Delhi HC extends interim arrest protection for former IAS officer Pooja Khedkar to Oct 4The Delhi High Court has extended interim protection from arrest for former IAS officer Pooja Khedkar until October 4, 2024. The court adjo...
26 Sep, 2024, 12.00 PM IST
Centre discharges Puja Khedkar from Indian Administrative Service with immediate effectThe Centre has discharged Puja Khedkar from the Indian Administrative Service with immediate effect. Khedkar is accused of submitting forge...
07 Sep, 2024, 06.00 PM IST
Top Indian companies have very few people with disabilities on rollsAccording to latest workforce data reported by Nifty 50 constituent companies as part of their annual disclosures, only five out of these 5...
16 Aug, 2023, 08.11 AM IST
Another hurdle for differently abled after qualifying NEETAbout 420 differently-abled students have qualified for NEET this year and are required to travel to 12 designated disability centres acros...
04 Nov, 2020, 06.39 AM IST
Acid attack victims to get quota in central government jobsThe move to enhance reservation quota for those with learning disability and acid attack victims comes after passage of the Rights of Perso...
28 Jan, 2018, 01.53 PM IST
Acid victims to get reservation in government jobs, promotionsThe Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has proposed vacancies, promotion quotas and an age relaxation for those with disabilities ...
21 Jun, 2017, 04.22 PM IST
India's acid attack victims to get disability benefits soonThe move is in line with a December 2015 Supreme Court verdict which directed state governments to include acid attack victims in their dis...
18 Mar, 2016, 05.34 AM IST
India Inc still a challenge for disabled, 10 cos employ 90% of disabled employees working in Nifty50 firmsEven as Modi prepares to announce details of the Accessible India campaign on World Disability day, much of India Inc is still lagging behi...
03 Dec, 2015, 04.17 PM IST
Access denied: How babus find ways to disable an able causeDespite being selected, she had earlier been denied a posting citing her disability and she was fighting a case in the Central Administrati...
03 Dec, 2015, 12.53 PM IST
Railway infrastructure to be disabled-friendly: Suresh PrabhuRailways is planning to augment its infrastructure to cater to more people including differently-abled persons.
14 Aug, 2015, 07.51 PM IST
Delhi HC issues notice on PIL over implementation of disabled quota in UPSC examIn its PIL, Sambhavana has alleged 'blatant disregard' on the part of UPSC for neither following high court's orders nor complying with pro...
19 Jun, 2015, 07.28 PM IST
Quota for persons with disabilities; Supreme Court seeks DoPT's responseThe Supreme Court bench was hearing the plea filed by NGO National Federation for Blind through senior advocate S K Rungta.
07 Dec, 2014, 10.58 AM IST
Burdwan wins state award for 'Best District' in empowerment of disabled26 Disability Camps have been held in 23 blocks of the district so far and 10 more would be held in the district by December this year.
05 Dec, 2014, 02.34 PM IST
Rs 2,000 crore for disabled in next four years: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu NaiduAndhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today said Rs 2,000 crore will be allocated for the welfare of disabled persons in the st...
03 Dec, 2014, 09.25 PM IST
Will grant 3% quota to persons with disabilities: Bihar to Supreme CourtBihar government told SC that it will provide three per cent quota to such applicants in appointment of 3,364 assistant professors in unive...
28 Nov, 2014, 10.22 PM IST
Bombay HC orders implementation of 3% disabled quota in IASBombay High Court has directed the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and the Centre to implement the three per cent quota for the disa...
05 Dec, 2013, 10.12 PM IST
Reserve 3% government jobs for disabled: Supreme Court to Centre, statesA bench clarified that the principle of not exceeding more than 50% reservation would not be applicable while granting quota for disabled p...
08 Oct, 2013, 12.41 PM IST