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Delhi HC seeks Centre's response on 2006 Mumbai train blast convict's plea
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 13 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Centre to file a reply on the plea of 2006 Mumbai train bombings case convict, who has challenged the Central Information Commission (CIC) order declining him permission to seek information related to a 2007 notificati
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UK govt accidentally posts home addresses of over 1,000 New Year Honours r
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec 29 (ANI): The United Kingdom government has accidentally published the home addresses of more than 1,000 New Year Honours recipients including celebrities like Elton John and Ben Stokes.
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SC asks Centre to fill vacant posts in Central Information Commission with
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) Dec 16 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Central government to fill up the vacant posts in the Central Information Commission (CIC) within three months.
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SC seeks status report on non-filling of vacancies of Information Commissi
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre and state government to submit a status report on the non-filling of the vacancies in Central Information Commission (CIC) and State Information Commissions (SICs) within four weeks.
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RTI activists file plea in SC saying government not filling up vacancies i
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 1 (ANI): RTI activists have filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking directions for Centre to take immediate steps to fill the vacancies in the Central Information Commission (CIC) by making the appointment of four Information Commissioners in a transparent an
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Modi government sees RTI an obstacle to majotarian agenda, amendments aime
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 31 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said that Modi government has viewed the Right to Information (RTI) as "an obstacle to enforcing their majoritarian agenda" and that the amendments to the Act enacted by it will ensure that no information commiss
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Radha Krishna Mathur appointed as Lt Governor of Ladakh
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Ladakh [India], Oct 25 (ANI): Former Chief Information Commissioner Radha Krishna Mathur was on Friday appointed the first Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, which will formally come into existence as Union Territory on October 31.
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Karnataka Information Commission's SICs write to Guv, demand action agains
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Oct 19 (ANI): State Information Commissioners of the Karnataka Information Commission have submitted a representation to Governor Vajubhai Vala demanding action against Chief Information Commissioner, NC Srinivasa.
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Disclosure of information should increase which would reduce RTI applicati
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 12 (ANI): Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Sudhir Bhargava on Saturday said that the commission is urging officials to put up as much information as possible on the government websites so that Right to Information (RTI) applications reduce in the long run.
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RTI Act a milestone in India's democratic journey: Shah
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 12 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday that the RTI Act was a big milestone in country's journey of democracy and has helped bridge the gap between the people and administration.
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Lok Sabha passes RTI amendment bill as opposition targets government
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 23 (ANI) : The Lok Sabha on Monday passed a Bill after division that allows the Central government to notify the term of office for the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and Information Commissioners (ICs) with the Opposition slamming the measure as diluting the
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Lok Sabha passes Bill to amend RTI Act after division
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Monday passed a Bill after division that allows the Central government to notify the term of office for the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and Information Commissioners (ICs) with the Opposition slamming the measure as diluting the
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