Schoolchildren among 14 killed by Indonesia volcano eruption

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 22:23

Fourteen people, including four schoolchildren, were killed on Saturday after they were engulfed in scorching ash clouds spat out by Indonesia`s Mount Sinabung in its biggest eruption in recent days, officials said.

Five Syrian schoolchildren among 7 killed in Homs: Agency

Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 14:54

A car bombing today in the central Syrian province of Homs killed seven people, five of them schoolchildren, reports said.

Nineteen students sick in China from poisoned yoghurt

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 12:50

Nineteen primary school children in China have been hospitalised after drinking yoghurt said to be laced with rat poison and herbicide, the Xinhua state news said.

Cold wave claims one life in Northern Gujarat

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 22:12

Bitter cold in Northern Gujarat claimed the life of an unidentified 55-year-old man, whose body was found on a footpath near Kirtistambh in Palanpur on Friday, the police said.

Bihar: 51 taken ill after eating `prasad`

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 15:08

At least 51 people, including 20 children, were taken ill after eating `prasad` (offering to the deity) at a village in Bihar`s Arwal district, officials said.

Two Afghan schoolchildren killed in blast

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 16:47

Two schoolchildren were killed and three others wounded in a bomb blast Wednesday in the western Afghan province of Farah, sources said.

Ashish N. Soni to design for school children

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 22, 2013, 14:06

Fashion designer Ashish N. Soni, an alumni of the capital’s British School, will design for its students for during their 50th anniversary celebration in December here.

Rooney Mara couldn`t relate to children at school

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 11:26

Actress Rooney Mara says she couldn`t relate to other people when she was growing up and admits her personality is suited to darker roles.

Arunachal sets up board to probe rape charges

Last Updated: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 15:35

The Arunachal Pradesh government has set up a medical board to probe the allegations of rape of 13 minor girls by a teacher of a private school.

Biscuits make UP school children sick

Last Updated: Friday, August 16, 2013, 08:53

Over a dozen school children aged between five and 10 years old took ill in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh after eating biscuits served at the Independence Day function.

Bihar mid-day meal: 5 packets of pesticide found from principal`s house

Last Updated: Sunday, July 21, 2013, 23:05

After the Bihar mid-day meal tragedy in which 23 children lost their lives, investigators on Sunday found five packets of pesticide from absconding school principal Meena Devi`s house.

Bihar suspends mid-day meal supervisor

Last Updated: Sunday, July 21, 2013, 22:50

The Bihar government suspended from service an education department official responsible for monitoring the mid-day meal of a school in Saran district where 23 children died after eating contaminated food July 16, officials said.