Obama's speech to schools and studentsSeptember 4th, 2009 US President Barack Obama's Obamas speech to students in schools, scheduled for 8th Septmeber, is stirring quite a few controversies even before surfacing verbally. Republican critics are calling it an effort to foist a political agenda on children, creating yet another confrontation with the White House.
Hindu woman-run madrasa inspires communal harmony in GwaliorAugust 15th, 2009 GWALIOR - A woman in Gwalior has set a unique example of communal harmony by running a madrasa, an Islamic school, to educate Muslim children belonging to downtrodden or poor families. Today, this madrasa being run by Kamlesh Pathak is an edifice of communal harmony and inspires people.
Thieves lift purses, laptops from mourner's vehicles at cemetery in CaliforniaJuly 20th, 2009 Thieves target mourners at California graveyardWHITTIER, Calif. — Thieves are preying on mourners at a cemetery in Southern California.
Tension along India-Bangladesh border over barbed wire fencingMay 23rd, 2009 TRIPURA - Tension prevailed along the India-Bangladesh border on the outskirts of Akhwara region, in Tripura, over the construction of a barbed wire fencing by the Border Security Force (BSF). The villagers are concerned as the newly constructed barbed wire fence will block free access to the graveyard, which would now fall on the other side of the fence.
Man arrested for digging out body from graveMay 12th, 2009 PATNA - A man has been arrested for having allegedly dug out the body of a Muslim from his grave and throwing it on a pile of garbage in Bihar's Rohtas district with the apparent intention of creating communal tension, police said Tuesday. Rohtas district Superintendent of Police Vikas Vaibhav said Dilip Mahto was arrested and sent to jail Monday evening.
Tension in Bihar town after Muslim's body dug out from graveMay 3rd, 2009 PATNA - Tension prevailed in Bihar's Sasaram town after the body of an old Muslim man was dug out from his grave near Sher Shah's tomb and thrown on a pile of garbage, allegedly by activists of a Hindu outfit, police said Sunday. Rohtas district's superintendent of police Vikas Vaibhav told IANS over telephone Sunday morning that there was tension in the town - the headquarters of Rohtas district - and police were keeping a close watch.
Brad Pitt takes flying lessonsApril 25th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actor Brad Pitt is taking flying lessons while girlfriend Angelina Jolie shoots her new movie in New York. The couple and their six children have set up home in the outskirts of the city while Jolie shoots for 'Salt', reports contactmusic.com.
Kids, women severely burnt as high-tension wire falls on themApril 21st, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Three children and three women were severely burnt when a high-tension wire fell on them in the Khoda area of Ghaziabad Monday night, police said Tuesday. According to officials, the children and the women were sitting on the rooftop of their house when the overhead high tension 11,000 volt transmission wire fell on them, severely burning them.
Padmini Kolhapure takes singing lessonsApril 21st, 2009 Actress Padmini Kolhapure is 43, but she feels age is no bar to learn something new. She is now taking singing lessons from her father.
Music can enhance kids' reading skillsMarch 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Music lessons can significantly improve children's cognitive performance in reading skills, says a new study. The study led by researchers from Long Island University, USA has shown that children taking music tuition involving training in increasingly complex rhythmic, tonal, and practical skills display superior cognitive performance in reading skills compared with their non-musically trained peers.
'Green Comet' to streak past Earth TuesdayFebruary 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Space scientists are keeping a close vigil on Comet Lulin, also known as the 'Green Comet', which will streak past the Earth Tuesday. Comet Lulin will pass within 38 million miles - 160 times farther than the moon - of the Earth and is expected to be visible to the naked eye.
School kids beat filmmakers to make movie on Mumbai 26/11February 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Filmmakers made a beeline to register titles to make movies on the Mumbai terror attacks last year, but a group of 20 school children has already shot a film titled 'MH (Muslim, Hindu) 26/11 - Mumbai Under Attack!'. It will be premiered here Tuesday.
Bollywood singer Shaan still takes music lessonsJanuary 3rd, 2009 Famous Bollywood playback singer Shaan is among the best singers on the block but he continues to take music lessons from his teacher. A friend of the singer said: 'Shaan says that he is still a student as far as singing is concerned.
Three days later, two dead await burial in Bihar villageDecember 30th, 2008 PATNA - It has been three days and the bodies of Kosum Khatoon and Kamruddin Ansari are still awaiting burial in a Bihar village, where officials are trying hard to stem tensions arising from a land dispute over a graveyard. Anger is mounting in Mai village in Gaya district, some 100 km from here, after a group of Hindus Monday denied burial to the two bodies in the graveyard at nearby Madhav Bigha village.
Dead denied burial over graveyard land disputeDecember 29th, 2008 PATNA - A village in Bihar's Gaya district remained tense Tuesday, a day after a group of Hindus stopped Muslims from burying two of their dead due to a dispute over the graveyard land, police said. Muslims of Madhav Bigha village in Gaya, about 100 km from here, were angry after two of their dead were denied burial in the graveyard by some Hindus Monday.
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