Rajasthan warns teachers on smoking, tobacco consumption
September 6th, 2012 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Sep 6 (IANS) Teachers in Rajasthan government schools have been warned that they will face suspension if they are found smoking or chewing tobacco products in the classroom, officials ... Read more...
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Group to build 500 schools across country
June 23rd, 2012 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) Round Table India (RTI), a non-profit organisation which has tie-ups with several state governments, will build 500 school blocks across the country in the next five ... Read more...
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Chennai student kills teacher for complaining to parents (Second Lead)
February 9th, 2012 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 9 (IANS) A Class 9 student of a reputed public school here Thursday stabbed to death his teacher for complaining to his parents about his poor academic performance.The ... Read more...
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Chennai student kills teacher for complaining to parents (Lead)
February 9th, 2012 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 9 (IANS) A Class 9 student Thursday stabbed to death a teacher in his school here for complaining to his parents about his poor academic performance.Mohammed Irfan of ... Read more...
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Chennai student kills teacher for complaining to parents
February 9th, 2012 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 9 (IANS) A Class 9 student Thursday stabbed to death a teacher in his school here for complaining to his parents about his poor academic performance.
Mohammed Irfan ... Read more...
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Class 10 student rapped for uploading classmate’s obscene photo
November 18th, 2011 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday came down heavily on a class 10 student, who had uploaded a morphed "obscene" picture of one of his ... Read more...
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Nazi parade by Thai students triggers row
September 28th, 2011 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, Sep 28 (IANS) A Thai school had to apologise to a Jewish human rights group after its students caused a controversy by taking out a Nazi-themed parade featuring Adolf ... Read more...
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British school bans hugs, handshakes
May 27th, 2011 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 27 (IANS) A school in Britain has reportedly banned students from hugging and shaking hands. Parents have termed the ban "extreme", "crazy" and "ludicrous".The school administration at the ... Read more...
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Students faint after made to stand in sun
April 20th, 2011 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), April 20 (IANS) Several students in a prominent Uttar Pradesh school Wednesday fainted and many became sick after they were forced to stand in the sun as ... Read more...
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Two students killed as water tank bursts
March 31st, 2011 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh), March 31 (IANS) Two girl students were killed when the water tank in their school in this Uttar Pradesh district burst Thursday, police said.Anjita Yadav and Mamta ... Read more...
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School faces action for detaining children
March 23rd, 2011 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 23 (IANS) The Bijnor district administration in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday ordered the police to take action against a private boarding school for "illegally detaining" two brothers for several ... Read more...
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Student forced to finish race dies
February 11th, 2011 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 11 (IANS) A class 9 student died here Friday after allegedly being forced to finish a race organised by his school administration in a sports meet, an official ... Read more...
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Northern Michigan University Threat Resolved
February 3rd, 2011 - 7:22 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Feb 3, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Northern Michigan University authorities have said that the classes will resume on Thursday as usual after the campus was closed owing to a threat issued ... Read more...
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Six-year-old girl dies as school gate collapses
December 3rd, 2010 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 3 (IANS) A six-year-old girl student was killed and two other students were critically injured in Uttar Pradesh's Etawah district Friday after a portion of an iron gate of ... Read more...
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Court allows underage-but-married Pak 7th grader to attend school following rustication
December 3rd, 2010 - 6:53 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Dec 3 (ANI): The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has granted permission to a grade seven student for taking classes in the school that had rusticated him for getting married despite being ... Read more...
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Girl electrocuted while plucking flowers in school
November 20th, 2010 - 12:17 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 19 (IANS) The manager of a private school in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district was booked Friday in connection with the death of a minor girl, who got electrocuted while plucking ... Read more...
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Boy dies after falling during school assembly
November 19th, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Nov 19 (IANS) A 16-year-old student died here Friday after he and two other girls fell down during the routine school assembly, police said. One of the two girls is battling ... Read more...
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11 hurt as school van catches fire in Uttar Pradesh (Lead)
September 4th, 2010 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 4 (IANS) At least 11 students received burn injuries Saturday when a school van carrying them burst into flames following a gas leak from its LPG tank in Uttar Pradesh's ... Read more...
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Class 12 boy thrashed for using mobile in school, hospitalised
July 23rd, 2010 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 23 (IANS) A Class 12 student of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Uttar Pradesh's Etawah district had to be hospitalised after being allegedly thrashed by his teachers for using a mobile ... Read more...
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30 children fall ill after consuming iron pills at a school in Amritsar
May 22nd, 2010 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
Amritsar (Punjab), May 22 (ANI): At least 30 under-teen students developed feelings of nausea after taking iron pills here on Friday.This incident took place at the Government Senior Secondary School located in ... Read more...
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30 school children fall ill after consuming iron pills in Amritsar
May 21st, 2010 - 10:16 pm ICT by ANI
Amritsar, May 21 (ANI): At least 30 teen-aged students developed nauseate feelings and fell sick after taking iron pills at Amritsar on Friday.This mishap took place at the Government Senior Secondary School ... Read more...
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TTP warns Balochistan schools against allowing students to wear ‘western’ clothes
May 15th, 2010 - 8:01 pm ICT by ANI
Quetta, May 15 (ANI): The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has threatened several schools, including two girls' school in Quetta of 'severe consequences' if they do not pursue its guidelines regarding the dress ... Read more...
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Mother Complains of Teacher Writing “Loser” On Student’s Notebook
March 13th, 2010 - 10:01 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Candler, March 13, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The comments written by a teacher on his student's notebook is costing him a lot as his way of teaching is now being put under ... Read more...
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Chennai mural seeks an entry into Limca Book of Records
January 13th, 2010 - 4:33 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Jan 13 (ANI): Over 1500 students of Chennai-based Velammal Matriculation Higher Secondary School capitalised on their artistic talents to send a message of 'Save the Mother Earth' through mural art on ... Read more...
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Inquiry officer likely to question Ruchika’s school principal
December 31st, 2009 - 4:59 pm ICT by ANI
Chnadigarh, Dec 31 (ANI): Sister S Sebastina former principal of the Sacred Heart School which expelled Ruchika Girhotra in 1990, is likely to be questioned by the Chandigarh Administration.Ruchika was in class ... Read more...
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Teacher on leave after taking students to a Hooters Restaurant
December 19th, 2009 - 2:51 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Phoenix, Dec 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) An Arizona teacher has come under fire, for taking 40 students to a Hooters restaurant for lunch. Prior to the lunch, the students had performed at ... Read more...
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Tussle on between Chandigarh’s oldest boys school, administration
November 20th, 2009 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 20 (IANS) Chandigarh's oldest boys school has sought the intervention of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions against the union territory administration for "interfering" in the school's internal matters. ... Read more...
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DPS Ghaziabad student with swine flu, school shuts down
November 6th, 2009 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Nov 5 (IANS) The junior section of Delhi Public School Ghaziabad has been closed till Nov 13 after a case of swine flu was detected in the school, the principal said ... Read more...
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Another Brit boy, 9, turns up as girl at school
September 19th, 2009 - 1:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 19 (ANI): After a 12-year-old boy recently turned up dressed as a girl at a school in South London, a 9-year-old boy did the same the next day making parents ... Read more...
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Supreme Court issues fresh notice to MP school on beard sporting row
September 11th, 2009 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 11 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued a fresh notice to Niramla Convent Higher Secondary School in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh on a Muslim student's right to sport ... Read more...
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Glee Telecast On Fox
September 10th, 2009 - 6:14 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
If you had all the ingredients of "Porky's" , "High School Musical"and "Freaks and Geeks" in one show it would blend to form "Glee", which premiered its show on Wednesday ... Read more...
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Five students killed, 30 injured in Delhi school stampede (Lead)
September 10th, 2009 - 2:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Five girl students were killed and at least 30 others injured Thursday in a stampede in a flooded government senior secondary school in the capital. The stampede ... Read more...
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HIV positive student turned out of school
August 24th, 2009 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 24 (IANS) A nine-year-old HIV positive student was turned out of a government-run primary school in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district as the principal mistakenly feared he would spread the virus ... Read more...
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Kids forced to leave exams, stand outside school in Jharkhand
July 28th, 2009 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, July 28 (IANS) Around 30 students were forced to stand outside their school in Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand even as their examination was underway Tuesday because their parents had failed to ... Read more...
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7-year-old dies after falling in hot midday meal bucket
July 22nd, 2009 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, July 22 (IANS) A seven-year-old girl died in a school near Ranchi after falling into a bucket full of hot daal (pulses) prepared for the midday meal, an official said Wednesday. ... Read more...
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