Indian girl blinded for not answering in class

A teacher who blinded a girl by inserting a pin into one of her eyes in central India will be charged with attempted murder, officials said today.

Police in the state of Chhattisgarh said the school teacher used a pin to prick the 6-year-old girl's right eye after she failed to answer a question in class. Read more...................Indian girl blinded for not answering in class

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'Blind faith' blinds people, looking for vision of Mary

In Kottayam city in Kerala state of India, reports of a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary in the sky have led about 50 people to blind themselves by staring at the sun.

The visions are said to appear over the former home of a hotel owner in the Kottayam area in southeast India, The Daily Telegraph reported. One hospital in the district reported 48 patients had been admitted with burned retinas since last week, as per the newspaper.

Churches have warned their congregations that looking at the sun will cause permanent blindness and have told them the supposed miracle is not one. Before moving out, the hotel owner reportedly had also claimed to have statues of the Virgin Mary that cried honey and bled oils and perfumes.

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A blind man's journey from peak to peak at 18,000 ft

A visually impaired 42-year-old man, Atul Ranjan Sahay is a mountaineer now preparing to take on a difficult terrain above 18,000 ft this mid-year. Last year he had taken up a treacherous 70-km Mangti-Adi Kailash (16,300 feet) trek in Uttarakhand. This year it would be above 18000 ft, Sahay said. Read more.........................A blind man's journey from peak to peak

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Miracle - Blind woman gets eyesight at 'Golden Temple'

Amritsar which literally means "pool of nectar" is the name of a Sikh holy city located in the northern Indian state of Punjab, where "The Golden Temple" or Darbar Sahib is situated. It is the most sacred temple for Sikhs. Over here people believe that miracles do happen when prayers are done with devotion.

As per one India TV channel report, a woman from Sangrur in Punjab, has claimed that her lost eyesight has been restored after she took a dip in the ‘Sarovar /Sacred pool’ near the Dukh Bhanjani Ber at the Golden Temple one-and-a-half years ago.

As per Jatinder Kaur," She had lost her eyesight about eight years ago and. Despite treatment from various doctors, she could barely see. "Earlier I just couldn’t move about without any help but now I can go anywhere by myself," she said.

Jatinder’s father, Malwinder Singh, said it remains a mystery as to how she got her eyesight back. The temple’s head ‘granthi’, Giani Gurbachan Singh, said, "Miracles have been happening."

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