Speak English in class or get burnt with burning wood

Hyderabad: Punishment for not speaking English in class — scorch with burning firewood.

The headmistress of a government primary school in an Andhra Pradesh village has been suspended after allegations that she used burning firewood to punish 13 kids, all of them between Classes I and IV, for speaking in Telugu in class.

The firewood was meant for cooking midday meals, a key incentive to poor parents to send their children to school. Read More................Speak English in class or get burnt

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6-yr-old burnt for wetting bed at orphanage

Thiruvananthapuram: A six-year-old girl inmate of an orphanage near here suffered burns on her chest and arms allegedly after the staff of the institution applied a hot iron bar on her as ‘punishment for wetting the bed at night.’ Read More................6-yr-old burnt for wetting bed at orphanage

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Woman burnt to death for begetting girl child

LUCKNOW: A 25-year-old woman was allegedly burnt to death by her husband and in-laws for giving birth to a baby girl for the second time in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh, police said Wednesday.

"Just hours after Momeena delivered a baby girl Tuesday, she was set on fire by her husband, brother-in-law and mother-in-law," police inspector Somveer Singh told IANS on phone.Read More................Woman burnt to death for begetting girl child

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Nonsense happening in India -2

BAIR VILLAGE, NEAR NOIDA: Falling in love continues to be fatal in western Uttar Pradesh. In what appears to be an incident of honour killing, two teenage lovers were brutally murdered and then set on fire in Bair village, barely 50 km from New Delhi. Read more........................Teenage lovers burnt near Noida

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558 houses, 17 places of worship torched during riots

Bhubaneswar: The Orissa Government in India today said that over 558 houses and 17 places of worship have been burnt in communal riots following the murder of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati’’s on August 23. Read more...............................Orissa Govt admits 558 houses, 17 places of worship torched during riots

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Woman burnt to death for begetting third girl child

In Bihar State of India, a mother of two girls was burnt to death by her husband and in-laws when she delivered a third girl child in Jamshedpur district in the state.....................Read full story...........Woman burnt to death for begetting third girl child

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