Rio de Janeiro, March 1 (IANS/EFE) At least 16 people were killed and around 50 were injured when a power line fell during a pre-carnival celebration in Brazil, police said. The accident occurred Sunday in the main plaza in Bandeira do Sul, a city with 6,000 people in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais.
London, March 1 – Model Kelly Brook has become the face of men’s deodorant Lynx and is fronting the brand’s Fallen Angel campaign. As reported by dailymail.co.uk, to promote the new fragrance Excite, the tagline for the campaign reads: ‘Angels are falling from the skies – and it’s all down to the irresistible scent of new Lynx Excite.’ ‘But one angel remains, trapped alone in heaven – archangel Kelly.
London, March 1 – Veteran actress Zsa Zsa Gabor wants Nicole Kidman to portray her part in a biopic, her husband Prince Frederic Von Anhalt has said. The 94-year-old actress, who has been in and out of hospital in recent months, is keen to see Kidman tackle her life story on the big screen.
London, March 1 – Actress Natalie Portman paid tribute to fiance Benjamin Millepied as she won the award for the best actress at the 83rd Academy Awards in Los Angeles. The 29-year-old star, who is pregnant with her fiance’s first child, received the accolade for her role as troubled ballerina Nina Sayers in ‘Black Swan’ and thanked the choreographer for changing her life with the movie, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
Kolkata/New Delhi, March 1(IANS) Pointing to the existence of a supply-demand gap in foodgrain which is causing prices of essentials to soar, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday said he has given priority in the budget for 2011-12 to increasing production of foodgrain to contain inflation. ‘If we try to understand what is causing inflation in our country, we will see that there exists supply and demand difference in foodgrain.
Washington, March 1 – International pressure began to mount on defiant Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to quit with the US issuing an ultimatum to him to surrender power ‘without delay’ and the European Union imposing an arms embargo and other restrictions. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton bluntly told the Libyan leader to surrender power ‘now, without further violence or delay’, the New York Times reported.
New Delhi, March 1 – Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday said the government has received Rs.34,000 crore (Rs.340 billion/$7.5 billion) this year from levies on Indians who had kept their money abroad. ‘We levied Rs.34,00 crore extra tax on persons who had kept money abroad.
Washington, Feb 28 – Two space shuttle Discovery astronauts left the International Space Station Monday for the first spacewalk of their 11-day mission. Steve Bowen and Alvin Drew will move a failed ammonia cooling pump removed on an earlier mission and install a power extension cable and camera equipment.
Chennai, Feb 28 – The ruling DMK Monday inked a seat-sharing deal with the VCK – a Dalit party – for the ensuing Tamil Nadu assembly polls, taking the number of such deals to three. DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.
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