Mid-day Meals

Refusing to be outdone by reports of children being served chapatis and salt in their mid-day meals in other states, a school in Chhattisgarh has been giving its students plain rice with only some turmeric added to it.

A tiny dead snake was allegedly found in a packet of mid-day meal meant for children at an Anganwadi' or government-run nursery school in western Maharashtra's Sangli district.

Authorities have issued notice to a primary school here after insects were found in the flour used for mid-day meal during an inspection, officials said on Sunday.

Police registered an FIR against four persons on Thursday, a day after more than 100 students of a private ashram school in Maharashtra's Thane district suffered from food poisoning after consuming the mid-day meal, an official said.

More than 15 students from a government primary school at Tekulapalem village in Andhra's Annamayya district were admitted to a hospital after falling ill due to the mid-day meal consumed on school premises.

AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge asked where KCR was when pathbreaking schemes like mid-day meals and green revolution were carried out.

Around 70 students were on Friday hospitalised after allegedly having a mid-day meal in a government school in southwest Delhi's Dabri area, officials said.

Students of government schools in Uttar Pradesh may soon be served millets in the mid-day meals at least once a week to provide them with better nutrition.

The Trinamool has vehemently rejected allegations made by the BJP about corruption in the Cooked-Midday Meal scheme in the state.

The incident happened when the daily meal was being served to students at a primary school in Baansla on Monday. Tejeshwari Tandiya, a class 1 student, was standing in a queue along with other children to receive the food.

Millet-based food products will now be served to school children under the mid-day meal scheme in 12 districts of Chhattisgarh, a government official said on Sunday.

A central teams ongoing visit to West Bengal to look into alleged irregularities in the implementation of the mid-day meal scheme has triggered a political slugfest in the state.

More than 20 students fell sick after consuming mid-day meals at a school in Odisha's Balasore district on Saturday.

Nine schoolgirls were admitted to a hospital on Tuesday after eating a mid-day meal at a government school in Delhi's Shahdara. Delhi police are probing the matter.

Around 30 students of a primary school in Mayureswar block in Birbhum district fell ill after eating the food served to them in mid-day meal on Monday.

Refusing to be outdone by reports of children being served chapatis and salt in their mid-day meals in other states, a school in Chhattisgarh has been giving its students plain rice with only some turmeric added to it.

A tiny dead snake was allegedly found in a packet of mid-day meal meant for children at an Anganwadi' or government-run nursery school in western Maharashtra's Sangli district.

Authorities have issued notice to a primary school here after insects were found in the flour used for mid-day meal during an inspection, officials said on Sunday.

Police registered an FIR against four persons on Thursday, a day after more than 100 students of a private ashram school in Maharashtra's Thane district suffered from food poisoning after consuming the mid-day meal, an official said.

More than 15 students from a government primary school at Tekulapalem village in Andhra's Annamayya district were admitted to a hospital after falling ill due to the mid-day meal consumed on school premises.

AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge asked where KCR was when pathbreaking schemes like mid-day meals and green revolution were carried out.

Around 70 students were on Friday hospitalised after allegedly having a mid-day meal in a government school in southwest Delhi's Dabri area, officials said.

Students of government schools in Uttar Pradesh may soon be served millets in the mid-day meals at least once a week to provide them with better nutrition.

The Trinamool has vehemently rejected allegations made by the BJP about corruption in the Cooked-Midday Meal scheme in the state.

The incident happened when the daily meal was being served to students at a primary school in Baansla on Monday. Tejeshwari Tandiya, a class 1 student, was standing in a queue along with other children to receive the food.

Millet-based food products will now be served to school children under the mid-day meal scheme in 12 districts of Chhattisgarh, a government official said on Sunday.

A central teams ongoing visit to West Bengal to look into alleged irregularities in the implementation of the mid-day meal scheme has triggered a political slugfest in the state.

More than 20 students fell sick after consuming mid-day meals at a school in Odisha's Balasore district on Saturday.

Nine schoolgirls were admitted to a hospital on Tuesday after eating a mid-day meal at a government school in Delhi's Shahdara. Delhi police are probing the matter.

Around 30 students of a primary school in Mayureswar block in Birbhum district fell ill after eating the food served to them in mid-day meal on Monday.