Teenaged couple commits suicide in Delhi
September 12th, 2012 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) In a tragic incident, a teenaged couple - both school students and apparently in a relationship - ended their lives Wednesday by jumping to death ... Read more...
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Join armed forces, AMU chief says
August 30th, 2012 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Aligarh, Aug 30 (IANS) Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) vice chancellor Lt. Gen. Zamir Uddin Shah has urged students to consider armed forces as a profitable career option.
Gen Shah said ... Read more...
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Drinks party with underage guests busted in Pune
August 28th, 2012 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Aug 28 (IANS) A weekend drinks party allegedly going on at a resort of the relative of a Maharashtra politician was busted here last week and over 750 underage ... Read more...
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China to deploy more security guards at schools
August 17th, 2012 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 17 (IANS) China will deploy more security guards in schools as well as at kindergartens. The country witnessed a string of attacks on school students two years back.The ... Read more...
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Mamata breaks tradition, hoists tricolour at Red Road
August 15th, 2012 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 15 (IANS) Breaking a tradition in place since 1948, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday unfurled the tricolour at the Indira Gandhi Sarani, also known as ... Read more...
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Students get a taste of army life
August 14th, 2012 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 14 (IANS) For 80 Class 12 students of UP Sainik School here, Tuesday brought them close to the army in real life as a senior officer of the ... Read more...
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Goa to ban sale of alcohol in sachets: Parrikar
August 3rd, 2012 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 3 (IANS) Fearing a bad influence on school students, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Friday said that he would ban sale of liquor in cheap plastic sachets."I am aware ... Read more...
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Three Bihar school boys detained for gangrape
July 27th, 2012 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
Patna/Shimla, July 26 (IANS) Three Bihar school students, named as accused in the alleged gangrape of a teenaged Class 11 colleague, have been detained, police said Thursday.The accused, sons of ... Read more...
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NHRC asks Bihar for report on students’ thrashing
July 19th, 2012 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Thursday issued notice to the Bihar government following a report that two school children were beaten till they fainted ... Read more...
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Boy electrocuted in Rajasthan
July 15th, 2012 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, July 15 (IANS) A 15-year-old boy was electrocuted Sunday and three others sustained burns when they came in touch with a high-voltage wire passing over their private hostel in ... Read more...
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Children’s performance linked to sound sleep
July 2nd, 2012 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 2 (IANS) Parents expecting a good performance from their children at school can help their kids do so by first ensuring they get a sound sleep.A study ... Read more...
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China sends 10,000 tablet computers to Thailand
June 21st, 2012 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 21 (IANS) A Chinese company has sent 10,000 tablet computers to Thailand, where the government plans to hand the devices to grade 1 primary school students.The tablets were ... Read more...
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Pakistani woman doctor held for poisoning Afghan girls
June 10th, 2012 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 10 (IANS) A Pakistani woman doctor has been charged with poisoning female school students in Takhar province of Afghanistan, an official said.The incident came to light after dozens ... Read more...
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Human foot and hand mailed to Vancouver schools
June 6th, 2012 - 8:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Vancouver, June 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Packages containing human foot and hands were mailed to schools in Vancouver. Police officials are investigating the case and they are yet to ascertain whether these packages ... Read more...
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Venus transit clouded in Kerala, monsoon strengthens (Lead)
June 6th, 2012 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 6 (IANS) Rains lashed the Kerala capital Wednesday, disappointing hundreds of school children and others here who could not have a clear view of Venus's transit across the ... Read more...
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Chennai watches transit of Venus
June 6th, 2012 - 12:20 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 6 (IANS) The passage of planet Venus across the face of Sun is once in a life time celestial event and many viewed it here, an official said ... Read more...
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Chidambaram reviews security in Kashmir
May 23rd, 2012 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 23 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday reviewed the law and order situation in the state.The minister was on ... Read more...
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Ford to spend $250,000 on seven Tamil Nadu villages
May 22nd, 2012 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 22 (IANS) Global automotive giant Ford Motor Company will spend $250,000 on the education, safety, environment and health and welfare of the seven village communities around its plant ... Read more...
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Patna team to represent India at global tech competition in Sydney
April 26th, 2012 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) A team from Patna's Birla Institute of Technology has won the right to represent India at the worldwide finals of a tech competition in Sydney ... Read more...
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10,000 students to campaign against smuggling, counterfeiting
April 22nd, 2012 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Over 10,000 school students will participate in a five-day campaign in the national capital against smuggling and counterfeiting from April 30, industry body FICCI, its ... Read more...
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Tata Power to launch awareness campaign on Earth Day
April 21st, 2012 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 21 (IANS) Power utility major Tata Power will launch a nationwide energy conservation campaign involving school students and its employees to mark Earth Day, celebrated world over April ... Read more...
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Poor school students’ quota: Apex court verdict Thursday
April 11th, 2012 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court will Thursday pronounce its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the right to education law that requires ... Read more...
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100-year-old Chinese book mentioned Titanic
April 10th, 2012 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 10 (IANS) The story of the Titanic shipwreck has been found in a Chinese textbook for primary school students published 100 years ago, China Daily reported Tuesday.The book ... Read more...
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Three kids die in China road accident
March 26th, 2012 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 26 (IANS) At least three primary school students died and 14 were injured, one of them critically, in China's Hebei province Monday after their school van overturned, said ... Read more...
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1,500 trees planted in Abu Dhabi
March 14th, 2012 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, March 13 (IANS/WAM) More than 1,500 trees were planted Tuesday at a port in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).The community tree planting initiative launched by ... Read more...
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Navodaya students on hunger strike against principal
February 19th, 2012 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Feb 19 (IANS) Students of a residential Navodaya school in Jharkhand's Deoghar district staged a hunger strike Sunday demanding the removal of the principal for mismanagement.The students were also ... Read more...
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Punjab students injured in school firing incident
February 16th, 2012 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Feb 16 (IANS) At least four students were injured Thursday in a clash between two groups of school students in Punjab during which one group also fired at the ... Read more...
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One in five Russian teenagers is depressed
February 14th, 2012 - 11:42 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) About 20 percent of teenagers in Russia suffer from depression compared to the Western European average of five percent, the Unicef has said.Alcohol and drug ... Read more...
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Two school students die in Ranchi road accident
February 10th, 2012 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Feb 10 (IANS) Two school students were killed and one injured when the bike they were riding hit a road divider in Ranchi Friday morning, police said.The three boys, ... Read more...
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South African pupils prefer English in schools
February 8th, 2012 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, Feb 8 (IANS) Even though the most common language spoken at home by South Africans is Zulu, over 60 percent of pupils have said they would like to study ... Read more...
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Students expelled after Facebook campaign said they had sex
January 31st, 2012 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 31 (IANS) Two school students in Britain were expelled after a gossip campaign on Facebook said the pair had sex in a school storeroom and toilet.Trevor Evans ... Read more...
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Pakistani students to visit India
January 28th, 2012 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) A group of 19 school students from Pakistan will visit Delhi Feb 8-14 under the "Students Exchange for Change", an initiative launched by two NGOS ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu celebrates Republic Day
January 26th, 2012 - 10:27 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 26 (IANS) Tamil Nadu celebrated the 63rd Republic Day with patriotic fervour Thursday with Governor K. Rosaiah unfurling the national flag at the Marina beach here.Rosaiah also took ... Read more...
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2 million Cuban students get trained in arts
January 18th, 2012 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, Jan 18 (IANS) Over two million school students in Cuba are receiving training in arts such as drama, music and painting as part of an initiative launched by the ... Read more...
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Himachal students to get uniform
January 1st, 2012 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Jan 1 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh will give school uniforms to over 10 lakh students of government schools every year free of cost. This will burden the exchequer Rs.60 crore ... Read more...
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