Minutes before she was arrested, Meena Devi, principal of a primary school in Bihar where 23 children died after eating contaminated food, demanded a CBI probe into the tragedy.


Arrested principal wants CBI probe in school deaths


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A three-day workshop on disaster management was inaugurated here Wednesday as part of the National School Safety Programme (NSSP).


Workshop on disaster management unveiled in Ghaziabad


The death of school children who consumed contaminated food in Bihar will be probed from all angles, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Wednesday.


Police probe into Bihar deaths will cover all angles: Nitish


The principal of a government primary school in Bihar where 23 children died after eating contaminated food last week was arrested Wednesday, police said.


Bihar school principal held for food poisoning deaths


Meena Devi is head of the school where 23 children died after eating contaminated food last week

Absconding Bihar school principal arrested

Jamia Millia Islamia has published Tagore Shanasi, a comprehensive study on Rabindranath Tagore in Urdu.


Jamia publishes Tagore in Urdu


More than 360 schools and 77,000 students have been affected by the earthquake in China's Gansu province, said the education ministry Wednesday.


77,000 students affected in China quake


Three lakh school teachers in Bihar have decided to boycott the mid-day meal scheme from July 25 to get rid of non-academic work.


Three lakh teachers to boycott mid-day meal scheme in Bihar


A Bihar court Monday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against the absconding principal of the government primary school in Saran district where 23 children died after eating contaminated food last week, an official said.


Arrest warrant issued against Bihar school principal


The Bihar government Sunday suspended from service an education department official responsible for monitoring the mid-day meal of a school in Saran district where 23 children died after eating contaminated food July 16, officials said.


Bihar suspends mid-day meal supervisor


Cooking oil with strains of toxic insecticide compound organophosphorus was used for making food at a Bihar primary school where 23 children died after a free meal, police said Saturday, citing a forensic report.


Insecticide in oil made Bihar's mid day meal toxic: Report


Police Saturday arrested the headmaster of a school in Tripura for attempting to sell in the open market rice allotted for the mid-day meal scheme, an official said here.


Headmaster arrested in Tripura for attempting to sell mid-day meal rice


The alumni association of IIT-Kharagpur has started a campaign called 'PPC for director' to press for the appointment of Partha Pratim Chakrabarti as the institute's head.


IIT-Kharagpur alumni start 'PPC for director' movement


At least 21 school children were admitted to various hospitals and 200 others complained of nausea in the capital Thursday after consuming folic acid and iron supplements given to them under a government scheme, police said.


Iron supplement lands 21 Delhi students in hospital


The first India-Korea friendship essay competition was declared open Thursday to mark 40 years of the establishment of diplomatic ties between New Delhi and Seoul.


Essay contest to celebrate 40 years of India-Korea ties


A statue of former South African president Nelson Mandela will be put up on the road in the Indian capital named after him, South Africa's acting High Commissioner Malose W. Mogale announced here Thursday.


Mandela statue to be erected in New Delhi


Bihar Education Minister P.K. Shahi Wednesday said there could have been a conspiracy to poison the mid day meal in school that killed 22 children in Saran district.


Conspiracy behind Bihar tragedy: minister


At least eight children died and over 60 children fell ill Tuesday after eating a mid-day meal at a state-run primary school in Bihar's Saran district, an official said.


Eight kids die, over 60 ill after mid-day meal in Bihar


Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor Monday said failing to provide education for all would pose not merely a socio-economic problem, but also a national security challenge.


Lack of education could pose security threat: Tharoor


The owner and manager of a pub arrested for serving liquor to around 100 school students at a "sex-and-smoke" party secured bail from a court Monday, police said.


Gurgaon pub owner, manager get bail


Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) has awarded scholarships to five Liberians to study for a Master's degree in engineering at the O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) for the next academic year, company spokesperson Rashika Kaul told IANS.

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