Mumbai, Dec 6 : The Congress today suspended Maharashtra leader Narayan Rane, a day after party president Sonia Gandhi decided in Ashok Chavan''s favour for the post of new Maharashtra Chief Minister, rather than in Rane''s who was the other strong contender for the post.
"It has been observed that after the announcement of the new leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) in Maharashtra, Narayan Rane is making public statements deliberately with a view to lowering the prestige of the Indian National Congress," said AICC General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi.
Washington, December 6 : Kevin Costner has inked a deal with NASCAR and is set to make personal appearances for the American racing giant while lending them his tunes.
The two-time Oscar-winner and his group, ‘Modern West’, will launch their debut video ‘Backyard’ on NASCAR. com on December 8 for which Costner has already made an appearance at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards banquet on December 5.
The actor-producer is also scheduled to lend his voice for the new documentary ‘The Ride of Their Lives’ that touches upon the motor racing world.
London, December 6 : Singer Lily Allen has joked that she is so ‘terrified’ about the ticket sales for her forthcoming tour that she has started buying them out herself.
The Brit singer, who is set to begin her journey in March for her London concert, laughed on Absolute Radio saying that the tour’s ticket burn-out may even have been her label’s doing.
“I’m quite terrified that nobody is going to buy tickets. I bought six of my own!” the Daily Express quoted her as saying.
“I think my record company probably bought half of them,” she added.
London, December 6 : An American study has shown that the brains of kids belonging to low-income families process information differently to those of children from wealthier homes.
Conducted at the University of California, Berkeley, the study involved 26 children in the age group of nine to ten years. Half of them were from low-income homes, while half from high-income families.
The researchers used an electroencephalograph (EEG) to measure activity in the "prefrontal cortex" of the children’s brains.
During the test, the children were shown an image onto a screen. They had not been briefed about the picture.
The researchers measured the subjects’ brain responses as they saw the picture.