India News: PITHORAGARH: Two women rescued their friend from certain death by fighting off a tiger that had attacked her in Boon forest range of Champawat distric.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday offered prayers at the Khatu Shyam temple established near Sharda Chungi in Tanakpur and wished God for
Last December, the hiring, firing and re-hiring of Sunita as cook at a government school – under pressure from parents of 'upper' caste students – had made news. The same school is seeing a repeat of the casteist boycott.
The incident occurred at a school in Sukhidhang in Champawat district. A day after her appointment as the Bhojanmata earlier this month, students stopped eating the meal cooked by her because of her caste and began bringing their food from home in tiffin boxes. Uttarakhand: Dalit Woman Cook Sacked After Upper Caste Students Refuse to Eat Food Prepared by Her at Government School in Champawat.
Sunita now fears losing her job as the parents of the school children allege that her appointment was in violation of norms, which the authorities deny.