Bihar mid-day meal: NHRC seeks report

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 21:03

The NHRC on Friday sought reports from the Education department of Bihar and Sheohar district administration on the issue of 55 children falling sick allegedly after consuming mid-day meal.

Now Bihar school serves dead rat in mid-day meal

Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 20:16

A dead rat was among the things served up as part of the children`s mid-day meal Friday at a government school in the Bihar capital, police said Friday.

Chargesheet filed in mid-day meal tragedy in Bihar

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 22, 2013, 15:13

Three months after 23 children died after eating contaminated meals, a chargesheet has been filed against the suspended principal and her husband in the mid-day meal tragedy in a primary school at Dharmasati Gandaman village of Saran district.

Pesticide trader held in Bihar mid-day meal tragedy

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 14:25

Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Bihar Police Friday detained a pesticide trader in connection with the mid-day meal tragedy in a school that claimed 23 lives in July.

Mid-day meal resumes in Bihar school

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 13:46

The mid-day meal was cooked for the first time in two months in a primary school in Bihar where 23 school children died after eating contaminated food, officials said on Tuesday.

Committee expanded for better mid-day meal implementation in Bihar

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 21:13

The Nitish Kumar government on Tuesday approved a proposal to expand and strengthen committees in schools to supervise implementation of the free mid-day meal and other functions.

Bihar mid-day meal tragedy: Accused surrenders in court

Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 16:51

Arjun Rai, an accused in the mid-day meal tragedy case that claimed lives of 23 children in Bihar`s Saran district two months ago, surrendered on Monday in a local court.

Bihar mid-day meal deaths: School principal denied bail

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 23:21

A Bihar court on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of the principal of a school where 23 children died after eating contaminated food in July.

No wrists for rakhis in tragedy-hit Bihar villages

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 18:50

It was a sad Raksha Bandhan this year on Wednesday for many girls and women in Bihar`s Saran and Khagaria districts, as they have lost their brothers in two tragedies.

Raju writes to MPs to ensure meeting on midday meal scheme

Last Updated: Sunday, August 11, 2013, 10:51

RD Minister MM Pallam Raju has requested MPs to ensure that a meeting of district level vigilance and monitoring committee is "immediately" called to review the implementation of the scheme.

15 students, teacher taken ill after eating mid-day meal

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 7, 2013, 16:35

Fifteen students and a teacher were taken ill Wednesday after eating mid-day meal at a primary school under Chandi block in Bihar`s Nalanda district.

15 students and a teacher fall ill after eating mid-day meal in Bihar

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 7, 2013, 14:40

Fifteen students and a teacher were taken ill on Wednesday after eating mid-day meal at a primary school under Chandi block in Bihar`s Nalanda district, an official said.