Amethi, Nov 21 (IANS) A police jeep escorting Priyanka Gandhi’s cavalcade here Saturday lost control and hit a green Qualis that is said to be Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s favourite vehicle, party officials said. The Qualis was the one in which Priyanka had driven her brother around his parliamentary constituency Friday.
Though the rear portion of the Qualis was damaged, no one was injured in the accident, which took place in Amethi’s Gauriganj town in Sultanpur district, about 150 km from Lucknow.
Washington, November 21 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have determined that the world’s oceans are losing their appetite for absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2).
Between 2000 and 2007, as emissions of the potent greenhouse gas carbon dioxide skyrocketed, the amount of human-made carbon absorbed by the oceans fell from 27 to 24 percent. In terms of ocean processes, “that’s a pretty large drop, and the trend is pretty clear: The ocean can’t keep up with human-made carbon,” study leader Samar Khatiwala, an oceanographer at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, told National Geographic News.
Imphal, Nov 21 (ANI): By-poll to Yaiskul Assembly constituency in Imphal East district of Manipur would be held on December 19.
Washington, Nov 21 (ANI): A theme park, costing 800 million dollars, is being built in Rome based on movie classic Ben Hur.
London, Nov 21 (ANI): Actress Kelly Brook is in no rush to get married to her beau and rugby ace Danny Cipriani.
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Saturday described Manmohan Singh as a “clean politician” and said he was hopeful the prime minister would do whatever possible on the Tibetan issue when he meets US President Barack Obama next week.
“The Indian prime minister is a very honest person and a clean politician. India and Tibet have a very close spiritual relation. I am sure that whatever the prime minister can appeal to Obama, he will do,” the Dalai Lama said here when asked what his hopes were from Manmohan Singh’s four-day trip to Washington.
Melbourne, Nov 21 (ANI): Swimming champ Stephanie Rice likes guys who are decent and fun to be with.
London, Nov 21 (ANI): Divorcing couples have found a way to part ways on a sweet and humorous note— comical divorce cakes.
Chandigarh, Nov 21 (IANS) A swine flu scare among students here has led to a sudden fall in attendance in schools and colleges in this union territory.
Screening of students is done every morning by their class teachers and suspected cases are sent home. Over 500 students studying at various schools here were sent back after they exhibited flu-like symptoms.
London, Nov 21 (ANI): James Blunt has said that he is all game to pose for a Pirelli calendar.
The ‘Your Body Is A Wonderland’ hit-maker was spotted at the launch of the 2010 Pirelli Calendar in London’s Old Billingsgate market.