Midday Meal Deaths
- All
- News
-
Bihar orphanage head arrested for child's death
The head of a children's orphanage in Bihar's Vaishali district was arrested today, three days after a child died and 10 fell ill after eating contaminated food, officials said.
-
Bihar's schools fail poor children, everyday
The midday meal tragedy has exposed the chronic neglect of government school education in Bihar.
-
Nitish vs BJP: Relentless politics over the death of 23 children
Exactly a week after 23 children, some as young as four, died from a poisoned school lunch, political parties remain committed to inscribing the tragedy with vicious agendas. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his senior ministers have found a conspiracy mantra and are sticking to it. They insist that that the food that was served as part of th...
-
No lessons learnt? Mid-day meal cooked on septic tank next to toilet
Food for schoolchildren prepared right next to toilets - a midday meal horror story emerging from Tamil Nadu just 2 days after 23 children died in Bihar after being served lunch infected with insecticide in a government-run school.
-
Bihar government denies alert from Centre on mid-day meal
The Bihar government today denied receiving any alert from the Centre over shortcomings in its implementation of the mid-day meal scheme. 23 children died after being poisoned by the free lunch at their school in Chhapra on Tuesday. The state government insists that the food was 'poisonous'.
-
Bihar orphanage head arrested for child's death
The head of a children's orphanage in Bihar's Vaishali district was arrested today, three days after a child died and 10 fell ill after eating contaminated food, officials said.
-
Bihar's schools fail poor children, everyday
The midday meal tragedy has exposed the chronic neglect of government school education in Bihar.
-
Nitish vs BJP: Relentless politics over the death of 23 children
Exactly a week after 23 children, some as young as four, died from a poisoned school lunch, political parties remain committed to inscribing the tragedy with vicious agendas. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his senior ministers have found a conspiracy mantra and are sticking to it. They insist that that the food that was served as part of th...
-
No lessons learnt? Mid-day meal cooked on septic tank next to toilet
Food for schoolchildren prepared right next to toilets - a midday meal horror story emerging from Tamil Nadu just 2 days after 23 children died in Bihar after being served lunch infected with insecticide in a government-run school.
-
Bihar government denies alert from Centre on mid-day meal
The Bihar government today denied receiving any alert from the Centre over shortcomings in its implementation of the mid-day meal scheme. 23 children died after being poisoned by the free lunch at their school in Chhapra on Tuesday. The state government insists that the food was 'poisonous'.
