Midday Meal
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Thirty children fall ill after mid-day meal in Bihar
India | Feb 19, 2015, 05:45 PM ISTPatna: At least 30 children fell ill on Thursday after having their mid-day meal at a government school in Bihar's Vaishali district, officials said. Their condition is, however, stable.The children complained of uneasiness after consuming
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Mid-Day meal havoc affects 400 in Maharashtra school
India | Jan 03, 2015, 08:38 PM ISTMaharashtra: Mid-day meal served in a Maharashtra school has affected the health of around 400 children on Saturday.The incident was reported at Shivaji School in Karmala falling in Solapur district of Maharashtra where students of
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Would you help lead these children to 'Possibilities'?
Lifestyle | Nov 17, 2014, 05:28 PM ISTAll of us mostly just 'sit-n-talk' about the depravity leading the poor class to suffer, while many of us take steps to bridge the gap, others just prefer to 'discuss' the matter over a drink
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10 students fall ill after having mid day meal
India | Nov 16, 2014, 07:39 AM ISTGaya: Ten students of a government school in Gaya district fell ill yesterday after having mid day meal.The students started vomiting and complained of stomach pain after consuming the meal at Boknari village under Pariya
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Bill Clinton visits school kitchen, serves food to students
India | Jul 16, 2014, 01:58 PM ISTJaipur: Former US President Bill Clinton today visited the kitchen run by an NGO which provides food to a large number of children at government schools as part of the mid-day meal scheme.Clinton and his
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Six students fall ill after having Mid-Day meal in Odisha
India | Jul 06, 2014, 06:51 PM ISTNabarangpur (Odisha): Six students of an Upper Primary School in Odisha's Nabarangpur district fell ill after having Mid-Day meal following which two teachers were suspended, officials said today.The six students of Ashis Bhawan Project Upper
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Snake found in mid-day meal, 54 children taken ill
India | Jul 06, 2014, 08:02 AM ISTSitamarhi (Bihar): A total of 54 students of a government middle school in Bihar's Sitamarhi district fell ill today after eating mid-day meal in which a ‘snake' was found.Sursand block development officer Vinod Kumar said
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22 girls fall sick after eating mid-day meal in Delhi's govt school
India | Jul 04, 2014, 11:27 AM ISTNew Delhi: Twenty two girl students were taken ill after consuming midday meal at a government school in East Delhi's Patparganj area, police said on Thursday.The girl students, in the age group of seven to
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Four Delhi girls taken ill after eating midday meal
India | Nov 09, 2013, 08:10 AM ISTNew Delhi: Four girls, aged between 10 and 12 years, fell ill after eating midday meal in a primary school here, said government official.The girls studying in a primary school, run by the North Delhi
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Bihar mid-day meal deaths: Principal's husband surrenders
India | Sep 09, 2013, 05:39 PM ISTPatna: The husband of the principal of the Saran school in Bihar where 23 children died after eating contaminated food in July surrendered on Monday before a Bihar court. He was sent to 14 days
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School headmistress booked for burying mid-day meal rice
India | Sep 05, 2013, 02:42 PM ISTNagpur: A case of misappropriation of mid-day meal scheme has come to light in the city where a school headmistress allegedly buried 400 kgs rice meant for the scheme for monetary gain.On getting information that
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125 school children taken ill after eating midday meals in UP
India | Sep 04, 2013, 09:54 PM ISTAzamgarh (UP): As many as 125 students of two government schools in Uttar Pradesh were taken ill after consuming midday meals today.Hundred students of a primary school were taken ill after eating ‘kheer' (a sweet
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Chhattisgarh: Dead scorpion found in midday meal, 18 students taken ill
India | Sep 05, 2013, 10:55 AM ISTRaipur: At least 18 students fell ill after consuming midday meal which became contaminated allegedly due to a dead scorpion in food in Chhattisgarh's Balodabazar district on Wednesday, officials said. "A girl student in a
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Bihar mid-day meal deaths: School principal denied bail
India | Sep 04, 2013, 07:22 PM ISTPatna: 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. Hedr husband's anticipatory bail plea also was dismissed.A chief
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Gogoi for separate directorate for streamlining mid-day meal
India | Sep 02, 2013, 06:12 PM ISTGuwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said that his government would set up a separate directorate to streamline the mid-day meal scheme.The government would directly transfer money to the School Management Committees (SMCs) for
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120 students fall ill after eating mid day meal in TN
India | Aug 19, 2013, 10:04 PM ISTPerambalur, TN: Hundred and twenty students of a government school in the district were hospitalised today after they started vomiting and complained of drowsiness on eating food, in which a dead lizard was reportedly found,
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Maneka Gandhi writes to Akhilesh Yadav about poor quality of mid-day meal
National | Aug 08, 2013, 10:10 AM ISTLucknow, Aug 8: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Maneka Gandhi has written to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav seeking improvement in the quality of mid-day meals served to school children in the state.In
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Bihar Mid-day meal: Principal undergoes polygraph test
India | Aug 01, 2013, 08:10 PM ISTChhapra (Bihar) Aug 1: The principal of the Chhapra school, where 23 children died after eating poisonous midday meal a fortnight ago, was today subjected to polygraph test to cross-check the statements made by her
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Mid-Day meal: 110 children taken ill in Bihar
India | Jul 31, 2013, 08:45 PM ISTPatna, July 31: At least 110 children were taken ill after eating mid-day meal in Bihar's Arwal and Jamui districts on Wednesday in the second tragedy related to free school food in the state this
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Bihar primary teachers call off midday meal duty boycott
India | Jul 29, 2013, 09:02 PM ISTPatna, July 29: Four days after staying off from duties in midday meal scheme, nearly three lakh primary school teachers today decided to end their stir after assurance from the government to look into their