10 missing girl students found pushed into flesh trade
August 4th, 2012 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 4 (IANS) Ten of the 24 girl students of a government residential school in Bihar, who went missing five years ago, were pushed into flesh trade, police said ... Read more...
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Visva Bharati victim joins another school
July 18th, 2012 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July (IANS) In spite of repeated requests by the Visva Bharati University to return to its Patha Bhavan school, the ten-year-old girl hosteller who was made to lick her ... Read more...
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‘Education City’ emerges in Chhattisgarh’s Maoist zone
July 16th, 2012 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, July 16 (IANS) It lies at the heart of the Maoist badlands in Chhattisgarh but is now set to acquire the tag of Education City with the creation ... Read more...
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Delhi to get residential school for underprivileged kids
May 14th, 2012 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The capital is set to receive a residential school for students belonging to the Scheduled Castes (SC), the Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Castes ... Read more...
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Another corrupt Bihar official’s home to house school
December 4th, 2011 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Dec 4 (IANS) Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's threat that the ill-gotten property of corrupt officials in Bihar will be confiscated and turned into schools is about to be ... Read more...
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Suspected Maoist conduit’s judicial custody extended (Lead)
October 5th, 2011 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) A Delhi court Wednesday extended till Oct 7 the judicial custody of suspected Maoist conduit Soni Sori, accused of receiving "protection money" from the Essar ... Read more...
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Class 4 kid sets junior on fire in Bihar
September 17th, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 17 (IANS) A Class 3 student was set on fire by a Class 4 student at a private residential school in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district Saturday following a minor ... Read more...
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Himachal teacher donates national award money
September 5th, 2011 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 5 (IANS) The principal of a residential school in Himachal Pradesh?s Chamba district donated to a relief fund the cash he got as part of the National ... Read more...
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World junior chess: Kerala schoolboy upsets Adhiban
August 4th, 2011 - 12:46 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 3 (IANS) Kerala schoolboy S.L. Narayanan delivered a stunning defeat to local favourite and Grandmaster Adhiban Baskaran in the second round of the SDAT-RAMCO 50th World Junior and ... Read more...
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From guns to Buddha to enlightening others, a monk’s story (Feature with images)
July 20th, 2011 - 9:46 am ICT by IANS
Leh, July 20 (IANS) He was a soldier who dropped the gun to be a monk - but even that didn't give him peace of mind. So Bhikkhu Sanghasena decided ... Read more...
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A fitting gift for Bihar’s ‘green’ daughters
May 8th, 2011 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 8 (IANS) For the daughters of Bihar's Dharhara village, whose pledge to mother nature has made the place a green haven, a fitting gift is on the way ... Read more...
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Building national character - in a lab
March 6th, 2011 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Peeved at the rising cases of corruption in India, a Pune-based NGO has come up with the idea of a laboratory to help build character ... Read more...
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CBSE board exams on; physics paper disappoints students (Lead)
March 1st, 2011 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examinations started Tuesday on a disappointing note to many, with several class-12 students complaining that the physics paper was too ... Read more...
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Students tense as CBSE exams begin
March 1st, 2011 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Doing their last minute revision, anxious students were seen making their way to examination centres across the capital Tuesday for the start of the Central Board of ... Read more...
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Wall collapse in Dhanbad kills eight children, woman
August 25th, 2010 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
By Ajay SinhaDhanbad, Aug 25 (ANI): At least eight children and a woman have died as the wall of a residential school collapsed in Jharkhand's Dhanbad District.The wall of the Guru ... 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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Andhra Pradesh student alleges sexual assault by school principal
July 24th, 2010 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Ranga Reddy (Andhra Pradesh), July 24 (ANI): A girl studying in eleventh standard of the prestigious Parkwood International School at Vikarabad in Andhra Pradesh's Ranga Reddy District has levelled allegations of rape ... Read more...
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Rape accused school director sent to jail
July 23rd, 2010 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 23 (IANS) A city court Friday sent the director an international school to judicial custody for 14 days on charges of raping a Class 11 student as another girl student ... Read more...
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Centre to provide more funds northeast tribal development: Bhuria
July 7th, 2010 - 6:56 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 7 (ANI): Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Kanti Lal Bhuria has said that the Centre will provide more funds under various tribal welfare schemes to the North-East for overall ... Read more...
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Himachal school gets clean chit on students’ assault
July 3rd, 2010 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 3 (IANS) The prestigious Dagshai Public School in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district was given a clean chit by police Saturday over a complaint by five students alleging manhandling and assault ... Read more...
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Rs.10 crore allocated for education in Haryana’s Mewat
June 19th, 2010 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 19 (IANS) In a major thrust for education in Haryana's Mewat region, Rs.10.65 crore is to be spent for the development of the sector during the current financial year, an ... Read more...
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Asaram school death report handed to court
April 7th, 2010 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 7 (IANS) The state CID department Wednesday handed over its report to the Gujarat High Court on the death of two children who went missing from the Asaram Ashram residential ... Read more...
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Schoolkids wise up to water management in Madhya Pradesh (World Water Day is on March 22)
March 21st, 2010 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Anand
Bhopal, March 21 (IANS) Vikas Pawar, a student of Class 10, was so impressed by the Wise Water Management efforts being implemented in his Madhya Pradesh school by Unicef that ... Read more...
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Orissa school staff held for sexually assaulting girls
March 3rd, 2010 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 3 (IANS) The headmaster, a teacher and a cook of a residential school in Orissa's Nabrangpur district were arrested Wednesday following allegations that they had sexually assaulted some girl students, ... Read more...
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School board exams kick off (Lead)
March 3rd, 2010 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Thousands of anxious students were seen making their way to examination centres across the capital Wednesday for the start of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) ... Read more...
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Students tense as CBSE exams begin
March 3rd, 2010 - 12:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Doing their last minute revisions, anxious students were seen making their way to examination centres across the capital Monday for the start of the Central Board of ... Read more...
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Headmaster suspended for molesting girl students
February 25th, 2010 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 25 (IANS) A headmaster of a residential school in Orissa's Koraput district was suspended Thursday after allegations that he molested two girl students a number of times in the school ... Read more...
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Jharkhand to probe officer’s misbehaviour with woman staff
January 20th, 2010 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 20 (IANS) A probe has been ordered into the alleged misbehaviour of an education officer with a Dalit woman warden of a Ranchi residential school.
Veena Kumari was a warden ... Read more...
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Eunuchs burn effigy of Asaram Bapu
January 19th, 2010 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Jan 18 (IANS) Spiritual leader Asaram Bapu seems to have provoked the ire of the third sex. Eunuchs in Ahmedabad took to the streets here Monday protesting against what they termed ... Read more...
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Sixteen Orissa students down with food poisoning
January 5th, 2010 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 5 (IANS) Sixteen students were admitted to hospital on Tuesday after food poisoning in Orissa's Bhadrak district, an official said.
"The students were admitted to Tihidi primary health centre (PHC) after ... Read more...
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Asaram Bapu’s estranged supporter still has bullet in chest
December 9th, 2009 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Dec 9 (IANS) Raju Chandok, the estranged supporter of Asaram Bapu who has accused the spiritual guru of masterminding an attack on him, continued to be in hospital Wednesday with a ... Read more...
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Attempt to murder charges against spiritual guru Asaram Bapu
December 7th, 2009 - 1:19 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Dec 6 (IANS) Spiritual guru Asaram Bapu and two of his disciples were Sunday charged with attempt to murder following an attack on an estranged supporter late Saturday, police said. Asaram's ... Read more...
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Terrorist threats in Dehradun
November 28th, 2009 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI
Dehradun, Nov 28 (ANI): Police Department officials have tightened the security here, after some well-known organisations and public schools in the region received threatening letters from alleged terrorists.The top brass of the ... Read more...
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Exciting finale for INRC series
November 19th, 2009 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
Chikmagalur, Nov 19 (IANS) The stage is all set for an exciting finale of the Speed-Indian National Rally Championship (INRC) 2009 at the picturesque hub of Coffee Estates, Chikmagalur from Friday.
Organised ... Read more...
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Two more swine flu cases in Chandigarh
November 2nd, 2009 - 12:26 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 2 (IANS) Two more people, including a doctor at of a leading hospital here, have tested positive for the influenza A (H1N1) virus, taking the total number of swine flu ... Read more...
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