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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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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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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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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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CPI-M MP John Brittas says Data Protection Act 'infringes' on RTI Act
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
CPI-M MP John Brittas claimed that the Digital Data Protection Act "infringes" on the Right to Information Act, while Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said that the Act had "devastated" another Parliamentary Act, the Right to Information Act.
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Ashwini Vaishnaw refutes Jairam Ramesh's claim, says Data Protection Act i
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, is in harmony with principles of transparency in public life as enacted in the Right to Information (RTI) Act, Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in a letter addressed to Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh.
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Congress to challenge Waqf Bill in Supreme Court: Jairam Ramesh
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In a post on the social media platform X, Ramesh outlined the party's ongoing legal actions, stating that the party was already challenging several laws in the Supreme Court, including the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) of 2019, amendments to the Right to Information (RTI) Act of 2005, a
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SC to hear in April pleas to bring political parties under RTI
Updated : 1 year ago IST
A bench of Chief Justice of India and Justice Sanjay Kumar asked all the parties to complete all the pleadings in the case and post the matter for hearing in the week starting April 21.
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MUDA Scam: RTI activist levels fresh allegations against Karnataka CM
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
In yet another serious allegation levelled against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in connection with the alleged MUDA scam, Social Activist Snehamayi Krishna on Tuesday claimed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah influenced the allotment of the plot.
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Uttarakhand Governor Gurmit Singh felicitates Information officers on the
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
On the occasion of the 19th anniversary of the Right to Information Act, Uttarakhand Governor Gurmit Singh felicitated the Public Information Officers and First Appellate Officers of the state who have done commendable work
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