Mid-day meal tragedy: Absconding school principal arrested

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 24, 2013, 16:38

Eight days after the mid-day meal tragedy which claimed the lives of 23 children, police on Wednesday arrested the absconding school principal.

Bihar govt forms SIT to probe Chhapra mid-day meal tragedy

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 09:01

The Bihar govt has constituted an eight-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into the mid-day meal tragedy that claimed the lives of 23 children in the Chhapra district of the state last week.

Bihar mid-day meal horror: Arrest warrant against school principal

Last Updated: Monday, July 22, 2013, 16:43

An arrest warrant was issued today by a court against the absconding principal of a government school in Bihar`s Saran district, six days after 23 children from her school died after eating poisoned midday meal.

Nitish Kumar condoles over the demise of Khurshed Alam Khan

Last Updated: Saturday, July 20, 2013, 17:44

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday condoled the death of former Union minister Khurshed Alam Khan and described him as a "sensitive" and "dashing" politician.

Bihar mid-day meal tragedy: Principal`s property to be attached

Last Updated: Saturday, July 20, 2013, 14:39

The Bihar government will attach the property of Meena Devi, absconding principal of the government primary school in Saran district.

Chhapra mid-day meal case: Forensic report confirms pesticide in food

Last Updated: Saturday, July 20, 2013, 09:05

Forensic Science Laboratory`s (FSL) report in Bihar’s mid-day meal tragedy on Saturday stated that high quantity of organo phosphorus pesticide was found in the food items.

Mid-day meal tragedy: Nitish Kumar puts off iftar party

Last Updated: Saturday, July 20, 2013, 00:14

In view of the mid-day meal tragedy at Chhapra in which 23 children died, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday night announced postponement of the iftar party he was to host on July 24.

Mid-day meal tragedy: Principal continues to evade arrest

Last Updated: Friday, July 19, 2013, 17:38

Principal of the Chhapra school, where 23 children died after eating mid-day meal, and her grocer husband are still absconding even as police contacted their relatives to know the whereabouts of duo.

Bihar mid-day meal tragedy: Forensic report to be out today

Last Updated: Friday, July 19, 2013, 09:07

The forensic report on Bihar mid-day meal deaths is expected to be out on Friday even as the toll climbed to 23.

Bihar mid-day meal tragedy: Unwashed insecticides caused deaths

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 13:44

Eleven more children who ate mid-day meal at their school in Bihar`s Saran district died overnight, pushing up the toll to 21.

The food turned killer, wails woman whose two sons died

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 13:22

The "food has turned killer", wailed a woman whose two sons were among the 20 children who died after they ate mid-day meal at their school in Bihar.

Bihar mid-day meal deaths: Forensic report awaited

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 12:51

The government is awaiting the forensic report to know the reason why "food was contaminated" causing 21 deaths at a school in Bihar`s Saran district.