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London [UK], Oct. 26 : Priyanka Chopra courageously pulled off a 'Drinko' game with the host at her recent appearance on the ' The Ellen DeGeneres Show'.

The 34-year-old star did not hesitate when DeGeneres asked her to take a tequila shot. The pretty lady took the challenge and instead of sipping the strong alcohol, she took it down all at once, reports the Daily Mail.

The 'Quantico' star was asked to do a shot similar to the one she took on the red carpet at an awards show recently.

After PeeCee took the shot, she made a face and then saying it would be a really "smooth" interview, she told, "India loves Ellen" adding the show airs twice a day in India.

Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 26 : Australian actor Heath Ledger, who was found dead in his property in Manhattan from an accidental intoxication from prescription drugs, was said to be obsessed with his role in the Batman movie 'The Dark Knight'.

Ledger had filled the apartment with research materials including Batman comic books, research on the origin of the Joker and clowns, small clown statues and recordings of Ledger practicing his own version of the Joker voice that would haunt a new generation of DC Comics fans, reports Daily Mail.

A source that happened to witness the actor's work before his death said, "He was studying up on the origins of clowns and all of the previous Jokers like Jack Nicholson's character and Cesar Romero's, who was the first Joker on TV."

New Delhi [India], Oct. 26 : The Patna Police arrested son of retired judge R.P. Singh, Vinod Kumar, with the possession 30 bottles of foreign liquor from Boring Canal Road area in Patna on Tuesday night.

Kumar, a property dealer, was arrested from his residence-cum-office.

Station House Officer (SHO) Sanjay Verma said they got news that Kumar sold liquor bottles from his office.

Acting on a tip off, police seized liquor bottles and conducted a raid at his office.

"We found liquor bottles from his office drawer," Verma said.

Kumar is also son-in-law of former Munger's Dhanraj Singh.

New Delhi [India], Oct. 26 : The body of a Manipuri PhD scholar who was found dead yesterday night under mysterious circumstances in his hostel room in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus, has been sent for post-mortem.

J. R. Philemon Raja was residing in room no 171 at the Brahmaputra Hostel and was pursuing his PhD on West Asia.

He was not seen since the last three days and suspicions rose when a foul smell emanated from his room. Following which, the neighbouring students called security and forcefully opened the door to discover his corpse.

Though preliminary investigations have not ruled out the possibility of a suicide, the body has been sent for an autopsy.

New Delhi [India], Oct. 26 : New Zealand Prime Minister John Key will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi today.

Both leaders will discuss ways to further strengthen the bilateral relations.

India's entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group ( NSG) is among the gamut of issues that are expected to figure during the meeting.

The visiting dignitary will also call on President Pranab Mukherjee during his stay.

He will also visit Kochi on a short tour to the new Cochin International Terminal and oversee the work undertaken by New Zealand company, Glidepath.

Key, accompanied by a high-level business and education delegation, arrived in the national capital last evening.

The visit was delayed after his plane broke down en route in the north of Australia.

New Delhi [India], Oct. 26 : Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari is visiting Tezpur University in Assam today.