Principal suspended for punishing girls
March 1st, 2012 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, March 1 (IANS) The principal of a government girls school in Punjab's Tarn Taran district was suspended Thursday following complaints that he had given corporal punishment to students, officials ... Read more...
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Woman teacher leaves home, kids to join ULFA
February 24th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 24 (IANS) Police in Assam's Dibrugarh district are on the lookout for a woman school teacher, who has reportedly left her home to join the anti-talk faction of ... Read more...
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A relief camp just for Gilani’s visit
August 16th, 2011 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 16 (IANS) A relief camp was set up overnight ostensibly for those affected by the rains in Pakistan's Sindh province so that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani ... Read more...
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She comes of age for school - at 23
August 13th, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
Chittorgarh (Rajasthan), Aug 13 (IANS) Twenty three-year-old Parvati Devi is no ordinary woman. Belonging to a remote village in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh district, she goes hand-in-hand with her six-year-old son to school ... Read more...
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CBSE results: Delhi’s Urdu-medium schools do well
May 23rd, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Hampered by non-availability of textbooks in the students' mother-tongue, lack of teachers, and cramped accommodation, Delhi's Urdu-medium schools have still managed to post pass percentage ... Read more...
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Haryana plans science summer coaching in schools
May 1st, 2011 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 1 (IANS) Students in select government schools in Haryana will undergo summer coaching classes in science subjects through hired professional coaching agencies, a senior education official said ... Read more...
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Pabna in Bangladesh celebrates Suchitra Sen’s 80th birthday
April 8th, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 8 (IANS) Bangladesh's Pabna district celebrated Bengali screen legend Suchitra Sen's 80th birthday this week with a call to preseve her ancestral home as a heritage site and ... Read more...
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Unidentified terrorists destroy govt. primary girls school in Pak’s Landikotal town
March 18th, 2011 - 4:38 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar 18 (ANI): Terrorists reportedly blew up a government primary school for girls in Landikotal town of Pakistan on Thursday.The Daily Times quoted local sources as saying that the unidentified terrorists ... Read more...
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IAF, ITBP adjudged best contingents at Republic Day parade
January 30th, 2011 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) were Sunday adjudged the best marching contingents at the 62nd Republic Day parade at Rajpath here. ... Read more...
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Air Force adjudged best marching contingent in Republic Day Parade
January 30th, 2011 - 1:41 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 30 (ANI): The Indian Air Force has won the best marching contingent award amongst the three Services at this year's Republic Day Parade while the Indo Tibetan Border Police ... Read more...
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NCC cadet commended for efforts during Leh cloudburst
January 20th, 2011 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) A 20-year-old National Cadet Corps (NCC) girl cadet from Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir was Thursday commended by Defence Minister A.K. Antony for her efforts during ... Read more...
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Mother of two enrols in class 1 with her kids
January 17th, 2011 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 17 (IANS) A 25-year-old woman in Pakistan enrolled in class 1 with her two children - in fulfilment of her lifelong dream to be educated.Asma, a resident of Daudkhel in ... Read more...
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Five Kerala schools get infotech upgrade
December 29th, 2010 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 29 (IANS) Five government schools in Kerala have been designated as "smart schools" and will receive Rs.1.25 crore each to install multimedia projectors, wireless internet and other infrastructure, an official ... Read more...
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Explain denial of admission to girls, court asks schools
July 27th, 2010 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Eight girls who were refused admission by different government schools in east Delhi have moved the Delhi High Court which Tuesday asked the education department to explain ... Read more...
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Court orders relief to kids stricken ill by midday meal
June 3rd, 2010 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Underlining the need for serving hygienic midday meal to students, the Delhi High Court Thursday announced a relief of over Rs.4 lakh for 126 government school kids ... Read more...
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Court worried about poor mid-day meal
May 26th, 2010 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday expressed concern over the quality of mid-day meals served in government schools in the capital.
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra ... Read more...
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Militants blow up girls’ school in Peshawar
May 23rd, 2010 - 2:43 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, May 23 (ANI): A girls' primary school was blown up by terrorists on the outskirts of Peshawar on Friday night, police has said.A police official told Daily Times that the ... Read more...
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29 girls sick after mid-day meal in Delhi school
May 6th, 2010 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) At least 29 girls of a government school in central Delhi were Thursday admitted to hospital after they consumed contaminated food served to them under the mid-day ... Read more...
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Militants blow up school, set ablaze tankers in Pakistan
April 5th, 2010 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 5 (IANS) Militants blew up a girls primary school while unidentified people set fire to seven oil tankers Monday in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
A government girls primary school ... Read more...
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Three girl students create ruckus at Indore college
November 14th, 2009 - 12:46 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Nov 13 (IANS) At least three students of a girl's college in Indore were arrested Friday for misbehaving with their principal who fainted and had to be hospitalised, police said.
The ... Read more...
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17 injured in two grenade attacks in Quetta
November 8th, 2009 - 12:11 pm ICT by ANI
Quetta (Balochistan), Nov.8 (ANI): At least 17 people, including a student and security personnel were injured in two separate grenade attacks in different parts of Quetta, the capital of the insurgency hit ... Read more...
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3 more in Orissa school found to have swine flu
November 3rd, 2009 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 3 (IANS) Three more students tested positive swine flu in a residential girls' school in Orissa's Sundergarh district, officials said Tuesday. Two girls had already been detected to be infected ... Read more...
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Panic in Orissa school after 2 swine flu cases
November 1st, 2009 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 1 (IANS) Panic gripped a residential girls' school in Orissa's Sundergarh district after two students tested positive for swine flu.
Swab samples of two students of the Jampali Government Girls ... Read more...
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Girls school blown up in Pakistan
November 1st, 2009 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 1 (IANS) A school for girls in Pakistan's Khyber Agency was blown up Sunday morning, leaving four people injured, a media report said.
The explosion took place at the government ... Read more...
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School stampede: Mob torches bus to demand more compensation (Lead)
September 29th, 2009 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Families of the five girls killed in a school stampede three weeks ago and other protesters threw stones at vehicles and torched a Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) ... Read more...
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Sajjad Lone votes in ancestral town
May 13th, 2009 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Baramulla, May 13 (IANS) Sajjad Gani Lone, who is fighting elections for this Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir, Wednesday voted in his ancestral town of Handwara.
People's Conference chairman Sajjad and ... Read more...
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‘Toy’ bomb kills 11 children in Pakistan
April 26th, 2009 - 1:10 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 25 (IANS) Eleven children of the same family were killed and three suffered injuries Saturday when a homemade bomb, which they thought was a toy, exploded inside a house in ... Read more...
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Taliban to convert two girls schools into madarassas in Bajaur Agency
July 9th, 2008 - 1:26 pm ICT by ANI
Khar ( Pakistan ), July 9 (ANI): Extremists belonging to the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have reportedly taken over two girls primary schools in the Bajaur Agency, and announced to convert them ... Read more...
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Pro-Taliban militants ink truce pact with NWFP govt
May 10th, 2008 - 2:41 pm ICT by admin
Peshawar, May 10 (ANI): Pro-Taliban militants in Pakistans Swat region are learnt to have reached out a peace agreement with the coalition government in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).Under the ... Read more...
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Another girls school torched in Pakistans Swat Valley
May 5th, 2008 - 7:02 pm ICT by admin
Peshawar, May 5 (ANI): In a bid to stop girls education, a group of around 30 unidentified militants barged into a government girls school in Charbagh city of North West Frontier ... Read more...
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Women-only polling stations do not attract many Pakistanis
February 19th, 2008 - 12:43 am ICT by admin
By Devirupa Mitra
Rawalpindi, Feb 18 (IANS) Farzana Bushara, a housewife and a die-hard supporter of slain former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto, had a novel way of expressing her admiration. She cut ... Read more...
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Schools for female students in Pak receive threats
December 11th, 2007 - 6:37 pm ICT by admin
Peshawar, Dec 11(ANI): Several government girls schools in Pakistan have reportedly received threatening letters that they would be blown up if their staff does not observe proper Purdah.
According to a police official, ... Read more...
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