Amritsar, Mar 9 : To pay tributes to the people who lost their lives in the Mumbai terror attacks, renowned artists from Maharashtra performed inspiring patriotic songs and drew a colorful Rangoli on the theme of the attack.

Eight artists from Maharashtra prepared Rangoli images of Golden Temple, Jallianwala Bagh, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, former Indian Police Service officer Kiran Bedi, and folk singer Gurmeet Bawa.

New Delhi, Mar 9 : Lindsay Lohan is all set to cover a track by none other than Britney Spears in her new album.

According to sources, the actress-cum-singer is currently working on her third album, and is looking forward to reworking one of the pop star''s biggest hits, reports the China Daily.

"Lindsay is on the Britney bandwagon. She is hoping to cover ''Womanizer'' or ''Oops! ... I Did It Again,’” said a source.

Soon after Britney filed for divorce from Kevin Federline in 2006, the ‘Mean Girls’ star became good friends with the 27-year-old singer, and both of them were regularly seen partying together.

Jammu, March 9 : Territorial Army and police sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, fear that one of their personnel has deserted his unit and joined the Lashkar-e-Toiba.

Both claimed that Zafarullah, a soldier with the 169 Territorial Army, which is posted in Doda district, ran away with two rifles on Sunday morning.

Police said they were verifying a report that Zafarullah is the brother of dreaded Laskhar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant Hanief Mohammad, who has presently taken shelter in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

Zafarullah was recruited by the Territorial Army three years ago.

He was attached with the 8 Rashtriya Rifles, which was deployed on Bharat Road at Deshnan near Doda.

Mumbai, Mar. 9 : Drug-maker Ranbaxy Laboratories has got approval from the US Federal Drug Administration to market and manufacture Ramipril, which is used in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

The pharmaceuticals company has received final nod from US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) for Ramipril capsules, it said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.

Gorakhpur, Mar 9 : The Government in association with State Governments has initiated several programmes to provide rural children access to primary education.

These education-related programmes include stipends, mid-day meals and special attention to girl child education.

Children belonging to backward classes are also getting free uniforms.

The mid-day meal schemes attracting students to the educational institutions.

The scheme is aimed at ensuring 70 to 80 percent enrolments of children in village schools.

An “Indo-American Leadership Confederation” (IALC) has been formed to empower Americans of India descent and work for flourishing, proud, and united community.

With Rajan Zed, acclaimed Indo-American statesman, as Chairperson, this nonpartisan and nondenominational cultural-political-educational-social-communication-networking-advocacy-monitoring organization aims at reaching Indo-American communities spread across United States of America (USA).