Protest Against Mid-day Meal

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.

If it is not fit enough for dogs, it surely can't be served to human beings - that's the logic espoused by teachers in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh who are up in arms against the state government's latest order which requires them to taste mid-day meals before they are served to children in schools. So, the protesting teachers have proposed ...

Members of the managing committee of a high school and its teacher-in-charge were severely beaten up today, after the body of a 14-year-old student was found hanging in the school premises at Jharkhali in the Sundarbans area of South 24 Parganas district, 54 kms from Kolkata.

Parents of students of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)-managed Krida Niketan School at Saritanagari on Sinhagad Road on Thursday demonstrated on the school premises against the alleged distribution of stale fruits and food under the mid-day meal scheme.The parents said school principal Jyoti Mankar was transferred by the PMC's school board whe...

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.

If it is not fit enough for dogs, it surely can't be served to human beings - that's the logic espoused by teachers in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh who are up in arms against the state government's latest order which requires them to taste mid-day meals before they are served to children in schools. So, the protesting teachers have proposed ...

Members of the managing committee of a high school and its teacher-in-charge were severely beaten up today, after the body of a 14-year-old student was found hanging in the school premises at Jharkhali in the Sundarbans area of South 24 Parganas district, 54 kms from Kolkata.

Parents of students of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)-managed Krida Niketan School at Saritanagari on Sinhagad Road on Thursday demonstrated on the school premises against the alleged distribution of stale fruits and food under the mid-day meal scheme.The parents said school principal Jyoti Mankar was transferred by the PMC's school board whe...