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Withdraw order capping educational aid to martyrs' kids: Rajya Sabha MP to
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar has written to Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman seeking the reversal of a government order that has capped educational expenses paid to children of martyrs or disabled soldiers at Rs. 10,000 per month.
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VP Naidu addresses nation on International Day of Persons with Disabilitie
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Dec 3 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday urged the nation to treat disabled people with empathy, not sympathy.
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Pope wraps up his Asia trip
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
(Washington D.C.) [United States], Dec.2 (ANI): Pope Francis has wrapped up his three-day trip to Asia by visiting a Bangladeshi orphanage and home for the disabled run by Mother Teresa's order.
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Digital campaign to increase Armed Forces Flag Day fund
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 21 (ANI): Indians can now show their support for the military on the occasion of Armed Forces Flag Day (AFFD), through a large scale digital/ social media campaign aimed at increasing contributions to the fund that is used to support disabled ex-servicemen, war wi
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Diwali diyas get a 'special' touch in Guwahati school
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Guwahati [India], Oct 14 (ANI): With festival of lights, Diwali inching closer differently-abled students of Guwahati's Shishu Sarathi school make earthen lamps to celebrate the occasion.
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Stokes tenders apology to Katie Price over video
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 12 (ANI): Ben Stokes has apologised to TV personality Katie Price and her son Harvey for a video that showed the England all-rounder imitating a TV clip of the disabled youngster.
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Send your kids to school or end up behind bars sans food: UP Minister
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 9 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar threatened that the parents who fail to send their children to schools will be locked up in police stations for five days without food and water.
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Mathura: Self-styled god man rapes physically disabled disciple
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 23 (ANI): A self proclaimed "baba" was arrested on charges of raping a physically disabled disciple at his ashram in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district.
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Big B features in new video of 'sign language' National Anthem
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): Union Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey on Thursday launched a new video of the National Anthem in sign language, featuring disabled and partially disabled children.
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Disabled misses M.Phil test at DU: Delhi HC issues notice against Railways
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday issued a suo moto notice against the Railways in connection with an incident wherein a disabled student missed his exam due to lack of proper access for disabled passengers to train coaches.
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Centre should reconsider 'disability tax' under GST: Congress
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] Jul 4 (ANI): Backing Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's remark to roll back the 'disability tax' under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, party leader Ashok Chavan on Tuesday said that the Centre should reconsider the decision and apparat
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'Insensitive' Centre must roll back 'disability tax' u
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3, (ANI): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday called on the 'insensitive' Centre to roll back the 'disability tax' under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, stressing that it would lead the disabled people thro
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