Hundreds of disabled persons took out a protest march in the city on Thursday and overpowered police barricades to stage a dharna outside CM’s camp office.

The protesters were demanding the implementation of Right for Disabled Law, 2016, pension and pass of train and bus facility for people with 40 per cent disability, Rs 5,000 monthly pension, an increase in the reservation quota for disabled in government jobs from 3 to 4 per cent and filling of all vacant posts in the quota in all departments.

HYDERABAD: Chief Election Commissioner  Om Prakash Rawat will release Voter Accessibility App for the persons with disabilities Abled  (VAADA- a promise) on Tuesday.VAADA  is a joint initiative of the  Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and Election Commission of India (ECI).

Sportsmen, over all ages and continents, have, in their own way, fought varied challenges to attain the highest pinnacle, and though their fields might be diverse, the hunger to be the best is all too similar.
Some players participate in team games and have to co-join talents as a whole. Some have to keep pushing ahead as a lone entity, and still others have to ensure that their mental strength overpowers their physical stamina. Under the searing sun or in an air-conditioned hall, the vagaries of sport might differ but at the very core, the basics of each sport remains similar.

One of the defining features of Durga Puja is that it is about inclusion – everyone is welcome to the community pujas to participate, from non-Bengalis to even atheists. Taking this spirit of inclusion one step forward, Samaj Sebi Sangha which is in Ballygunge, Kolkata has dedicated their pandal to the visually impaired this year.