Midday Meal Tragedy

Nitish cries BJP-RJD conspiracy in first remarks on midday meal horror

Smelling a conspiracy behind the mid-day meal tragedy in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has alleged that BJP and RJD had a "secret understanding" to derive political mileage from the incident.

Bihar: SIT begins probe into midday meal deaths

A Special Investigating Team (SIT) formed by the Bihar government on Tuesday began its probe into the deaths of 23 children after they ate a midday meal in a school.

Bihar midday meal tragedy: UN had asked India to ban killer pesticide in 2009

The pesticide that killed 23 schoolchildren last week is a nerve poison banned by many countries because of what the World Health Organisation (WHO) describes as its "high acute toxicity".

Bihar midday meal tragedy: Arrest warrant issued against headmistress

A Bihar court on Monday issued an arrest warrant against Meena Devi, the headmistress of the Chhapra school, who is absconding.

Twenty five percent fund for midday meal returned by Bihar: Cong

Bihar could lift only 61 percent of foodgrains allocated to it for the scheme and midday meals are not served in more than 1,400 schools in the state, he said.

Midday meal tragedy: Principal's property to be attached

The Bihar government will attach the property of Meena Devi, absconding principal of the government primary school in Saran district where 23 children died after eating contaminated food, an official said.

Bihar midday meal tragedy: School principal, husband still on the run

No arrests have been made, two days after the incident, as a mass grave outside the primary school at Dharmasati Gandavan village where the dead were buried bore mute testimony to the tragedy.