Patna: Ashish Verma is someone who managed to crack the Civil Services despite being a differently-abled person. Verma has cerebral palsy. Verma couldn't attend coaching classes but overcame all odds to achieve his dreams. The son of a postal officer has never known life without cerebral palsy but this year he cracked the Civil Services exam with the 726 rank and he is now busy celebrating. "It's like a dream...
09:37 AM, May 15, 2012
Stand-up comedian Lee Ridley was born with cerebral palsy and uses a voice synthesiser to communicate. ...
09:42 AM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has issued notice to SpiceJet on the plea by a cerebral palsy-afflicted woman, accusing the airline of forcibly deplaning her from a flight to Goa from Kolkata and seeking compensation for it. A bench comprising Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana P Desai also sought replies from the Centre and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to the plea of Jeeja Ghosh, a teacher...
04:37 PM, Apr 05, 2012
Jeeja Ghosh, a woman suffering from cerebral palsy, was allegedly asked to deplane a SpiceJet flight at the Kolkata airport. ...
11:58 PM, Feb 21, 2012
Kolkata: 42-year-old Jeeja Ghosh, a woman suffering from cerebral palsy, was allegedly asked to deplane a SpiceJet flight at the Kolkata airport on Monday. A report in the national daily 'The Indian Express' said that the pilot mistook the passenger for a mentally challenged patient. Ghosh, who teaches at Kolkata's Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy, was on her way to Goa. Apologising for the incident, the SpiceJet management said, "We...
07:37 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Chennai: Technology can be glamorous. But can it have a human touch? This is the story of a young IIT engineer who bent technology to give sick children the gift of speech. Ajit Narayanan, founder of Invention Labs, has invented a computer that helps patients suffering from cerebral palsy communicate. The Invention Labs founder said that patients of cerebral palsy are as intelligent, as capable as everyone else. "Patients of...
08:50 AM, Oct 12, 2011
New Delhi: On World Disability Day, Malini Chib, who hasn't let cerebral palsy stop her from an active life, releases her autobiography. Forty four year old Malini Chib is more than used to different reactions, as people register the fact that she has cerebral palsy. A disease that leaves parts of the brain- that control muscles and movement- damaged. But that does not hinder her spirit and Chib is far...
05:31 PM, Dec 03, 2010
Rizwan afflicted with cerebral palsy, was not allowed to board an Indigo Airlines flight to Mumbai in May 4. ...
01:45 PM, May 07, 2010
Meet people who didn't let Cerebral Palsy get in the way of life. ...
04:55 AM, Feb 23, 2009
Johannesburg: Cricket South Africa president Mtutuzeli Nyoka has accused CEO Gerald Majola of lying to him over the issue of Indian Premier League (IPL) bonuses paid to board officials, a media report said here on Thursday. According to posts on Talk Radio 702 breakfast host John Robbie's Twitter profile, who interviewed Nyoka on Thursday morning, the CSA president said Majola lied to him about IPL staff bonuses. Nyoka was speaking ...
12:11 PM, Dec 02, 2007
Jetlite apologises to cerebral palsy patient Rajiv Rajan. ...
06:35 PM, Jun 21, 2007
Rajiv Ranjan, a man suffering from cerebral palsy was denied permission to fly Air Sahara. ...
09:20 AM, Jun 20, 2007
Want Air Sahara to apologise for barring cerebral palsy patient in Chennai. ...
08:06 AM, Jun 20, 2007
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked Air Sahara to explain why it barred Rajiv Rajan. ...
06:14 PM, Jun 19, 2007
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