Pk Shahi

• Bihar mid-day meal tragedy: School principal undergoes polygraph test

  The principal of the Chhapra school, where 23 children died after eating poisonous mid-day meal a fortnight ago, was today subjected to polygraph test to cross-check the statements made by her after arrest.

• Bihar mid-day meal tragedy: Blood samples of children show acute poisoning

  Serum tests conducted on blood samples of four children, who are in critical condition after consuming the fatal free lunch at their school last week in Bihar's Chhapra, indicate that the victims were exposed to "acute poisoning". The results of the tests, held in Mumbai, suggest that a toxic substance was mixed with the food immediately before it ...

• Can't guarantee mid-day meal tragedy won't repeat: Bihar minister's shocker

  PK Shahi, the Education Minister, said today, "As a minister, how can I guarantee that in 72,000 schools across the state, there won't be any poison in the food if somebody is hell bent on doing so."

• In Bihar, sorrow, anger and still no real answers for mid-day meals tragedy

  Today, the government has released ads in local newspapers that order school principals and cooks in charge of preparing hot lunches to taste the food before it's served to students.

• Relentless politics accompanies Bihar's mid-day meal disasters

  Opposition parties have wasted no time in putting Nitish Kumar, usually praised for good administration, in the dock for the mid-day meal tragedy that has struck Bihar.

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  Bihar's mid-day meal disaster: 22 children dead, Nitish Kumar's party alleges conspiracy

  Alarming new cases of children being food-poisoned from free mid-day meals were reported today in Bihar. 22 children have been killed in Chhapra from a meal that was served to them yesterday, allegedly contaminated with pesticides. In Madhubani, 50 children complained of nausea and were taken to hospital before being discharged.

• Bihar minister PK Shahi alleges the mid-day meal was poisoned: highlights

  Bihar's Education Minister PK Sahi addressed the media after 21 children died after having a mid-day meal in their school near Chhapra.

• Resign and win another election, BJP dares Nitish Kumar

  Bihar's ruling coalition took another hit today as the BJP told Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to resign and seek a fresh mandate if he decides to break the alliance.

• In Nitish Kumar's verdict against the BJP, a role for Maharajganj

  The downward spiral of the partnership between the BJP and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was caused at least in part, say sources, by the ignominy of a recent election that was lost by the alliance.

• In Nitish Kumar's big loss, veiled victory for BJP

  Nitish Kumar's party, the Janata Dal (United), has lost the by-election for the Lok Sabha seat of Maharajganj in the western part of the state. Lalu Prasad's party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has retained the seat.

• 1.47 lakh candidates clear Bihar Teachers Eligibility Test

  A total of 1.47 lakh candidates were declared successful in the Bihar Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) out of the 26.79 lakh candidates who had written the examination in December 2011 and January 2012, state Education Minister PK Shahi said. The state government had conducted the TET to shortlist a pool of eligible candidates for their recruitment ...