By Girija Shankar Ojha
Dumka (Jharkhand), May 18 (ANI): A man in Jharkhand’s Dumka district is running a small school for the children of shepherd community from a small shelter to enable them become literate.
By running a free school for five years, Balmukund Yadav, who is in his thirties, has instilled hope among villagers that their children can be literate.
Yadav felt driven to educate village children after he personally faced much hardship to educate himself due to poverty. Thus, he resolved to educate other children of the area.

By Fayaz Ahmed
Srinagar, May 18 (ANI): A number of girls in Kashmir are presently drawn to learning martial arts, as they wish to learn self-defense techniques and also be physically fit.
By learning this art, these girls are confident of defending themselvesagainst any anti-social element and also keep themselves fit.

By Sumit Khanna
Jalandhar, May 18 (ANI): Having dedicated his life to popularize Sufi music, Ustad Puran Shah Koti is today held in deep respect by some of the best known names of the Punjabi music world.
Ustad Koti holds the distinction of having trained some of the popular Punjabi singers including Han Raj Hans, Jasbir […]

Washington, May 18 (IANS) Intelligence reports are the last thing one would expect to contain biblical quotations, but in the beginning of the war in Iraq a series of briefs for then US defence secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and others quoted from the Bible - giving fodder to the theory of ‘clash of civilisations’.

A series of cover sheets for intelligence reports written for Rumsfeld and other senior Pentagon officials during the early days of the war in Iraq in 2003 were adorned with biblical quotations, the New York Times reported Monday, quoting the material that appeared on the website of the GQ magazine.

New York, May 18 (ANI): Madonna apparently has Kabblah to thank for finding her Brazilian toyboy Jesus Luz, who was already a follower of the Jewish mysticism before the two of them got together.

Washington, May 18 (ANI): Mariah Carey was forced to tone down her infamous diva tantrums and “deglamourise” on the set of her new film ‘Precious’, after being made to share a trailer with her co-stars.

Brussels, May 18 (DPA) European Union (EU) foreign ministers Monday called for an independent inquiry into alleged human rights violations in Sri Lanka, amid deep concern about the plight of civilians.

“The EU calls for the alleged violations (of international humanitarian and human rights law) to be investigated through an independent inquiry. Those accountable must be brought to justice,” ministers said in a joint statement.

Washington, May 18 (ANI): American actor Bradley Cooper has put down rumours that he is having a romantic relationship with former ‘Friends’ star Jennifer Aniston.