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.

Maharashtra to frame new rules for mid-day meal scheme

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

Maharashtra government has told the Bombay High Court it would frame new rules related to mid-day meal for students in aided schools.

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.

Never called mid-day meal a political conspiracy: Nitish Kumar

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 22, 2013, 00:14

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Monday that he had never stated that the mid-day meal tragedy a political conspiracy.

Mid-day meal program: Tamil Nadu to feed kids nutritious nuggets

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 13:20

Tamil Nadu government will offer nutritional supplementation to malnourished children in schools, in addition to mid-day meal programme, to improve their body mass index, an official said Saturday.

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.

Students fall sick in MP after having mid-day meal

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 19:03

Thirty students of a school here fell ill on Wednesday after eating the mid-day meal, a senior official said.

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.

Nearly 50 students fall ill after consuming iron tablets

Last Updated: Monday, September 16, 2013, 13:45

Nearly 50 students of a primary school in Ading village were taken ill after being given iron tablets under a newly-launched government scheme to combat anaemia.

20 school kids taken ill after consuming mid-day meal in UP

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 11, 2013, 21:22

As many as 20 schoolchildren were taken ill on Wednesday after consuming mid-day meal at a primary school in the district`s Mohammadi tehsil.

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.