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Lok Sabha passes Bill to amend RTI Act after division
Updated : 6 years, 7 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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RTI (Amendment) bill doesn't compromise autonomy, only enables legislation
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Terming any conception regarding Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 as "wrong and motivated", Minister of State (MoS) for Prime Minister's Office, Jitendra Singh on Monday said that the bill will not compromise the autonomy of the original act and w
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Azam Khan defamation case transferred to Prayagraj
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 22 (ANI): A criminal defamation case filed by IPS officer Amitabh Thakur against ex-minister and Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan has been transferred to special MP-MLA Court, Prayagraj according to Nutan Thakur, an RTI activist.
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Do not respond to concerns of members who speak and leave: Speaker tells m
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday asked Union Minister Jitendra Singh not to respond to concerns of members on RTI amendment bill if they have left the House after delivering their speech.
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Lok Sabha takes up discussion on RTI amendment bill
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI) Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh moved the RTI amendment bill for consideration and passage in Lok Sabha on Monday saying it is aimed at streamlining and institutionalising the functioning of information commis
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Decision to amend RTI Act is a bad move: Arvind Kejriwal
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that the decision to amend the Right to Information (RTI) Act is not a correct move as it will end the independence of Central and State Information Commissions.
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RTI amendment bill introduced in Lok Sabha after division
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI) The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 which seeks to give the central government power to fix the tenure and salaries of information commissioners was introduced in the Lok Sabha after a division.
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Mumbai: 242 killed, 818 injured in over 2,900 building collapse incidents
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 17 (ANI): As many as 242 people were killed and 818 were injured in over 2,900 incidents of building collapse in Mumbai between 2013 and 2018, an RTI reply has said.
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SBI waives off NEFT, RTGS charges to boost e-transactions
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 12 (ANI): State Bank of India on Friday announced waiving off charges on IMPS, NEFT and RTGS transactions through internet and mobile banking after the Reserve Bank of India decided to do so in a bid to move the country towards a less-cash economy.
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BJP MP, six others get life term for murder of RTI activist
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], July 11 (ANI): A special CBI court on Thursday sentenced former BJP lawmaker Dinu Solanki and six others to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of an RTI activist Amit Jethwa.
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Tadvi suicide: Hospital received 4 ragging complaints but met students onl
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 8 (ANI): Months after the suicide of Payal Tadvi, a doctor who ended her life over alleged harassment and casteist abuse by senior colleagues, an RTI reply has made a shocking revelation that the hospital had received four ragging complaints in the past fiv
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Justice after a long struggle, says slain RTI activist Amit Jethva's fathe
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], July 7 (ANI): The father of slain Right to Information (RTI) activist Amit Jethva welcomed a special CBI court's verdict on Saturday, which held seven people, including former MP Dinu Solanki guilty of murdering him in 2010.
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