Student Held Hostage In School

A four-year-old student was held hostage for hours at his school in Uttar Pradesh, allegedly because his parents had missed the deadline for paying the fee. The owner and the principal of the school in Bulandshahr have been missing since they were charged by the child's family with illegally confining him.

Six Taliban suicide bombers who killed over 120 people, mostly students, at an army-run school in Peshawar in north-west Pakistan, are dead, officials said. Students and teachers were held hostage in the college section of the Army Public School and College, reports said.

Six Taliban suicide bombers have killed more than a hundred students at an army-run school in Peshawar in north-west Pakistan, officials have said. Students and teachers are still being held hostage in the college section of the Army Public school and College, reports said. (Taliban attack in Pakistan: follow our live coverage)

After holding their headmistress hostage for 21 hours, 29 students of a school in south Kolkata finally lifted their siege on the basis of a promise by higher authorities that their answer scripts would be re-examined. Later in the day, the Higher Secondary Council instructed the school to hold a re-test for the students who had failed. Teachers of...

Human rights groups and student organizations that have forced all schools and colleges to shut down.

A four-year-old student was held hostage for hours at his school in Uttar Pradesh, allegedly because his parents had missed the deadline for paying the fee. The owner and the principal of the school in Bulandshahr have been missing since they were charged by the child's family with illegally confining him.

Six Taliban suicide bombers who killed over 120 people, mostly students, at an army-run school in Peshawar in north-west Pakistan, are dead, officials said. Students and teachers were held hostage in the college section of the Army Public School and College, reports said.

Six Taliban suicide bombers have killed more than a hundred students at an army-run school in Peshawar in north-west Pakistan, officials have said. Students and teachers are still being held hostage in the college section of the Army Public school and College, reports said. (Taliban attack in Pakistan: follow our live coverage)

After holding their headmistress hostage for 21 hours, 29 students of a school in south Kolkata finally lifted their siege on the basis of a promise by higher authorities that their answer scripts would be re-examined. Later in the day, the Higher Secondary Council instructed the school to hold a re-test for the students who had failed. Teachers of...

Human rights groups and student organizations that have forced all schools and colleges to shut down.