Washington, Nov 4 : A British woman is suing rockers Bon Jovi, alleging that a member of their crew ran her over during a 2006 UK gig, leaving her seriously injured.

Sally Allen, a security supervisor at the venue, claimed that the incident happened when the ‘It’s My Life’ hitmakers played at Milton Keynes'' National Bowl in southeast England two years ago.

Allen is suing Bon Jovi and their security company for trespass to the person and negligence, seeking 405,000 dollars in compensation and damages.

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, arrested in connection with controversial Malegaon blast, was sent to judicial custody with other two persons till November 17 by a Nashik court. The other two are Shivnarayan Singh Kalsangram and Shyam Bhawarlal Sahu.

Three were also remanded till November 10 in connection with the same blast case. They are Ajay Rahirkar, Jagdish Mhatre and Rakesh Dhawade.

The ATS demanded 14 days' police custody of Rahirkar, Mhatre and Rakesh Dhawade but the court granted them custody till November 10.

Washington, Nov 4 : Parents don''t take up children''s duties on their own, it''s the genes that guide them to take up different roles in kids'' upbringing, finds a new study, which establishes the fact that different roles of mothers and fathers are influenced by genetics

Conducted by the Universities of Exeter and Edinburgh, the study shows how variation in where males and females put their parenting effort reflects different genetic influences for each sex.

The study, based in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides, can be applied to other species and possibly humans, said the researchers.

Specialised male and female roles are common in species in which both parents take responsibility for raising offspring.

Washington, Nov 4 : When it comes to settling disputes over access to fertile females, antelopes click their knees to ward off the competition, according to a new study.

The study, conducted on eland antelopes, has revealed the dominance displays used by males to settle disputes over access to fertile females, without resorting to genuine violence.

Led by Jakob Bro-Jorgensen from the Zoological Society of London and Torben Dabelsteen from the University of Copenhagen, researchers studied antelopes within a
400km2 area of Kenya.

They discovered that the males (bulls) use some signals to make competitors aware of their fighting ability, based on three different factors, body size, age and aggression.

Brussels  - A detailed French set of proposals on how to reform the global financial system was at the top of the agenda on Tuesday as European Union finance ministers met in Brussels.

The plans "can still be better, but it's a good start ... I think we'll turn them into European plans," Dutch Finance Minister Wouter Bos said as the meeting opened.

His Austrian counterpart, Wilhelm Molterer, backed that sentiment, saying that "some countries might judge one or another detail differently, but the direction is absolutely right."

Washington, Nov 4 : Holly Madison has said that Hugh Hefner shouldn’t have felt bad after their split because the Playboy founder should have known that she was unhappy with him.

Madison ended her seven-year-old relationship with Hefner after she was sure that they didn’t have a future together.

In fact, the Playboy stunner had once been rumoured to be pregnant with the tycoon’s baby.