A sketch of one of the seven suspects has been released based on the description of a woman who spotted them in a Punjab village and a massive search operation was launched to track them down.
The Goa Liquor Traders Association has termed the state government's decision to allow bars and liquor stores to operate within 100 metres of educational or religious institutes "unwanted".
Students enjoying their summer vacations are set to rejoin studies in schools on 10 June.
The parents fear that children are picking up indecent, unsocial utterances by the political leaders and are putting them to use while conversing with their friends.
Saraswati Puja in schools is not new, but Garfa Dhirendranath Memorial Higher Secondary Girls' High School celebrated the puja in a different tone.
The attendance is likely to go up in the coming days, said school and mass education department officials.
The conversations around the introduction of unisex uniforms have seen another school in Kerala breaking gender stereotypes. The Government Tribal Lower Primary School in Attathodu has become the first tribal school in the State to embrace gender-neutral uniforms. While gender equality was the dominating factor in the decision taken by the Balussery school, convenience and utility lie at the heart of the one taken by the tribal school.
Several forums of parents, teachers and heads of institutions are in favour of reopening the schools. The High Court is also hearing a PIL on the issue. The West Bengal Academy of Paediatricians have also written a letter to Miss Banerjee speaking in favour of reopening the academic institutions.
Sisodia said excessive caution is now harming our children, following a meeting with a delegation of children's parents, led by Chandrakant Lahariya, an epidemiologist and Yamini Aiyar, a policy researcher.
In new circumstances, the allocation for the National Scheme for Incentive to Girls for Secondary Education needed a boost. Instead, we saw BE of Rs. 110 crore for 2020-21 being cut to a revised estimate of just Re. 1 crore, and the BE for 2021-22 also being kept at this low amount of Re. 1 crore. These are the components of the union budget which have the most impact on poorer and more vulnerable students, and sadly these saw a significant decline.
