PATNA, India — A 12-year old Indian snack vendor had to have his leg amputated after railway police threw him out of a moving train when he failed to pay them 10 rupees (20 cents)…

PATNA, 10 Sep 2009:  Disabled campaigners in eastern India on Tuesday defended parking their wheelchairs on a busy rail track as trains sped towards them. The 12 demonstrators wheeled themselves onto the line in the…

June 17, 2009.   Disability rights leaders from the European Union and around the United States met on the University of Pittsburgh campus to discuss a United Nations treaty on the rights of people with disabilities…

KOLKATA: Saswati Acharya has had a voting card for 16 years but never cast a ballot. That's true for 35-year-old Jija Ghosh, 42-year-old Kuhu Das  and nearly 25 lakh adults, who have voting rights without…

Human rights violation continues unabatedMYSORE: Protection of human rights in the country has remained only on papers. Regrettably, over 28 crore people are being ill-treated in India as they are considered untouchables, said Mahajana's College…

LUCKNOW: Taking suo motu cognizance of the report "Abandoned To Fate" published in The Times of India (TOI) on Wednesday highlighting the plight of mentally retarded and multi-disabled destitute and lack of facilities such as…

From getting polling sheets for the blind in Braille to special buses for the handicapped, Nilesh Singhit has been succesfully championing rights of the challenged.Avantika Bhuyan Pune, January 22: THE COUNTRY’S first comprehensive headcount of…