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RTI Keepers become a threat to the whole act
Rti :: Serbia | 23 days ago
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The Right to Information Act is being threatened by its very keepers. Information commissioners are making applicants wait for months for final judgements , especially on politically-sensitive matters. The working of the Central Information
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City anchor: Soon, watch live on web all that goes on in the Assembly
New Delhi :: India | 2 months ago
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The Delhi government is preparing to render a live telecast of all House proceedings on the Internet. The National Informatics Centre (NIC) will develop the software for the project, which was recently approved by the Delhi IT department. Delhi
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Inform RTI applicants about additional fees: DoPT
Rti :: Serbia | 3 months ago
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The Centre has asked all departments under it to ensure that RTI applicants are informed in time about payment of additional fees as photocopying charges and others. The directive came after the Central Information Commission (CIC) approached the
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'Advani vetoed former DGP''s name as central info commissioner''
Ahmedabad :: India | 4 months ago
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Advani vetoed former DGPs name as central info commissioner '+google_ads[i].line2 +' '+google_ads[i].line3 + ' Top BJP leader L K Advani vetoed former Gujarat DGP R B Sreekumar's name for the post of information commissioner in the Central
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Judiciary?s assault on democracy
New Delhi :: India | 4 months ago
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The Supreme Court ruling on the eligibility criteria for Information Commissioners is based on absurd reasoning and subverts the will of Parliament The judgment delivered on September 13, 2012 by Justice Swatanter Kumar, on behalf of himself and
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Mumbai: Joint CP denied info by the dept he heads
Rti :: Serbia | 5 months ago
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Call it the callous attitude that prevails in the police force or the fact that when it comes to transparency even the high and mighty in the force can't get their way through. This was seen recently when Hemant Nagrale, joint commissioner of police (
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CIC: No RTI on govt lawyer
Rti :: Serbia | 5 months ago
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A full bench of the Central Information Commission (CIC) has decided that the Attorney General is not a public authority under the RTI Act...He renders legal advice to the government which is not binding in nature...The decision was issued while
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Consult Swamy before disclosing letter: CIC
Rti :: Serbia | 5 months ago
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The Central Information Commission has directed the president's Secretariat to take views of Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy before making public his letter to the then president APJ Abdul Kalam in 2004 on the selection of prime minister when
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Over 27,000 cases pending before CIC
Rti :: Serbia | 5 months ago
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Over 27,000 cases under Right to Information Act are pending for hearing before the Central Information Commission even as each commissioner, on an average, is disposing over 2,800 cases each year, Lok Sabha was informed today. In a written reply,
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RTI applicant from 'Taboot' Street wants Taliban's address
Rti :: Serbia | 6 months ago
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The question seeking details of contact information about dreaded terror group in Afghanistan was directed at Supreme Court by a curious RTI applicant based in 'Taboot' (Urdu word for coffin) Street in Pune. RTI applicant Kailash Pyarelal Nanda
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