Former Haryana chief minister OP Chautala and his son Ajay Singh were on Tuesday sentenced to 10 years in jail for their involvement in the teachers' recruitment scam. Eleven others, including the three main accused in the case - Sanjiv Kumar, Vidya Dhar and Sher Singh Badshami - were also awarded a 10-year jail term. ...
11:45 AM, Jan 22, 2013
The supporters of former Haryana chief minister and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) chief Om Prakash Chautala on Tuesday protested outside a Delhi court which is set to sentence the politician and his son in connection with a teachers recruitment scam. The security personnel were forced to lathicharge and throw tear gas shells at the protesters as they tried to break through a barricade. The court has been sealed for ...
10:40 AM, Jan 22, 2013
Nearly 8,000 men and women supporters of former Haryana chief minister and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) chief Om Prakash Chautala on Tuesday protested outside a Delhi court which is set to sentence the politician and his son in connection with a teachers recruitment scam. ...
10:02 AM, Jan 22, 2013
A Delhi court will pronounce the quantum of sentence against former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala and his MLA son Ajay in the illegal teacher recruitment scam case. The Chautalas were taken into custody on January 16 after they were found guilty of illegally recruiting more than 3,000 Junior Basic Trained teachers in 1999-2000. ...
08:02 AM, Jan 22, 2013
Convicted in teachers recruitment scam case, former Haryana Chief Minister OP Chautala on Saturday urged a Delhi court that he be admitted to a private Gurgaon hospital for treatment while his son wants home food and clothes, besides permission to wear a gold chain in jail. In an application moved before Special CBI Judge Vinod Kumar just days before the court is to pronounce the quantum of sentence in the...
07:50 PM, Jan 19, 2013
Do you think conviction of the Chautalas in the recruitment scam sends out the message that the law does work and spares no one? CNN-IBN's Senior Editor Jyoti Kamal joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
04:33 PM, Jan 16, 2013
Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, his MLA son Ajay and 53 others were convicted on Wednesday by a court in New Delhi for the illegal recruitment of over 3000 junior basic trained (JBT) teachers in the state during his tenure. ...
11:33 AM, Jan 16, 2013
A mentally-challenged 15-year-old girl in New York was brutally gang-raped by two boys in her classroom with her teacher standing only a few feet away, a media report said on Sunday. ...
06:53 PM, Jan 13, 2013
A woman school teacher was stabbed to death in Sahibganj town allegedly by three students, police said on Wednesday. The students went to the residence of 57-year-old teacher Rita Biswas at Netaji Subhash Colony on Tuesday on the pretext of taking tuition and stabbed her in the stomach when she opened the door, Deputy Superintendent of Police Shashi Bhusan said. ...
01:07 PM, Jan 09, 2013
A teacher has been arrested for allegedly raping his niece in Gonchi village of the district, police said on Tuesday. The accused, a 30-year-old computer teacher, who was victim's uncle, has been sent to jail, they said. ...
09:51 PM, Jan 08, 2013
A student of a primary school in northwest China was hospitalised when his class teacher ordered other students to slap him one-by-one for not doing school homework. ...
01:33 AM, Dec 23, 2012
Kolkata: A group of girl students, who had failed their Class 12 pre-board examinations held their teachers hostage at the school in Sontoshpur for 21 hours seeking reversal of the decision, but freed them on Tuesday after assurance of a review by the West Bengal Higher Secondary Council (WBHSC). This sparked a chain reaction with such unsuccessful students in at least two other schools demonstrating outside their institutions demanding that...
11:14 PM, Dec 18, 2012
Newton, Connecticut: At the very start of their lives, the schoolchildren are remembered for their love of horses, or for the games they couldn't get enough of, or for always saying grace at dinner. The adult victims found their life's work in sheltering little ones, teaching them, caring for them, treating them as their own. The gunfire on Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School left a toll both unbearable and...
08:27 AM, Dec 17, 2012
According CNN's Tom Foreman the shooter came from the front door and people started hearing shots right away. By 9:41 or so calls were coming in for 911. The principal, vice principal and psychologist who were in a meeting, came out and went towards the gunfire. The VP came back wounded. Authorities say the shooting happened in a relatively short period of time and they say the gunman did not ...
11:04 AM, Dec 15, 2012
United Nations: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday voiced his 'deepest condolences over the victims of a school shooting in the US state of Connecticut which killed 20 children. In a letter to Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy, Ban called the Sandy Hook Elementary School rampage 'shocking murders', spokesman Martin Nesirky said. "The secretary-general said that the targeting of children is heinous and unthinkable, and extended his thoughts and prayers...
10:34 AM, Dec 15, 2012
Jaipur: A 16-year-old student allegedly committed suicide on Friday by hanging himself in Mahesh Nagar area in Jaipur after being harassed by teachers of his school. The boy, a Class X student, was found hanging in his room on Friday morning, police said. He was rushed to the nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead, they said. A case has been lodged against the school principal and five teachers on...
09:19 AM, Dec 15, 2012
Mumbai: A 49-year-old teacher, working with a civic body school in suburban Borivali, was on Saturday arrested for allegedly molesting a girl student. The 12-year-old victim alleged that Krishna Shankar Singh had similarly molested at least 35 other girls from the school. "The victim, who studies in the class VI of the civic school, is the daughter of a political party worker and approached us with a complaint," said an...
07:41 AM, Dec 15, 2012
London: A teacher in France has been suspended after asking a class of teenagers to write suicide notes. The man, who has not been named, is a French teacher at the Antoine-Delafont school in Montmoreau-Saint-Cybard, near Angouleme, France, the Daily Mail reported on Wednesday. He told the 13 to 14-year-olds to imagine what they would say to themselves if they were about to end their lives out of "disgust" for...
01:58 AM, Dec 13, 2012
Kannauj: In another corporal punishment shocker, a class five student in Kannauj died allegedly after being beaten by his teacher. The family claims the boy returned home late and was very weak. He was rushed to a hospital when he collapsed but died a few hours later. The school principal maintains the boy was sent back home since he was unwell. School Principal YP Singh said, "The teacher didn't beat...
08:45 AM, Dec 11, 2012
New Delhi: Some teachers in Delhi are trying to create low cost and high impact classrooms to improve the level of education in primary schools. The NGO called STIR Education has gotten together a group of 25 innovators to revamp the system. Small changes can make a big difference and a Madrasa in Silampur, East Delhi is a perfect example. Sajid Hassan, the principal, has faced with severe financial constraints,...
10:46 AM, Dec 10, 2012
