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- NGO moves apex court against curtailed RTI access, high fee
New Delhi, May 15: An NGO today moved the Supreme Court, seeking the quashing of the rules framed by the Allahabad High Court restricting access to information under the Right to Information Ac....
- 'RTI should be used to strengthen the government'
Mumbai, May 9: The Right to Information Act (RTI) must be used to strengthen the government, National Minorities Commission Chairman Wajahat Habibullah said here today.
He was address....
- RTI activist assaulted in Bihar
Patna, April 5: A Right to Information (RTI) activist was assaulted by government officials in Bihar's Rohtas district after he sought information about illegal mining, police said today.
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- States empowered to frame RTI rules
New Delhi, Nov 23: Different states are empowered to frame appeal procedure rules under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the Lok Sabha was told today.
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- BCCI has to come under RTI for own benefit: Maken
New Delhi, Nov 14: Union Sports minister Ajay Maken today said he hoped to get the national sports bill passed by parliament during its winter session and pointed out that the Board of Control ....
- Over 7,500 Pakistanis overstayed in India: RTI
New Delhi, Nov 14: As many as 7,691 Pakistanis and 32,644 Bangladeshis were found to be overstaying in India even after their visas expired, a Right to Information (RTI) reply has revealed.
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- RTI implementation needs strengthening: Habibullah
New Delhi, Oct 19: National Commission for Minorities Chairperson Wajahat Habibullah today said there is a need to strengthen the process of implementation of the Right to Information Act.
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- RTI weaknesses need to be addressed: Veerappa Moily
Kolkata, Oct 17: Corporate Affairs Minister Veerappa Moily today said certain "inbuilt weaknesses" in the Right to Information (RTI) Act need to be addressed, adding that the bureaucrac....
- Government toed Union Carbide's line on compensation: RTI
Bhopal, Oct 17: Just months after the 1984 gas leak at Union Carbide's plant here, the Indian government agreed to the "terms" set by the company on compensation to be paid to vict....
- Efforts to dilute RTI must be resisted, says Aruna Roy
Panaji, Oct 15: Right to Information (RTI) activist Aruna Roy today took Prime Minister Manmohan Singh head today, saying that efforts to dilute the RTI Act by the "prime minister or anyon....
- PM calls for critical review of RTI
New Delhi, Oct 14: Calling for a critical look at the Right to Information (RTI) Act, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the law should not adversely affect the deliberative processes in....
- Court dismisses petition to include CBI under RTI
Chennai, Sep 10: The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) petition challenging the central government's notification exempting Central Bureau of Investig....
- Governor not in RTI ambit? Court asks for affidavit
Panaji, July 18: The Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court today asked the Goa governor to state on oath that he, the president of India and speakers of state assemblies have no executive powe....
- CBI Exempted from RTI: High Court Issues Notice to Government
New Delhi, June 24: The Madras High Court has issued a notice to central government on exclusion of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) ....
- RTI query on assets of former CJI Balakrishnan
New Delhi, June 9: A Right to Information (RTI) appeal was been filed today seeking complete detail of assets and income of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Justice K.G. Balakri....
- PMO sees 8,400 percent rise in RTI pleas
New Delhi, May 15: People are seeking answers, even if it means asking the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) some tough questions. The number of Right to Information (RTI) applications filed wi....
- RTI queries on Balakrishnan's assets pile up
New Delhi, May 2: India's apex human rights body gets about 40 RTI queries a month. But of late, the number has shot up to almost 200. And a lot of them have to do with former chief justice....
- RTI activist attacked in Maharashtra
Satara (Maharashtra), April 18: A Right to Information (RTI) activist and member of Anna Hazare's anti-graft movement was injured after an unidentified assailant attacked him with a sword i....
- More citizens should use RTI, urges activist
Mumbai, April 16: Involvement of more citizens in gaining information through the Right to Information (RTI) Act will pressurise authorities to disclose information voluntarily, RTI activist As....
- Wrong information under RTI to land officials in trouble
Chandigarh, March 20: Providing wrong information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act could prove costly with a senior Haryana official directing that action be taken against erring staff.....
- Activists demand public audit for all government expenditure
Shillong, March 12: All government expenditure must be subject to a public audit and armed forces should not be exempt from scrutiny under the Right to Information (RTI) act, a resolution adopt....
- About 20,000 RTI applications pending
Shillong, March 11: There are about 20,000 Right To Information (RTI) applications pending before the central information commission, former chief information commissioner of India Wajahat Habi....
- Over 15,000 RTI appeals pending with information commission
New Delhi, Feb 24: More than 15,000 appeals under the Right to Information Act (RTI) are pending with the Central Information Commission (CIC), Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, P....
- Using Right to Information Act difficult for us, says Indians abroad
New Delhi, Jan 16: Living overseas for education, employment or other reasons, Indians abroad find it difficult to use the Right to Information (RTI) Act due to the cumbersome fee-payment proce....
- Fellowships for RTI activists in India
New Delhi, Dec 10: The personnel and training department will give five short-term fellowships to professionals from journalism, civil society, and research and training in the field of Right t....
- Government has no data on Swiss bank money: RTI activist told
New Delhi, Sep 16: There is no verifiable data about the quantum of Indian money kept in Swiss banks, the government has told a Right to Information (RTI) activist.
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- RTI query reveals rot in Goa Police ranks
Panaji, Sep 13: More than 50 percent of the superintendents of police in Goa have faced disciplinary action, and only 19 percent of police inspectors have a clean record, documents obtained und....
- Ministers' assets: RTI activist says PMO withholding details
New Delhi, Aug 29: A right to information (RTI) activist has urged the Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah to question the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) for not giving details....
- Need freedom from self-serving politicians: RTI activist
New Delhi, Aug 14: The urgent need of the country is freedom from self-serving leaders who run politics as commercial shops, prominent Right To Information (RTI) activist Subash Chandra Aggarwa....
- Seven complaints from RTI users, says government
New Delhi, Aug 11: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has got at least seven complaints of harassment and threat from users of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, parliament was informed ....
- Food grains rot in FCI godowns across India
New Delhi, July 27: Heaps of food grains are rotting in Food Corporation of India (FCI) godowns across the country due to apathetic attitude of the authorities concerned, reveals a right to inf....
- Debate over whether Goa church should be brought under RTI
Panaji, July 27: Should the church in Goa be brought under the purview of the Right to Information Act? At present, the government says the decision is beyond its authority as the Vatican is a ....
- Rally in Delhi to protest killing of RTI activist
New Delhi, July 23: Social organisations from across the country will hold a rally in the capital on Monday to protest the murder of Right to Information (RTI) activist Amit Jethwa in Ahemdabad....
- Shortest mercy plea decision - in six days
New Delhi, July 15: While the limelight is on parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's clemency petition pending for four years, the Indian president had once decided on a mercy plea in less ....
- Nearly 98 percent of stolen mobiles untraced
New Delhi, July 12: Nearly 98 percent of mobile phones reported lost or stolen in the national capital in 2008-09 are yet to be traced, posing a grave security threat, a right to information (R....
- New system of cheque clearing causing trouble: RTI applicant
New Delhi, July 1: A new system of cheque clearing under which scanned copies of cheques are transmitted by collecting banks to drawee banks instead of sending them physically is causing a lot ....
- Tripura transparency panel violating law: RTI activist
Agartala, June 2: A Right to Information activist today asked Tripura Governor D.Y. Patil to stop the functioning of the state information commission (SIC) in violation of the law.
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- Companies using government funds under RTI: Court
New Delhi, May 14: The Delhi High Court today ruled that even those companies in which the government has a minority stake can be brought under the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act....
- Any government-funded public authority is under RTI: Court
New Delhi, May 10: The Delhi High Court today said that any public authority, if funded by the government by any means, falls under the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
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- Civil services topper, an ardent RTI activist
New Delhi, May 9: For Shah Faesal, the first Kashmiri to top the civil services examination, joining the country's most elite service may have been his biggest dream, but there is another s....
- Jullender, Simla were never changed to Jalandhar, Shimla
New Delhi, May 2: Colonial era spellings of names of cities like "Jullender" and "Simla" were never changed to Jalandhar and Shimla, the union home ministry has revealed in repl....
- 'Political appointments have jeopardized RTI in Uttar Pradesh'
Lucknow: Politicisation of appointments in the State Information Commission have jeopardized the enforcement of Right to Information (RTI) Act in Uttar Pradesh, activists said here today.
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- RTI activist told not to reveal information on Padma awards
New Delhi: The home ministry has asked a Right to Information (RTI)activist not to share information about the prestigious Padma awards with the media even when there is no such provision in th....
- National Sports Federations brought under RTI Act
New Delhi: The government said today that all National Sports Federations (NSFs) receiving a grant of Rs.1 million or more will be considered a public authority and will come under the Right to....
- CIC tosses out 'staff shortage' excuse, fines official
New Delhi: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that excuses like "shortage of staff and work overload" cannot be considered as reasons for not providing information under....
- Gujarat gets two new RTI commissioners
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat State Information Commission (GSIC), which was functioning only with a chief information commissioner so far, has got two new information commissioners following the hi....
- Law ministry unaware of judges' files: RTI reply
New Delhi: The law ministry has no list of judges whose files for being elevated to the Supreme Court were returned at least once by the president. Nor is it aware of who might have this inform....
- Tytler, Renuka among former MPs still occupying government flats
New Delhi: As many as 22 government bungalows or flats are occupied by high profile politicians and VIPs, the union Urban Development Ministry said in reply to a Right to Information (RTI) appl....
- Reveal perks of NACIL top brass: CIC
New Delhi: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked the National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL), which operates national carrier Air India, to reveal the details of perks, ....
- 'Social audit of development schemes necessary'
Patna: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, the country's supreme audit institution, today suggested 'social audit' of all government-sponsored development schemes, l....
- DJB website should have water supply timings: CIC
New Delhi: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to display water supply timings on their website.
The decision came on an appeal filed by Naren....
- Use RTI with a sense of responsibility, says CIC
New Delhi: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has advised people to use "some restraint in the number of queries" filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act while criticising ....
- Air passengers' identities can not be revealed: Central Information Commission
New Delhi: The Central Information Commission has decided that information regarding the identities of passengers of flights can not be disclosed as per the Right to Information Act. The main r....
- Vir Sanghvi, Pritish Nandy to use RTI on Chetwal Padma Bhushan scam
New Delhi: Government's decision to award the prestigious Padma Bhushan to NRI hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal has not only offended BJP but also the leading names in the field of media. Pritis....
- 'No appeal yet against high court ruling on CJI's office'
New Delhi: The Supreme Court registry today said that it was yet to file an appeal challenging the Delhi High Court's Jan 12 ruling declaring the office of the chief justice of India within....
- Why is Habibullah still information chief, ask RTI activists
New Delhi: A group of Right to Information (RTI) activists has served a legal notice on the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) over Wajahat Habibullah continuing as chief information commissione....
- Full apex court to decide on RTI appeal
New Delhi: Chief Justice Of India K.G. Balakrishnan today said the decision to appeal against the Delhi High Court's verdict, bringing his office within the ambit of the Right to Informatio....
- Legal fraternity hail RTI verdict, some warn of misuse
New Delhi: The legal fraternity today hailed the Delhi High Court judgement holding the Chief Justice of India's (CJI) office within the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, saying ....
- Congress, BJP keep mum on high court's RTI order
New Delhi: The Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) did not make a direct comment on the Delhi High Court judgment today on the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) coming within the....
- Right to Information covers office of Chief Justice of India: High court
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today upheld its single bench order that the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) comes within the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act and detail....
- Historic, say RTI activists after ruling on apex judges' assets
New Delhi: Right to Information (RTI) activists from across the country today hailed the Delhi High Court's ruling upholding its single bench order that the office of the Chief Justice of I....
- Chronology of judges' assets case
New Delhi: Following is a chronology of the case that put judges' assets under the Right to Information (RTI) Act:
Nov 11, 2007: RTI activist S.C. Agrawal files a plea in the Supr....
- Cabinet nod to amending Right to Education Act
New Delhi: Fulfilling a long standing demand of the disabled community, the union cabinet today agreed to amend the Right to Education Act to include handicapped children under its ambit.
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- 75 percent people dissatisfied with information under RTI
New Delhi: As much as 75 percent of citizens were dissatisfied with the quality of information provided under Right to Information Act, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Gr....
- 19 citizens in line for best RTI user award
New Delhi: A cloth trader's Right to Information (RTI) application started a nationwide debate on the declaration of assets by judges while a professor forced the Indian Institutes of Techn....
- 'Reveal file notings on Kalam's letter on Padma awards'
New Delhi: The Central Information Commission (CIC) today directed the President's Secretariat to give 'file notings' related to a letter former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam wrote i....
- Three officials in line for best information officer award
New Delhi: A government official in Dehradun, another in Mahbubnagar in Andhra Pradesh and a police official in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh have aided transparency in governance by prov....
- Opposition slams proposal to hike RTI fees in Bihar
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar came in for criticism from opposition parties today for proposing a change in the fee structure of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, wherein a petitio....
- Make RTI Act available in all Indian languages: Vice President
New Delhi: Vice President Hamid Ansari on Tuesday expressed concern over unavailability of information on the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, or the act itself in 22 official languages of....
- RTI can improve public services: President
New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil on Monday said Right to Information (RTI) Act can be instrumental in bringing about improvement in public services, delivery systems and mechanisms but shoul....
- Four years on, RTI a powerful weapon for ordinary Indians
New Delhi: Thanks to Right to Information (RTI) Act 30-year-old daily wager suffering from kidney stones was finally able to get himself operated at a government hospital after doing the rounds....
- My office out of RTI Act's purview: Chief justice
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan on Friday asserted that his office was out of the purview of the country's transparency law, the Right to Information Act.
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- Reveal 'file notings' under RTI, demand activists
New Delhi: RTI activists have demanded that jottings on official files, or "file notings" as they are called, should be revealed under the Right To Information (RTI) Act.
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- RTI query? Tune into FM radio
New Delhi: You usually tune into FM radio for Bollywood hits and chartbusters. Now you have one reason more. Tune into the weekly programme that recently started on FM-rainbow (102.6 mhz) and....
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