Special: Where do our children go out to play?
First, the land mafia came for other people’s lands, and nobody protested. Then they came for the lake beds, and we didn’t protest. Then they took over government lands and civic amenity sites, and n
Mid-day meal: A system that lacks political will
Bengaluru: Incidents of food poisoning and children falling into boiling sambar grab media attention of ministers, and different departments then make multiple sweeping promises.
The furore later die
Fearful children refuse free meals after deaths: Bihar
Thousands of schoolchildren were refusing free meals in poverty-stricken eastern India after 22 children died from eating lunch apparently contaminated with insecticide, officials said Thursday.
Harassed boy goes back to school
Bengaluru: Little Akshath (name changed) a four-and-a-half year-old boy Bengaluru, is suffering from a rare genetic disease, which has led to ‘dry skin’ problems that affect his appearance. Like all
Parents join KG admission race
Hundreds of parents were seen waiting in serpentine queues in front of top, private CBSE schools in the city on December 1 to get an application form for kindergarten classes.
“I reached the school a
Norway child abuse case: Indian couple charged
The Indian couple arrested here in an alleged child abuse case have been charged with ‘gross repeated maltreatment’ of their child for which the prosecution has proposed a minimum sentence of one year and three months for the parents.
Indian couple face criminal charges of gross maltreatment
In a new twist to the alleged child abuse case involving an Indian couple in Norway, criminal charges of ‘gross or repeated maltreatment’ of their children by ‘threats, violence or other wrong’ have b
Hyderabad couple chides son in Oslo, jailed
A couple from Hyderabad has been arrested by the Norwegian police in Oslo for allegedly 'excessively disciplining' their son, family members said here on Thursday.
V. Chandrasekhar, a TCS employee in
Crime against minors on rise
Western Tamil Nadu witnesses spurt in crime involving helpless children
Frequent incidents of crime taking place against children below 14 years of age in western Tamil Nadu have become a cause for c
Students saved by whisker
Autorickshaw with 9 children falls into Perandoor canal, none injured. A major tragedy was averted as nine students miraculously escaped with no injuries, after the auto rickshaw they were traveling i