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Switzerland: Muslim students must shake hands with female teachers or face fine
World | May 26, 2016, 07:48 AM ISTGeneva: Muslim school students in the Swiss canton of Basel cannot refuse to shake hands with their female teachers on religious grounds, otherwise their parents will face fines, local authorities have ruled. “The public interest
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Global Teacher Prize 2016: Stephen Hawking announces Mumbai teacher among finalists
World | Feb 17, 2016, 09:06 PM ISTLondon: An Indian teacher who runs a non-profit school in Mumbai for girls from the city's red light areas was on Wednesday named in the top 10 short-list for a global prize for teachers.Robin Chaurasiya,
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Ranchi shocker: School teacher arrested for allegedly killing class VII student
India | Feb 10, 2016, 08:07 PM ISTRanchi: A school teacher in Ranchi has been booked along with her entire family for allegedly murdering a class VII student named Vinay Mahato. Apparently, the lady teacher resorted to the gruesome act because the
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D for 'Daaru', P for 'Piyo': A drunk teacher's class in Chhattisgarh
India | Jul 12, 2015, 02:03 PM ISTRaipur: In an absurd example of quality of education in government-run primary school in Chhattisgarh, a school teachher was caught teaching D is for 'Daaru' (alcohol) and P is for 'Piyo' (drink).In a video that
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Left alone with a sex offender, a teacher is raped
World | Jun 19, 2014, 01:22 PM ISTPhoenix, Arizona: Newly released documents show a teacher at an Arizona prison was alone in a room full of sex offenders in January before she was stabbed and sexually assaulted by a convicted rapist.The records
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Facebook is your new classroom teacher!
Apr 30, 2014, 12:03 AM ISTNew York: Facebook may not be all that bad for your kids. According to a study, university students who used a Facebook group as part of a large sociology class did better on course assignments
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Teacher allegedly burns students tongue in Maharashtra
India | Sep 14, 2013, 05:54 PM ISTAhmednagar: A case has been registered against a woman teacher for allegedly burning an 11-year-old student's tongue here Saturday. The incident took place on Aug 3 at Yashshree Academy English School. Afraid of the incident
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Teachers assaulted by students in Bengal colleges
India | Aug 31, 2013, 08:07 PM ISTKolkata: Students stopped from copying in an examination or irate over a college principal intervening in their fight, went on a rampage with two separate cases of teachers being assaulted reported from West Bengal on
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Bihar hikes salary of 2.5 lakh contract teachers
India | Aug 27, 2013, 10:11 PM ISTPatna: There was good news for nearly 2.5 lakh contractual teachers in Bihar with the state cabinet Tuesday approving a salary hike of Rs.3,000 per month from September for them."The state cabinet hiked salaries of
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DU teachers association protest point system for promotions
India | Aug 05, 2013, 09:08 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 5: The Delhi University Teacher's Association (DUTA) held a protest Monday against the human resource development ministry's decision to introduce the point system for teachers' appointment and promotions and granting autonomy to
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Teacher gets life term for raping tribal girl
India | Mar 21, 2013, 10:51 AM ISTKhandwa, Mar 21: A special court awarded life imprisonment to a government teacher for raping a minor tribal girl in the district last year. Special court judge Anand Mohan Khare found Manoj Yaduvanshi, working as a
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Man kills self, teacher in US college
World | Dec 01, 2012, 03:48 PM ISTCasper, Wyoming, Dec 1: A man wielding a sharp-edged weapon killed a teacher and himself in front of students in a Wyoming community college classroom on Friday, causing a campus wide lockdown. The assailant had
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Pranab says, I wanted to be a teacher, not a politician
National | Oct 23, 2012, 10:18 AM ISTKirnahar, West Bengal, Oct 23: Pranab Mukherjee, who became President after a political career spanning five decades, on Monday said being an active politician had not been his aim in life and he wanted to
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Govt proposes 7 years jail for school teachers who beat students
India | Sep 10, 2012, 10:11 AM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 10 : The ministry of women and child development has proposed imprisonment of up to seven years for teachers indulging in corporal punishment in schools. In a cabinet note prepared to amend
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Rebuked by teacher, girl dies after jumping from school roof
India | Jul 26, 2012, 08:33 PM ISTHowrah (WB), Jul 26: A girl student of class VI today jumped to her death from the roof of her school building in Howrah district allegedly after being rebuked by one of the teachers, the
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Drunk MP Teacher Suspended For Making Tribal Girl Students Dance On R-Day
India | Jan 30, 2012, 09:24 PM ISTBetul, MP, Jan 30: A government-school teacher in Madhya Pradesh's tribal-dominated Betul district made a student fetch liquor for him, drank it in the classroom and then “ordered” girl students to dance for him on
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Shoe Assailant Sunil Kumar Is A Teacher, Changed Jobs Often
India | Jun 06, 2011, 07:34 PM ISTJaipur, Jun 6: Sunil Kumar, the man who tried to hit Congress leader Janardan Dwivedi with a shoe at the Congress headquarters today, is a teacher who used to change his jobs often. Hailing from
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Indian Origin UK Teacher Charged For Sex With Pupils
World | Sep 24, 2010, 12:48 PM ISTA female teacher at an all-boys school at Birkdale High School, Merseyside near Liverpool, has been charged with sex offences against two pupils, reports The Mail. Hina Patel, 37, was working as a supply teacher
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Leopard Attacks A Teacher In Bahraich, UP
India | Sep 11, 2010, 03:04 PM ISTShriram, 40, a teacher in a missionary school in Bahraich, had the fright of his life when a leopard suddenly lunged at him. Shriram was returning on Friday, when a leopard which had somehow escaped
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Bengal Boy Losing Eyesight After Teacher's Thrashing, Teacher Absconds
India | Aug 26, 2010, 10:28 AM ISTKharagpur: Akash Banerjee, a Class VII boy is losing his eyesight after being beaten up by his schoolteacher in Hijli near Kharagpur in West Bengal. His fault: He had disobeyed his teacher who had asked