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Honour UP Journalist For Exposing Roti-Salt Meal In School: Manoj Tiwari

India News | Edited By Richa Taneja (With Inputs From ANI) | Wednesday September 4, 2019

Delhi BJP President Manoj Tiwari said the Uttar Pradesh government will take action against the officers responsible for the poor quality of food.

UP Villagers Back Journalist Charged Over 'Roti-Salt In School' Video

India News | Written By Alok Pandey, Edited By Swati Bhasin | Wednesday September 4, 2019

Two days after a case was filed against a UP journalist for filming students at a government school in Mirzapur eating rotis with salt as their midday meal, villagers have now come out in support of the reporter.

"Take Photos, Why Make Video?" UP Official On 'Roti And Salt' In School

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Debanish Achom | Tuesday September 3, 2019

Amid outrage over a journalist being charged for his video showing roti and salt being served to children at a school in Uttar Pradesh, a top official has added to the display of callousness with his comments.

Journalists Protest Case Against Reporter For 'Roti-Salt In School' Video

India News | Written By Alok Pandey, Edited By Swati Bhasin | Tuesday September 3, 2019

More than 100 journalists protested today at the Mirzapur Collectorate office, a day after a case was filed by the state government against a reporter who filmed students at a UP government school eating rotis with salt as their mid-day meal.

Editors Guild On Case Against Journalist Over UP Midday Meal Photos

India News | Monday September 2, 2019

The Editors Guild of India on today described as "cruel" and a "classic case of shooting the messenger", the Uttar Pradesh government's complaint against a journalist for reporting that rotis and salt were being served to children as mid-day meal at a school in Mirzapur. "It is a cruel and classic case of shooting the messenger. It is precisely exp...

BSP Slams UP Government For Providing Chapati-Salt In Mid-Day Meal

India News | ANI | Monday September 2, 2019

BSP national spokesperson Sudhindra Bhadoria hit out at the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government for providing chapati with salt in mid-day meal to children at a primary school in eastern Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur district

For Images Of Roti With Salt Served At UP School, Case Against Journalist

India News | Written By Alok Pandey, Edited By Swati Bhasin | Tuesday September 3, 2019

Days after studentsat a government school in eastern Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur district were filmed eating rotis with salt as their mid-day meal under a flagship scheme of the central government, a case has been filed by the state government against the journalist who shot the video.

UP Chief Secretary Gets Notice After Schoolchildren Seen Eating Roti-Salt

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday August 26, 2019

The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh chief secretary after taking cognisance of the salt and rotis served to children in their midday meal at a government-run primary school in Mirzapur, according to a statement.

Priyanka Gandhi Slams UP Government For Roti-Salt Meal To Schoolchildren

India News | Edited by Richa Taneja | Friday August 23, 2019

After an inquiry, the district authorities called it "a serious lapse" and teacher in charge of the school and the supervisor at the gram panchayat have been suspended.

Under Flagship Nutrition Scheme, UP Schoolchildren Seen Eating Roti-Salt

India News | Written by Alok Pandey | Friday August 23, 2019

About 100 students who study in Classes 1 to 8 in a government school in eastern Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur district were filmed eating rotis and salt as their mid-day meal, under a flagship central government scheme to provide lunch and proper nutrition to scores of children from poor families who study in government schools across the country.

Sacred Games 2 Binge Over? Try These 8 TV Shows If You Want More of the Sacred Games Flavour

Akhil Arora | Friday August 16, 2019

Sacred Games-like TV series shows for you to watch once you are done with Sacred Games 2.

Opinion: Priyanka's UP Dharna Will Satisfy Only The Congress

Opinion | Swati Chaturvedi | Saturday July 20, 2019

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress General Secretary (East), spent a night at a Mirzapur UP state guest house as she refused to furnish a bail bond for trying to breach peace in the area. This followed day-long dharna in Mirzapur after she was stopped from visiting the village in Sonbhadra where ten tribals were shot dead two days ago in a land disput...

They Want To "Deport" Priyanka Gandhi, "Jungle Raj" Back In UP: Congress

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday July 20, 2019

The Congress alleged today that the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh wants to "deport" party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra so that she cannot meet the victims of the Sonbhadra clash.

"I'll Be Back", Says Priyanka Gandhi After Meeting UP Shootout Victims

India News | Reported By Alok Pandey, Edited By Swati Bhasin | Saturday July 20, 2019

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, after meeting the families of the Sonbhadra shootout victims following a night of detention and high drama in Uttar Pradesh, has decided to return home to Delhi, but with a promise that she will return. "I'll be back," she said outside the guest house in Mirzapur district where she had been taken by the police on Friday.

Priyanka Gandhi Sits In The Dark As Power Cut Hits Mirzapur Guest House

India News | ANI | Friday July 19, 2019

The government guest house in Mirzapur where Congress' eastern Uttar Pradesh General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been taken to by government officials has been hit by a power outage.