Bihar Midday Meal Tragedy

Midday meal horror: Court allows polygraph test on arrested principal

Under heavy police security, Meena Devi was produced by the police in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Arun Kumar Jha who send her to 14 day judicial custody.

Bihar govt to inform SC about teachers boycotting midday meal

Three lakh primary school teachers across Bihar today boycotted mid-day meal duties on the ground that it interfered with their teaching work, a decision slammed as "irresponsible" by the state government which said it would inform the Supreme Court.

Teachers boycott midday meal, poor Bihar kids go without food

Millions of school children, mostly the poorest of the poor, in Bihar were not served their mid-day meal on Thursday as 300,000 school teachers began a boycott of the scheme.

Bihar midday meal: Chhapra school principal Meena Devi surrenders

Meena Devi, the principal of the Chhapra school where 23 kids died after consuming the midday meal, surrendered on Wednesday.

Midday meal tragedy: Nitish slams critics, say don't politicise deaths

"What is surprising is that while doctors were treating the children, bandhs were being called," Nitish said pointing fingers at the RJD.

Bihar midday meal tragedy: Notice issued against Chhapra school principal

A notice declaring as proclaimed offender the absconding principal of Dharmasati Gandaman Primary School, where 23 children had died after eating mid-day meal, has been pasted at her home, police said today.

Why the Rs 13,000 crore midday meal scheme still matters

As the HRD Ministry looks to review the implementation of the flagship scheme Anuradha SenGupta gets IndiaSpend founder Govindraj Ethiraj to explain the working of what is the largest initiative of its kind in the world.

Bihar midday meal deaths: Forensic report confirms pesticide in food

A forensic report today confirmed the presence of poisonous pesticide in the midday meal served to the students of the school in Chhapra where 23 children died after taking the contaminated food.

Bihar horror: Report on mid-day meal tragedy likely by Tuesday

Additional Secretary in the ministry Amarjit Singh, who was sent to collect first hand information about the tragedy, has started preparing the draft note before submitting it to HRD Minister M M Pallam Raju.

Bihar midday meal tragedy: Survivors to be discharged in a week

The condition of the children who survived after consuming contaminated mid-day meal in their school in Bihar's Saran district is now stable, a health official said here on Thursday.