Girls` school blown up in Pakistan

Last Updated: Monday, December 31, 2012, 14:03

Extremists blew up an all-girls school in Pakistan`s Khyber Agency, a tribal area, leaving one person killed.

Bus accident in Iran kills 26 schoolgirls

Last Updated: Saturday, October 20, 2012, 22:59

The driver lost control of the bus due to the slipperiness of the road, which led to the accident to happen.

‘Gaddafi raped, beat kidnapped schoolgirls’

Last Updated: Monday, September 24, 2012, 11:28

According to the paper, Gaddafi repeatedly raped, beat and urinated on the teenager during her five years in captivity.

As militancy fades, girls return to school in J&K

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 4, 2012, 13:43

For the girls of Mahore in Jammu and Kashmir`s Reasi district where militants used to have a free run, it is time to realise their dreams through education.

Bihar: Two schoolgirls killed for resisting molestation

Last Updated: Saturday, April 28, 2012, 16:16

Two schoolgirls who resisted a molestation attempt were deliberately hit and run over by a jeep leading to their deaths in Bihar`s Nawada district.

Afghan schoolgirls poisoned in anti-education attack

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 22:54

Since the 2001 toppling of the Taliban, which banned education for women and girls, females have returned to schools, especially in Kabul.

20 school girls held in online sex racket in China

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 15:01

The girls ran the business online, asking their customers whether they needed a young girl "to play with".

Saree fever! School girls deck up for Teachers` Day

Last Updated: Sunday, September 4, 2011, 21:16

Whoever said Teachers` Day was just about celebrating student-teacher bonding!

Schoolgirls die in Vietnam boat sinking: official

Last Updated: Saturday, September 3, 2011, 13:37

There were seven girls on board the bamboo boat. None of whom were able to swim. Locals could rescue only one.

‘Generous’ Oprah Winfrey funds her SA schoolgirls to White House

Last Updated: Sunday, June 26, 2011, 18:39

Oprah Winfrey recently arranged a United States trip for her South African schoolgirls.

Orissa: 280 school girls run away to protest

Last Updated: Monday, March 28, 2011, 21:08

About 280 students of a residential girls high school left the hostel premises on Monday protesting against the alleged mismanagement, irregularities and misbehaviour by their teachers, officials said.