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"Is it RTI's turn to get murdered?": Mallikarjun Kharge slams Modi Governm
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
In a post on X, Kharge said the Survey's suggestions, including a possible ministerial veto on disclosures and shielding service records, transfers and staff reports of bureaucrats, reflected the government's intent to dilute public accountability. "The Economic Survey has called for 're-
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"Congress hypocrisy exposed": Telangana BJP chief Ramchander Rao on Revant
Updated : 2 months ago IST
"BJP doesn't approve of any default in fines or traffic rule violations. However, the CM of Telangana has stated that those who violate traffic rules will have their accounts automatically synchronised with the RTI department and their fines deducted," Rao said.
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"Championed transparency through RTI, upheld dignity of work through MGNRE
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Manmohan Singh passed away at the age of 92 due to age-related medical issues in Delhi on December 26, 2024. He was cremated with full state honours at Nigambodh Ghat in Delhi's Kashmere Gate on December 28, in the presence of his family, friends, colleagues, and government dignitaries. Read More
NGT orders halt on tree felling after massive tree cutting for Bhopal's Ay
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The order came on December 22 after petitioner and RTI activist Nitin Saxena approached the tribunal, alleging large-scale violations in the clearance process for the project being executed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
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"RTI reveals liquor licence issued at Siri Fort Sports Complex": AAP MP Sa
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Raising the issue before the House and urging the Union Health Minister to intervene, he said it was "shocking" that the same administration that suspended 28 members in 2018 for drinking inside the complex has now granted a licence for alcohol sales.
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Pakistan's soaring violence against women exposes institutional collapse
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The data, obtained through the Right to Information (RTI) law from the Punjab Police, highlights the persistent and widespread nature of abuse across the province, as reported by The Express Tribune.
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Delhi HC seeks DU's objections on delay condonation pleas in appeals over
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed Delhi University to file its objections to the applications seeking condonation of delay in a set of appeals challenging the single-judge order that had set aside the Central Information Commission's (CIC) 2016 direction to disclose details of Pr
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Assam CIC Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta resigns citing moral grounds amid RTI prob
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Assam's Chief Information Commissioner and former state DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta has resigned from his position as the state's Chief Information Commissioner (CIC), citing "moral grounds".
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Congress credits Sonia, Manmohan for RTI, accuses BJP of weakening law thr
Updated : 5 months ago IST
As the Right to Information (RTI) Act completed 20 years since its implementation on October 12, 2005, senior Congress leaders on Sunday credited former Congress President Sonia Gandhi and then former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for introducing one of India's most transformative transpa
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"Revolutionary legislation": Congress' Jairam Ramesh on 20 years of RTI Ac
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The Congress MP was addressing a press conference in the national capital, where he stated that the UPA government brought several other revolutionary legislations apart from the RTI bill during the 2004 and 2014 periods.
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"Consistently eroded since 2014": DK Shivakumar slams Centre as RTI Act co
Updated : 5 months ago IST
As the Right to Information Act, 2005, completed 20 years of coming into force, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) chief DK Shivakumar on Sunday slammed the Centre, alleging an "erosion" of the RTI since 2014.
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"Election Commission is duty-bound to respond": AAP Delhi President Saurab
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
While talking to ANI, Saurabh Bharadwaj said, "Even if an ordinary person levels any allegation based on facts, as a constitutional body, the Election Commission is duty-bound to respond. If even a labourer asks a question under RTI, whether it is the Prime Minister's Office or the office
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