According to the website of state Midday Meal Authority, the overseeing body for these meals in the state, government-run schools list an elaborate menu that is supposed to be served to children.

MIRZAPUR (UP): Students of a government primary school in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh are being served salt and roti (flatbread) under the midday meal scheme.

The midday meal scheme is designed to provide proper nutrition to scores of children from poor families who study in government schools across the country.

A video posted on the social media shows children sitting on the floor of the school corridor, eating rotis with just some salt in their plates.

According to the website of state Midday Meal Authority, the overseeing body for these meals in the state, government-run primary schools list an elaborate menu that is supposed to be served to children.

That’s roti with table salt for midday meal in a government school. Now one may argue the veracity of this video, but 4 things they can’t refute:

They’re kids.

In school uniform.

It IS roti and salt.

It includes pulses, rice, rotis and vegetables. Fruits and milk are included on certain days, according to the meal chart.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, a parent told IANS: “Children get either roti-salt or rice-salt on most days. Milk is given very rarely and proper food is served only when some important person comes for a visit.”

Mirzapur: Students at a primary school in Hinauta seen eating ‘roti’ with salt in mid-day meal. District Magistrate Anurag Patel says, “negligence happened at teacher & supervisor’s level. The teacher has been suspended. A response has been sought from supervisor”

District Magistrate Anurag Patel said: “I have got an inquiry conducted and the incident has been found to be true. Prima facie, it is the fault of the teacher in-charge of the school and the supervisor at the Gram Panchayat. Both have been suspended.”

The Uttar Pradesh government spokesman said that it is providing midday meals in over 1.5 lakh primary and middle schools across the state. Over 1 crore children are supposed to benefit from the scheme.

According to the Centre, the midday meal scheme is designed to provide a minimum of 450 calories per child per day, which should include at least 12 grams of protein each day too. These meals should be served to each child, at least, 200 days a year.

The Thackeray family, including wife, daughter, son and daughter-in-law too had accompanied him from his residence at Dadar Shivaji Park to the ED office.

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Navanirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray was grilled by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths for over eight hours on Thursday in connection with the alleged irregularities related to Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) loan to Kohinoor CTNL.

According to sources, Thackeray was grilled regarding his involvement in the case. Thackeray was a partner in the company that jointly bid for the NTPC’s Kohinoor Mill worth Rs 421 crore in 2005. Thackeray had sold off his equity in the company in 2008 and according to sources, he was asked the reasons for opting out and how he was involved in the company.

The ED sources also made it clear that Thackeray has not been called for further investigation, but if needed he might be called in for interrogation at a later stage.

The MNS leader reached the ED office at 11.25 am and walked out at 8 pm. The Thackeray family, including wife, daughter, son and daughter-in-law too had accompanied him from his residence at Dadar Shivaji Park to the ED office. The family members waited at a nearby hotel even as he was being grilled.

Throughout the day-long developments, Mumbai remained calm and there were no incidents of violence. 
Police imposed section 144 of CrPC (banning unlawful assembly) outside the ED office and in some parts of Dadar, where the MNS chief resides and parts of central Mumbai.

The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the Economic Offences Wing of Mumbai Police to register an FIR against former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar,  NCP chief Sharad Pawar and several other NCP leaders in the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank 
(MSCB) scam. 

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh takes oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha, at Parliament House in New Delhi

New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday took oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha. 

The oath was administered by Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu.

Top Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ahmed Patel and Anand Sharma were among those who were present during the oath taking in the Chairman’s chamber.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and some BJP leaders were also present.

Singh, 86, has come back as a member of the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. He was elected unopposed as the BJP did not put up a candidate against him.

Singh returned to the Rajya Sabha after a brief gap since his retirement from the Upper House on June 14 this year.

He had earlier represented the state of Assam in Rajya Sabha for a long period.

Former BJP legislator Ajay Kumar Poeia

Mathura: Former BJP legislator Ajay Kumar Poeia’s elder son has been booked for allegedly killing his wife, police said on Thursday.

The case against the former MLA’s son has been registered at Kotwali police station in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh by his in-laws. Police said they will take action after conducting initial inquiry. Poeia had been an MLA from Govardhan (reserved) seat.

According to police, Poeia’s daughter-in-law Seema was found hanging from the ceiling fan of her room on Tuesday evening, but the door was open from outside.

At the time of the incident, Poeia and his wife Chandravati were not at home as they are recuperating at a private hospital after being injured in an accident. Other family members were at the residence when Seema is believed to have died, police said.

The family members are calling her death a suicide. But Seema’s mother and sisters have alleged she was killed.

Kotwali police station in-charge Awadhesh Pratap Singh said, “A murder case has been registered based on the postmortem report. Any action against husband will be taken after ascertaining his role in the case after investigation.”

A farmer shows a poster seeking customers for his kidney after a nationalised bank refused to lend him a loan to start a business, in Saharanpur.

Saharanpur (UP) Distressed over mounting debt, a 30-year-old farmer has put up posters here seeking buyers for one of his kidneys after government banks allegedly turned down his loan requests.

Ramkumar, a resident of Chattar Sali village here, claims to have completed a dairy farming course under the Centre’s Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY).

However, he said no government bank gave him a loan despite him having shown them the PMKVY certificate.

He told PTI Bhasha on Thursday that he borrowed money from his relatives to buy cattle and build a shed for the animals.

Now his relatives are pressuring him to return their money with interest, Ramkumar said.

He said he was left with no option but to sell his kidney to pay them back. So he decided to put up the posters seeking buyers.

Asked about it, Saharanpur Divisional Commissioner Sanjay Kumar said he had no knowledge of the matter.

“I have just learnt about it,

He said he will ensure a proper inquiry into the matter and only after that it will become clear why Ramkumar was denied loan by the banks.

New Delhi The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the validity of a newly enacted law which makes the practice of instant divorce through triple talaq among Muslims a punishable offence entailing imprisonment of up to three years.

A bench of justices N V Ramana and Ajay Rastogi issued notice the Centre on a batch of petitions which has sought to declare The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act 2019 as “unconstitutional” on grounds that it allegedly violates the provisions of the Constitution.

“We will examine this,” the bench told senior advocate Salman Khurshid, who was appearing for one of the petitioners.

Khurshid told the bench that there were many dimensions, including making the practice a punishable offence and jail term of up to three years, which was required to be examined by the top court.