amounting to $3.3 billion
There are about 100 million hungry children in the world.
In a televised broadcast on December 31,2011, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in parts of the country following anti-Christian violence by a jihadi group called Boko Haram.
Houston-based biotech firm awaits FDA approvals on its new drug for lung cancer treatment.
Inflation fell by 0.23 per cent to a 23-week low of 6.5 per cent for the fourth consecutive week ended December 18, mainly due to cheaper food items, edibles oils and manufactured products.
Continuing its fall for the third consecutive week, inflation dipped to 6.73 per cent for the week ended December 11, mainly due to cheaper vegetables and fuels, after remaining over 7 per cent since July.
Inflation fell by 0.18 per cent to 7.2 per cent for the week ended October 2, even as vegetable prices shot up by about 14 per cent.
Inflation fell by 0.18 per cent to 7.2 per cent for the week ended October 2, even as vegetable prices shot up by about 14 per cent.
An inspired performance from Douglas Costa helped Brazil to a 3-0 win over Peru on Tuesday and lifted them into third place in the South American qualifying group for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Inflation fell marginally for the second consecutive week to 6.12 per cent for the week ended January 24 notwithstanding the rising prices of some food and non-food articles and majority of manufactured products.
Inflation rose for the seventh consecutive week by 0.12 per cent to reach 31-week high of 5.75 per cent for the week ended December 27, mainly due to an all round hike in the prices of primary articles, fuels and manufactured items.
Palestinian terrorist Abu Nidal had trained him at the instance of Saddam Hussein, a media report said.
The inflation rate fell marginally to 4.88 per cent during the week ended November 8 despite a rise in prices of essential items like wheat, tea, maize, textiles, paper, metal and machines.
The FBI is investigating whether Bush's chief political and strategic adviser Karl Rowe was among those who blew the cover of CIA operative Valerie Plame.
The White House was engulfed in angry controversy last night over speculation that a senior official in the Bush administration had illegally disclosed a CIA agent's identity.
India's annual inflation rate dropped to its lowest since March in the week ended May 24, the government said on Sunday, and analysts forecast further falls that would allow the central bank to keep interest rates soft.
Exports from India to the United States has risen by 21.4 per cent in 2002 to $11.82 billion, the highest in past decade, the US Commerce department said.
Angola and Kenya were eliminated from the 2010 World Cup finals after failing to make the cut in the African qualifiers.
Bharti will have to deal with 15 different regulatory regimes in Africa as opposed to just one in India.
Inflation revised upwards to 7.91% for week ended July 24 from provisional level of 7.51%.
Inflation pierced the 5 per cent mark for the first time this fiscal for the week ended May 22 mainly due to a whopping 9 per cent rise in prices of vegetables and a moderate hike in the prices of other commodities like wheat, eggs and sugar.
The rankings were prepared after examining the volume of terrorist and rebel alerts, messaging traffic, videos, photos, incidents and the number of killed and injured in a country over the past 30 days.
Inflation fell marginally to 6.13% for the week ended January 17, but public continued to pay higher prices for essential commodities with primary articles like fruits and vegetables, milk and many manufactured items becoming costlier.
US Open champion Martin Kaymer sank an eight-foot birdie putt at the first extra hole to beat Bubba Watson in the four-man PGA Grand Slam of Golf in Bermuda on Wednesday.
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