Girls Slapped In School

The Patna High Court today ordered the Bihar School Examination Board to give "one mark" for an unchecked answer in Hindi paper of a girl, who had secured the second rank in the state.

An 11-year-old girl died today allegedly after being slapped by a teacher of a private school in Ballia two days earlier, police said.

A 12-year-old girl was slapped 168 times over a period of six days by her classmates at a residential school on the instructions of their teacher, the child's father complained to school authorities and police.

In a crackdown on unauthorised vehicles used for transporting school children in the wake of the death of a six-year old girl in Chennai, Regional Transport Officials in Erode slapped a fine of Rs 84,000 on 14 vehicles being operated without necessary permit.

A local court awarded death sentence to a man convicted of rape and murder of a school girl in Burdwan district on Thursday. Additional Sessions judge Somnath Bandyopadhyay ordered capital punishment for the convict Binay Bagdi for raping and strangling the 14-year-old to death on April 21, 2011. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 2,000 on 34-year...

For 13-year-old Rekha Gujjar, it is a more important exam than Math or Science.  She had failed in Sewing at her school in Dausa last year because she didn't have a textbook. Clearing it this time around will empower her with a vocational skill - one that can help boost her family's small income.But when Rekha and three of her classmates in th...

The Patna High Court today ordered the Bihar School Examination Board to give "one mark" for an unchecked answer in Hindi paper of a girl, who had secured the second rank in the state.

An 11-year-old girl died today allegedly after being slapped by a teacher of a private school in Ballia two days earlier, police said.

A 12-year-old girl was slapped 168 times over a period of six days by her classmates at a residential school on the instructions of their teacher, the child's father complained to school authorities and police.

In a crackdown on unauthorised vehicles used for transporting school children in the wake of the death of a six-year old girl in Chennai, Regional Transport Officials in Erode slapped a fine of Rs 84,000 on 14 vehicles being operated without necessary permit.

A local court awarded death sentence to a man convicted of rape and murder of a school girl in Burdwan district on Thursday. Additional Sessions judge Somnath Bandyopadhyay ordered capital punishment for the convict Binay Bagdi for raping and strangling the 14-year-old to death on April 21, 2011. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 2,000 on 34-year...

For 13-year-old Rekha Gujjar, it is a more important exam than Math or Science.  She had failed in Sewing at her school in Dausa last year because she didn't have a textbook. Clearing it this time around will empower her with a vocational skill - one that can help boost her family's small income.But when Rekha and three of her classmates in th...