The visually impaired people lost their patience on third day of their protest in front of Punjab Assembly (PA) on Wednesday. The protestors pelted bricks at the door of PA when the session was in progress while some barge into the assembly premises.
Members of the unemployed wing of the Bharat Netarheen Sewak Samaj staged a protest in front of the office of the DPI, Elementary, in Phase VIII here today.
The protesters also raised slogans in support of their demands.
Going an extra mile to help a visually-impaired person get a transfer from Chennai to his native Madurai, the Madras High Court has directed the State government to approve a post for him, which has been recommended by the Madurai Corporation.
Rifat Mohidin
Srinagar, June 3
SINGAPORE — She was only nine when she became blind in her right eye due to glaucoma. Three years ago, following a fainting episode in class, Amanda Chong woke up to a totally dark world, having lost sight in her left eye as well.
VIRUDHUNAGAR/NAMAKKAL/COIMBATORE: Fifty school dropouts rescued from child labour and placed for formal education by the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) have cleared Class X in three districts.
Three visually-impaired women share their stories about hard-word, sacrifices and diligence that makes them true supermoms
Chinmaya Dhal (15), a visually-impaired boy of village Oliepada under Jajpur district is now the pride of his parents and of the area for getting ‘A’ grade by scoring 553 marks out of 600 in this year’s High School Certificate (HSC) examination. He has also scored 100 marks in Mathematics.
Almost 24 years after a plot was sanctioned to the Poona Blind Men’s Association (PBMA) for a primary health centre, as well as to build a residential facility for the visually impaired, a notice has been issued by the district collectorate to the PBMA after a group representing the visually impaired alleged that there was violation of land use. The case before the Pune District collector will be heard on May 11.
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