Case of poisoned food rather than food poisoning: Bihar govt

Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 16:08

The blamegame over the responsibility of the deaths of 23 children continued when the state government blamed the school authorities for the tragedy.

Mid-day meal tragedy jolts Bihar

Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 15:43

The Bihar government is set to issue stringent instructions for quality check and improving infrastructural facilities.

Bihar tragedy: Post-mortem confirms insecticide in mid-day meal

Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 14:51

Post-mortem reports on 23 children who died after eating a mid-day meal in Bihar confirmed that insecticide was either in the food or cooking oil.

Bihar mid-day meal toll rises to 23

Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 14:15

One more child has died in the mid-day meal tragedy in Chapra taking the toll to 23, while 25 others were under treatment in Patna Medical College and Hospital.

There`s need to monitor mid-day meals, says rights panel

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 16:03

The NCPCR on Wednesday called for closer monitoring of the mid-day meal scheme while expressing shock over the death of 21 children after consuming poisoned meal at a school in Bihar.

RJD calls bandh for students` death

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 22:18

Bihar`s opposition RJD has called a bandh in Saran district Wednesday to protest the death of 11 students, mostly girls, after they consumed mid-day meal at a government primary school.

Eleven kids die after eating mid-day meal in Bihar, probe ordered

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 20:07

In a tragic incident, at least eleven children died and over forty were taken ill after eating infected midday meal at a government school in Saran district on Tuesday.

Thirty-six children taken ill after eating mid-day meal

Last Updated: Monday, January 21, 2013, 20:30

Some students complained that they found a dead lizard in the food, the sources said.

Shankar Mahadevan to pep up midday meal movement with music

Last Updated: Saturday, May 26, 2012, 17:54

In one swift decision, noted singer and composer Shanker Mahadevan has joined the league of national and international celebrity endorsers like Aamir Khan and Angelina Jolie by become the brand ambassador for Indian NGO Akshaya Patra.

Shankar Mahadevan to pep up midday meal movement with music

Last Updated: Saturday, May 26, 2012, 16:43

In one swift decision, noted singer and composer Shanker Mahadevan has joined the league of national and international celebrity endorsers like Aamir Khan and Angelina Jolie by become the brand ambassador for Indian NGO Akshaya Patra.