Odisha activists press for anganwadi wall collapse probe
July 16th, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 16 (IANS) Activists Monday stepped up demand for a probe into the death of seven children in a day-care centre in Odisha and asked the government to punish ... Read more...
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Odisha reviews safety of anganwadi buildings
July 11th, 2012 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 10 IANS) Odisha Tuesday sought information from all districts on the safety of the buildings of the state-run anganwadi centres after seven minors were killed when a wall of ... Read more...
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Poor facilities no constraint for good schools in Jaunpur
January 9th, 2012 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 9 (IANS) Broken roads and power cuts have failed to deter people in their drive for education in this eastern Uttar Pradesh district. They have set ... Read more...
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World’s first sex school opens in Austria
December 1st, 2011 - 10:59 am ICT by IANS
London, Dec 1 (IANS) While many people may think it's an activity which should be best learned behind closed doors, an enterprising Swedish schoolmistress thinks otherwise.
Ylva-Maria Thompson has opened ... Read more...
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Vienna opens the world’s first school on intimacy
November 30th, 2011 - 9:22 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Vienna, Nov 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A new school in Austria promises to make people “better lovers” by teaching them how to have sex. The International Sex School in Vienna has become the ... Read more...
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Chandy shielding teacher’s attackers: Kerala opposition
September 30th, 2011 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 30 (IANS) Chief Minister Oommen Chandy was Friday accused by the Kerala opposition of shielding the perpetrators of a brutal assault on a school teacher, whose rectum was ... Read more...
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Mamata effect: Salaries on 1st, clean-up drives in hospitals
June 3rd, 2011 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) Suparna Nag couldn't believe her eyes when she updated her bank passbook on June 1. In her 15 years of career as a teacher in ... Read more...
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Kate Middleton ‘quit her first public school because she was bullied’
April 3rd, 2011 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 3 (ANI): By asking her wedding guests to donate to an anti-bullying charity, royal bride-to-be Kate Middleton made a tacit admission that she herself was a victim at school.Former ... Read more...
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Mother, daughter appear for secondary exams in Bengal (Lead)
March 8th, 2011 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 8 (IANS) Displaying a never-say-die spirit, Bharati Devi, a 40-year-old mother of three, is appearing for the ongoing secondary examinations this year along with her daughter in northern ... Read more...
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Mother, daughter to appear for secondary exams in Bengal
March 8th, 2011 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 8 (IANS) Displaying a never-say-die spirit, Bharati Devi, a 40-year-old mother of three, is all set to appear for her secondary examinations this year along with her daughter ... Read more...
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British parents use websites to abuse teachers
January 12th, 2011 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 12 (IANS) Parents in Britain are increasingly using social networking sites such as Facebook to bully and undermine teachers, new social research shows.With an increasing number of teachers reporting ... Read more...
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Welham’s girl to represent Nepal in China pageant
October 19th, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Oct 19 (IANS) In 1957, when Ms H.S. Oliphant, a retired English headmistress, decided to buy the estate of a former nawab in northern India and start a ... Read more...
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Sepahipara village in Tripura benefits from peace
September 16th, 2010 - 9:39 pm ICT by ANI
By Pinaki Das Sepahipara village (Tripura), Sep.16 (ANI): Memories of problems caused by militancy are rapidly fading away from people's minds in Tripura, as transformation in general life cheers everyone here, especially ... Read more...
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School principal under probe for ‘racial slur’ against Malay Indian students
August 21st, 2010 - 1:09 pm ICT by ANI
Putrajaya, Aug 21 (ANI): Malaysia's Education Ministry has set up a task force to investigate allegations that a school principal in Johor had made racial slurs against her students.The headmistress was alleged ... Read more...
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Security beefed up at Kandhamal ashram after threats
August 21st, 2010 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 20 (IANS) Security has been beefed up at an ashram in Orissa's communally sensitive Kandhamal district after inmates complained they had received death threats, police said Friday.
Kabi Chandra Nath, the ... Read more...
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Compensate teacher for delayed retirement benefits: Rights panel
July 27th, 2010 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Describing as inexcusable the inordinate delay in payment of retirement benefits to an employee of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Tuesday ... Read more...
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School bans football as kids copy World Cup ‘cheats’
July 22nd, 2010 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 22 (IANS) A primary school in Britain has banned football after its pupils were found copying the cheating and fouling tactics displayed by international stars in the World Cup.
Pat Fay, ... Read more...
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Meet the 12-year-old Indian headmistress!
April 19th, 2010 - 3:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 19 (ANI): A 12-year-old Indian girl, who was abandoned at a railway station in Bihar as an infant, has become the head teacher at a school in Kusumbhara, her adopted ... Read more...
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Women can’t be forced to wear veil, rules Dhaka court
April 9th, 2010 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 9 (IANS) Muslim women cannot be forced to wear the veil while at work or in public, the Dhaka High Court has ruled while stating that it should be ... Read more...
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Defamation Case Against Oprah Winfrey Settled Outside Court
March 25th, 2010 - 9:44 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Mar 25, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The popular talk show host, Oprah Winfrey has highlighted several causes in her show but never anticipated that her discussions would make her face a case ... Read more...
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Oprah Settles defamation suit outside court
March 25th, 2010 - 8:42 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
March 25, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): A defamation lawsuit filed by a headmistress of Oprah Winfrey’s South African girls’ school has been settled by the talk show host. The lawsuit was ... Read more...
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Oprah Winfrey settles defamation lawsuit
March 24th, 2010 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 24 (IANS) Oprah Winfrey has settled a defamation suit filed against her by Nomvuyo Mzamane, the former headmistress of the talk show queen's girls school in South Africa.
It ... Read more...
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Oprah Winfrey settles defamation suit out of court
March 24th, 2010 - 5:17 pm ICT by ANI
New York, March 24 (ANI): Oprah Winfrey has made an out-of-court settlement with the former headmistress of her South African girls academy over a defamation suit.Meeting privately, without lawyers, the two ... Read more...
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Oprah Winfrey told to defend defamation case
March 17th, 2010 - 2:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 17 (ANI): Talk show host Oprah Winfrey has been told by a US judge she must defend a defamation case filed against her by the former headmistress of her ... Read more...
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Girl caught with mobile phone in school, punished with 90 lashes
January 26th, 2010 - 10:01 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Jubail, Jan 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a shocking development, a thirteen-year-old Saudi schoolgirl was caught with a mobile camera phone in school, and for this crime she will be given 90 lashes. ... Read more...
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Delhi school bus catches fire; children safe
November 26th, 2009 - 12:19 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 26 (ANI): A Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus carrying students of the Evergreen School caught fire this morning after a blast in its fuel tank.The bus caught fire near ... Read more...
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Mischa Barton blames bad surgery on wisdom teeth for meltdown
September 12th, 2009 - 4:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 12 (ANI): 'The O.C.' star Mischa Barton blames a surgery on her wisdom teeth for her admission into Cedars-Sinai Medical Center psychiatric ward in July.During an interview for ABC's ... Read more...
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Flu panic in Bangalore, one more school shuts
August 11th, 2009 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 11 (IANS) One more school in Bangalore shut Tuesday because of the spreading influenza A (H1N1) virus, taking the number of schools in the tech hub to declare a holiday ... Read more...
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Flash floods damage low-lying areas of Tripura
July 28th, 2009 - 7:12 pm ICT by ANI
Agartala, July 28 (ANI): A heavy downpour triggered flash floods in low-lying areas of Tripura on Tuesday, leaving thousands of people marooned.Road communications in capital Agartala has been cut off due to ... Read more...
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Naxalites extort funds meant for development of schools in Jharkhand
July 23rd, 2009 - 7:48 pm ICT by ANI
Latehar (Jharkhand), July 23 (ANI): In Jharkhand, the latest victims of Naxalites are school children.Naxalites are demanding money from schools from the grants received by them from the government.In Latehar, ... Read more...
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Gwalior holds workshops for specially-abled
June 20th, 2009 - 7:44 pm ICT by ANI
Gwalior, June 20(ANI): Several workshops on the art of papier-mache are being conducted in Gwalior, solely for the specially-abled youngsters to make these young minds self-reliant so that they can earn their ... Read more...
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Himachal students pray daily for Vajpayee’s long life
June 19th, 2009 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Manali, June 19 (IANS) School students in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district have been praying daily for the health of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who has not been keeping well for ... Read more...
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Sue Brearley underwear photos stolen
May 31st, 2009 - 10:00 pm ICT by John Le Fevre
UK police are investigating how embarrassing photos of Sue Brearley, a school headmistress were stolen off her laptop computer and spread over the schools computer network.
Brearley has allegedly told colleagues that the ... Read more...
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Woman leaves 100,000 pounds for pet dog
April 19th, 2009 - 5:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 19 (ANI): A never married woman has left a whopping 100,000 pounds in her will for her dog's care.Former Mayoress Win Frankland, a retired headmistress and local Conservative councilor in ... Read more...
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Kalavati’s village in Maharashtra adopts solar power
March 30th, 2009 - 8:30 pm ICT by ANI
Jalka (Maharashtra), Mar.30 (ANI): Greenpeace and the villagers of Jalka today celebrated the arrival of clean and reliable energy in two schools which set up solar panels to power 10 fans ... Read more...
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