The enraged family members of the student staged a protest outside the school on Saturday.
The report alleged that several government school students "shivered in biting cold while government officials were busy with an event".
An FIR was registered against the managing director of a private school in Kanpur on Tuesday after some parents and right-wing members objected to the recitation of Islamic verses during the morning assembly.
In her defence, the teacher, Tripti Tyagi, has said that the video has been tampered with in order to stoke tensions.
Notwithstanding President Hamid Karzai's reluctance to sign the bilateral security agreement, the United States has said that though it is open to signing of the pact later in the year, the longer it takes the more challenging it will be to execute any mission post 2014 in Afghanistan.
United States resident Barack Obama on Tuesday told his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai that America might pull all of its troops out of the war-ravaged country by the year end, but did not rule out the possibility of an agreement on a "limited" post-2014 mission.
With Hamid Karzai stonewalling every US effort to conclude a bilateral security agreement, the Obama Administration is pinning its hopes on India to persuade the Afghan President to sign the deal and end the current political imbroglio on the issue.
India also saw a decline in piracy level to 60 per cent in 2013 from 63 per cent in 2011.
'The residents are a bit apprehensive about the lack of complete trial in case of Covaxin and might not participate in huge numbers thus defeating the purpose of vaccination. We request you to vaccinate us with Covishield which has completed all stages of trial before its roll-out'
The US special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James Dobbins is stepping down, Secretary of State John Kerry today said amid a political crisis in the war-torn country.
Aziz Haniffa reports from Washignton, DC, on Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh's three-day visit to the US capital.
This will help to address short-term liquidity problems.
As many as 125 kids of a primary school fell ill after consuming mid-day meal in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh.
Authorities suspended two teachers, apparently in an immediate damage control exercise.
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Wachovia Bank NA will pay $160 million to the US authorities to settle allegations related to its anti-money laundering compliance programme.
Commercial value of software piracy grew by 14 per cent globally last year to a record total of $58.8 billion.
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More people are opting for licensed software, bringing down piracy levels to 65 per cent in 2009 from 68 per cent a year ago, a BSA-IDC report on Tuesday said.
'Many of them were scared. So, I went to my seniors and said I should be given the vaccine first. I wanted to prove to my colleagues that there is no need to be scared'
A senior police official said a man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly sexually assaulting her.
Union minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi asked officials in her Lok Sabha constituency of Pilibhit to follow the example of Sonia in order to check corruption in the education department.
A study conducted by BSA estimates that a 10-point drop in piracy in India from 74-64 per cent over four years would add 115,847 jobs.
Despite some manufacturers giving the Expo a miss, there will still be plenty of action.
The cook is seen mixing a litre of milk in a bucket full of water in the video clip.
Isaac John -- a veteran of 25 years in Gulf media -- has won three Pan-Arab awards in a row in 2005
'India could help in Afghanistan, but if it does too much, it will stoke Pakistan's paranoia and risk making the situation worse,' Michael O'Hanlon, one of America's leading experts on international security, tells Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa.
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The rules, the first ever for software applications in the country, were recently issued by the patent office and mandate each new software to be 'machine-specific' and packaged with 'new hardware' to qualify for a licence.
Data localisation, an overarching theme across recent government policy proposals, has been a thorny issue with industry
India has sought access to Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative David Headley, the Mumbai terror attack convict now lodged in a US prison, as it insisted on bringing to justice the perpetrators of the 26/11 assault.
The Trump administration is reportedly moving ahead with its decision not to give work permits to the spouses of H-1B visa-holders, arguing that this displaces genuine American workers.
The Border Security Force on said its crashed Superking aircraft that killed 10 of its highly experienced personnel was completely "airworthy" and was flying "very well" as it refuted allegations about any possible defect in the ill-fated plane.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday arrived in New Delhi on a four-day visit during which he will hold talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and press for stepping up of aid -- both civilian and military including lethal and non-lethal weapons.
Bollywood has always had a special fascination with wheels, be in motorcycles or cars. So it was no wonder that a special enclave was created at the ongoing Auto Expo 2016 in Greater Noida to tip the hat to the iconic films where the automobile played a critical part.
Barely a month after breaking covers, the models -- the Jawa, the Jawa 42 and the Perak -- were sold out, reports Shally Seth Mohile.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh was present at the funeral of the BSF personnel who died in the air crash on Tuesday.
