The Death of Harry Potter

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 13:45

Harry Potter died because corruption in India did not spare the little plate of a hungry child.

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.

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.

Chhapra mid-day meal: School principal`s custody extended

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 7, 2013, 20:09

The principal of the government school at Chhapra in Bihar where 23 students had died after eating poisonous mid-day meal was on Wednesday remanded in jail custody for 14 more days.

Absconding husband of school principal files anticipatory bail

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 19:21

The July 16 incident in a Chhapra school in which 23 poor children had lost their lives has shocked the nation.

Proposal to build kitchen shed in 7225 schools in Bihar

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 22:37

Alarmed by death of 23 children after eating poisonous midday meal in a Chhapra school, the state government on Tuesday decided to build kitchen shed in 7225 schools, including in Saran district.

Teachers continue to boycott MDM; govt holds `positive` talk

Last Updated: Saturday, July 27, 2013, 18:04

As over 10 lakh students continued to be deprived of mid-day meals due to primary school teachers boycotting food cooking duties in Bihar, government held "positive" talks with agitators.

Mid-day meal tragedy: Chhapra school principal polygraph test to be done at Delhi

Last Updated: Friday, July 26, 2013, 23:14

Bihar police on Friday decided to take jailed principal of Chhapra school, accused in the death of 23 children after eating poisonous midday meal, for polygraph test to Delhi.

Ruckus in Bihar Assembly over school kids` death

Last Updated: Friday, July 26, 2013, 13:42

A week-long monsoon session of the Bihar assembly began Friday with opposition members creating a ruckus over the death of 23 children not finding mention in the obituary reference by Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary.

Mid-day meal tragedy: Chhapra school principal send to judicial custody

Last Updated: Thursday, July 25, 2013, 18:58

Principal of Chhapra school was on Thursday produced before a district court here on Thursday which send her to judicial custody.

Raju to write to MPs for support on mid-day meal scheme

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 24, 2013, 22:47

With a string of incidents putting question mark on mid-day meal scheme, HRD Minister MM Pallam Raju said he would write to all MPs for their support for effective implementation and quality of food.