More than two dozen schoolchildren had a providential escape on Wednesday when they were rescued promptly by local villagers and passers-by after their bus fell into a canal in Mirzapur, police said.


School bus falls into canal, locals rescue over two dozen children


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The Haryana Police had earlier claimed that Pradhuman was killed by school bus conductor Ashok Kumar inside the toilet as the boy resisted a bid to sodomise him.

16-yr-old Ryan student who wanted exams postponed killed Pradhuman: CBI

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The CBI has detained a Class 11 student of Ryan International School in Gurugram in connection with the September 8 murder of a Class 2 student, official sources said on Wednesday.


Class 11 Ryan student detained in Pradhuman murder case


Delhi University (DU) teachers on Tuesday staged a demonstration in the campus against the non-payment of salaries at 12 colleges -- fully funded by the Delhi government -- for the previous one month.


DU teachers protest non-payment of salaries


Legendary Grammy winning singer Elton John has been felicitated by Harvard Foundation for his contribution in the fight against HIV and AIDS.


Harvard honours Elton John


The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Punjab and Haryana High Court to decide in 10 days the anticipatory bail plea of three Ryan group trustees in a case relating to the murder of a seven-year-old boy in the group's Gurgaon-based school, as per the boy's father and lawyer.


SC asks HC to decide Pintos' bail plea in 10 days


The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the bail granted to three former students of a Haryana university who were convicted by a trial court for sexual abuse of a varsity student in 2015 but granted bail by the High Court.


SC stay on bail to Jindal University ex-students convicted in rape case


The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) on Monday said it had signed an agreement with online job portal Monster India for help in providing job opportunities to students and freshers across the country.


AICTE, Monster India tie up for recruitment activities


The father of a seven-year-old boy killed in a Gurugram school on Sunday said that he would help launch a Child Safety Movement in the country from Children's Day on November 14.


Murdered child's father says will launch child safety movement


Two girl students were allegedly forced to undress in a school in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh by a teacher who wanted to conduct a check of their persons after a student complained her Rs 70 was stolen, an official said on Saturday.


MP girl students forced to undress over 'theft' of Rs 70


Life in Chennai limped back to normal on Saturday there was no heavy rain on Friday night and it did not rain in the morning. Schools, however, remained closed as per government orders.


Life in Chennai limps back to normal


One person was killed and over 20 others, including school children, sustained serious injuries when a bus carrying students of a Himachal Pradesh school met with an accident on the Yamuna Express near Agra on Friday, police said.


One dead, 24 injured in UP road accident


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met his Latvian counterpart Maris Kucinskis and held bilateral talks.


Modi meets Latvian PM


Some two dozen school children were injured on Friday when their bus overturned and hit a divider on the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh, police said. Four of the students were said to be in critical condition.


24 school students injured in UP road accident


At least 10 Mexican university students will be visiting China to receive two weeks of information technology (IT) training, the Ministry of Communications and Transport said.


Mexican students to receive IT training in China


The Odisha government on Wednesday decided to provide all support to set up a world-class state-of-the-art centre of excellence in the Research and Entrepreneurship Park of IIT -Bhubaneswar to boost startups in the state.


IIT-Bhubaneswar to get world class centre of excellence


Terming the CBI 'Compromised Bureau of Investigation' following its clean chit to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in the Vyapam scam, the Congress on Wednesday said it will file a private complaint against the agency in a trial court.


CBI is Compromised Bureau of Investigation: Congress


Schools in Chennai, Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur districts were closed for second consecutive day on Wednesday owing to rains, the district administrations said.


Several schools in Tamil Nadu closed due to rains


The Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry on Tuesday roped in private online service aggregator UrbanClap to generate jobs with minimum assured monthly wages for the urban poor skilled under a national livelihood mission.


Government signs agreement with UrbanClap for job generation


Two Class 2 students went missing from outside their private school in West Bengal on Tuesday, police and school authorities said.


Two Class 2 students go missing from outside school


Thirty-seven students narrowly escaped a tragedy when a bus in which they were travelling caught fire here on Tuesday, officials said.

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