Kathamndu : Ben Stokes was forced out of the England attack with a calf injury during the afternoon session at Old Trafford.

Stokes was two deliveries into his sixth over when he pulled up sharply having delivered the ball and was unable to stop a gentle push back past him from Younis Khan. He was unable to complete his over and limped off the pitch.

An ECB spokesman confirmed the injury was to Stokes' right calf and said he would not bowl again on the fourth day. That means the England attack has been reduced to four men as they attempt to bowl Pakistan out and level the series.

It was later confirmed that Stokes will be sent for an MRI scan on Tuesday. If he has sustained a torn calf muscle, rather than a strain, he could well be out of action for six weeks.

Stokes was making his return to the Test team having sustained a knee injury earlier in the summer. He was forced off the pitch at Headingley and subsequently underwent surgery.

Turkey's authorities have issued detention warrants for 42 journalists, local media say, as part of an inquiry into the failed coup on 15 July.

Prominent commentator Nazli Ilicak is said to be on the list. Ankara has not publicly commented on the claim.

The authorities have already detained or placed under investigation thousands of soldiers, judges and civil servants.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to purge state bodies of the "virus" he says caused the revolt.

So far, five journalists have been detained for questioning, Turkish news agencies report.

The closure of several media outlets was ordered in the days following the attempted coup, but this is the first time that individual journalists have been identified, the BBC's Nick Thorpe in Istanbul reports.

The most prominent of the 42 is 72-year-old Nazli Ilicak.

She was fired from the pro-government Sabah daily three years ago for criticising government ministers who are under investigation for alleged corruption.

The Turkish government accuses cleric Fethullah Gulen of being behind the attempted coup which was led by the army.

Mr Gulen, who lives in the US, has strongly denied any involvement.

In other developments on Monday:

• Turkey's state-run Turkish Airlines dismisses 211 employees over their alleged links to the Gulen movement
• EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker warns that negotiations for Turkey's eventual membership of the EU would be suspended immediately if Ankara goes ahead with a proposal to reintroduce the death penalty

On Sunday, tens of thousands of people took part in a pro-democracy rally in Istanbul, condemning the coup attempt.

The demonstration was organised by the opposition party CHP but was backed by President Erdogan's AK party, in a rare show of unity.

Mr Erdogan launched a widespread crackdown following the failed coup, arresting thousands of service personnel and sacking or suspending thousands of judges, government officials, school teachers and university heads.

Human Rights group Amnesty International says it has received credible evidence of detainees being subjected to beatings and torture, including rape, since the coup attempt.

Last week, Turkey declared a three-month state of emergency, allowing the president and the government to bypass parliament when drafting new laws and to restrict or suspend rights and freedoms.

Source: BBC

Kathamndu : Major political parties' leaders have termed the bid to remove difficulties when the House Session was on as not appropriate.

At a face-to-face programme organized by Reporters Club Nepal on Monday, leaders said it was ill-intention to enforce the same provision for removing difficulty on all governments change in transitional time despite having provision of government formation as per the Article 298 of the Constitution.

Minister for Information and Communications Sherdhan Rai said that the decision on removing difficulties was made to open up way for the formation of a new government after the no-trust motion. He added, "The UML-led government had taken initiative to form a national consensus government. But the avenue for the same was shut stating all major parties should not join the government. Still the national consensus government is imperative for the implementation of the constitution."

CPN (MC) leader Dev Prasad Gurung made it clear that his party was of the view to form national consensus government for the effective implementation of the constitution.

He further noted the proposal for power to remove difficulties despite having clear provisions on government change in the Article 298 of the Constitution and Parliament Rules has imparted a message that the same process should be adopted while changing any government.

Nepali Congress central member Ramesh Lekhak said there was no situation to enforce the power to remove difficulties clause.He said, "There was no need to go for removing difficulties as Article 298 has the provisions on no-trust motion, Prime Minister seeking trust votes, tendering resignation and other conditions in which the Prime Minister is relieved of the post."

Kathmandu : President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Monday has called for the election of the new prime minister on the basis of a political consensus within a week.

Earlier on Sunday, the Cabinet had recommended the Head of the State to use Article 305 (removal of constitutional difficulties) and Clause 2 of Article 298 of the Constitution to let the House elect the Prime Minister as per the Article 298 again.

Concluding that the constitutional provision was not clear enough to elect the Prime Minister after the incumbent PM is unseated, KP Sharma Oli-led Cabinet had recommended the President to use Article 305, before Oli put in papers yesterday itself.

Now, a Prime Minister can be elected following clause 2 or 3 of Article 298 of the Constitution after the order, according to the President’s Office.

Earlier, President Bhandari had consulted the top leaders of the main political parties on the current political situation. At the consultation meeting held for nearly two hours at President's residence, Shital Niwas, Chairman of the CPN-UML and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and Chairman of CPN (Maoist Centre) Puspakamal Dahal 'Prachanda' discussed the ways ahead for formation of a new government and other contemporary issues.

Kathmandu, 27 May(BBC) : Barack Obama has become the first serving US president to visit Hiroshima since the World War Two nuclear attack.

Mr Obama said the memory of 6 August 1945 must never fade, but did not apologise for the US attack - the world's first nuclear bombing.

Mr Obama spoke to a number of survivors and in an address called on nations to pursue a world without nuclear weapons.

At least 140,000 people died in Hiroshima and another 74,000 two days later in a second bombing in Nagasaki.

Mr Obama first visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum before walking to the Peace Memorial Park, accompanied by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Both men stood in front of the eternal flame.

Mr Obama laid a wreath first, followed by Mr Abe.

Mr Obama had earlier flown into the nearby Iwakuni Marine Corp base nearby, after leaving the G7 summit.

Mr Obama told service personnel at the base: "This is an opportunity to honour the memory of all who were lost during World War Two.

"It's a chance to reaffirm our commitment to pursuing the peace and security of a [world] where nuclear weapons would no longer be necessary.

Mr Obama praised the US-Japan alliance as "one of the strongest in the world", with his visit "a testament to how even the most painful divides can be bridged - how our two nations, former adversaries, cannot just become partners, but become the best of friends and the strongest of allies".

Kathmandu, 24 May : The Supreme Court (SC) of Nepal on Tuesday summoned CPN (Maoist Center) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' over a contempt of court writ.

After a preliminary hearing today, a single bench of Acting Chief Justice Sushila Karki summoned the former prime minister to be present before the apex court and reply within three days.

The court was responding to a contempt of court case against Dahal for his comments regarding court verdicts and orders on the cases of war-era crimes.

Advocate Dinesh Tripathi on May 16 had registered the case at the apex court. He has demanded maximum punishment, which includes one year jail term and a fine of Rs 10,000 for making the comments.

The Section 7 of the Supreme Court Act deals with the contempt of court.

Kathmandu, 23 May : Four people have died in the span of four days on Mount Everest including a Sherpa, while two others have gone missing.

This year's climbing season on the world's highest peak resumed in April after a two-year hiatus due to a deadly avalanche that killed 16 Sherpas in one day in 2014 and a earthquake that struck Nepal in 2015.

But tragedy struck again as authorities reported four consecutive days of deaths on the famous mountain.

On Thursday, Crew member Phurba Sherpa fell to his death. The 25-year-old had been working to fix a route about 150 meters near the summit when he fell.

On Friday, Eric Arnold of 36 years old from Netherlands died at night while heading back after a successful summit on Everest, according to Tashi Lakpa Sherpa, the owner of Seven Summit Treks. A heart attack was suspected.

On Saturday, An Australian woman Maria Strydom who was also traveling with the Seven Summit Treks started suffering altitude sickness. She had reached Camp IV.

34 years old Strydom could not move upward anymore, and a rescue attempt to reach her failed, according to Tashi Sherpa.

On Monday, 44 years old Subash Paul died at Base Camp II from altitude sickness, according to Wangchu Sherpa, Managing Director of Trekking Camp Nepal.

Paul was part of a team (consisting of four Indian climbers and four Sherpas). Two members Paresh Chandra Nath and Goutam Ghosh go missing from Saturday night.

An official at Nepal Tourism Department Gyanendra Shrestha said a helicopter search was not possible because they were too high up the mountain.

The fourth climber from the team, Sunita Harizan, was rescued and is undergoing treatment at base camp.

Seema Goswami was undergoing treatment at a hospital after being airlifted from the Everest region, said Pemba Sherpa, the Seven Summit Treks manager.

Since climbing season opened on Everest, about 300 people have scaled, according to data from Everest Base Camp as of Saturday.

Thailand, 23 May : At least 17 girls ranging from 5 to 13 years old have been killed by a fire which swept through their school dormitory in northern Thailand.

Police Said, the fire broke out on Sunday evening when many of the girls were asleep. A Police Official says five other girls were injured, two of them in serious condition.

Police told that 38 students had been in the dorm at Pithakkiart Witthaya school in Chiang Rai.

Police Says two of the bodies were so badly burned they were unidentifiable.

Police Col Prayad Singsin said the cause of the fire was still under investigation.

Firefighters took three hours to extinguish the fire, and pulled survivors and bodies from the second-story window of the wooden building.

Kathmandu, 22 May : Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour has substantially been killed in a US air strike, US officials say.

He and another male combatant were targeted as they rode in a car in a remote area of Pakistan tighten to the Afghan border, the officials said.
The Pentagon has confirmed it targeted Mansour in strikes though they were still assessing a results.

The operation took place near the town of Ahmad Wal at around 15:00 (10:00 GMT) on Saturday and was authorised by President Barack Obama.
Mansour assumed the leadership in July 2015, replacing Taliban founder and spiritual head Mullah Mohammad Omar.

Both Pakistan and Afghanistan were sensetive about a strike, the White House said.

"We are still assessing the results of the strike and will provide more information as it becomes available," said Pentagon spokesperson Peter Cook.

An unnamed Taliban commander told the Reuters news agency, 'We heard about these baseless reports though this not first time. Just wanted to share with you my possess information that Mullah Mansour has not been killed."

Cycling is one of the best physical activities. Nowadays only few people ride a bicycle. We have no time to ride a bicycle as it is slow. Due to the limited time schedule we use four wheeler or two wheeler more comfortable. But, cycling promotes good health and gives many health benefits at all ages.

Here are some reasons why you should take up cycling:

Good for heart : Cycling helps in improving the cardiovascular fitness and also decreases the risk of developing coronary heart disease. We should do cycling everyday atleast for 15-20 minutes.

Burns calories: Cycling helps to burn calories. If yoy want to lose weight then cycling is the best exercise.

Improve sex life : Cycling helps to improve vascular health, which has the knock-on effect of boosting your sex drive.

Good mental health : Besides promoting good health, it has been linked to improved mental health.

Boosts immune system : Cycling boosts immune system and also reduces the risk of some kind of cancers.

Toned muscles : Cycling helps to tone and build the muscles of lower half of the body.