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- RTI Activism: Maharashtra: Whistleblower fears for safety, approaches cops
- RTI Happenings: TN: State Information Commission raps Corporation for RTI replies
- RTI Happenings: Kingfisher, among several airlines whose cheques to AAI have bounced
- RTI Activism: RTI query casts doubts on Deccan College appointments
- RTI Point of View: RTI Act effective tool to improve community policing: Experts
- RTI Happenings: 1,398 tainted cops: HC asks Punjab to file status report
- RTI Happenings: A bill in lakhs for info on BPL families
- RTI Happenings: RTI action makes 105 branches of leading banks become “customer-sensitive”
- RTI Happenings: उर्वशी गुलाटी होंगी हरियाणा की सूचना आयुक
- RTI Court Decision: HC notice to railways on refund worth crores to passengers
- RTI Happenings: Disclose reasons for accepting Aarushi case: CIC to CBI
- RTI Fine: Goa: Rs 7,500 penalty on labour dept public information officer by GSIC
- RTI Activism: Two sides of a tinkling coin story
- RTI Happenings: CIC miffed over delay in furnishing information on PSA
- RTI Happenings: MC clerk suspended; Delay in providing information under the RTI Act
- RTI Happenings: Absenteeism high among govt officials, finds RTI reply
- RTI Happenings: TN: Bid to get info on police booths hits roadblock
- RTI Happenings: Our Lordships flew for just Rs. 1.40 crore when the President’s trip cost Rs. 205 crore!
- RTI Happenings: AIIMS official spends Rs 20 lakh on sprucing up office, reveals RTI
- RTI Happenings: Social welfare officer on dharna seeking RTI reply
- RTI Happenings: RTI info exposes big medicine purchase scam in Bathinda hospital
- RTI Happenings: RTI applicants paying through nose literally!
- RTI Point of View: RTI threatened in Maharashtra, say activists
- RTI Happenings: Device Time-Limit for Graft Complaints: CIC to CVC
- RTI Happenings: ‘I lost my husband....others shouldn't suffer a similar fate'
- RTI Happenings: Another skeleton tumbles out of GLADA closet
- RTI Happenings: ‘RTI information denied’
- RTI Activism: Menaced by neighbours, activist remains defiant
- RTI Happenings: Govt departments take 6 months to reply to RTI queries: Survey
- RTI Activism: President Pratibha Patil's trips cost record Rs205 crore
- RTI Happenings: 23 mobile towers ‘illegal’
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: City corporation admits to turning Nag river into a nullah
- RTI Happenings: Gujarat: M S University loses 31,080 sq ft land in Padra
- RTI Happenings: Team Anna ropes in RTI network, victims’ families for fast today
- RTI Point of View: CIC feels RTI dying in Maharashtra
- RTI Happenings: TN: Vacancies make consumer courts ineffective
- RTI Happenings: Babus, netas owe Ajmer dargah guest house `4 lakh
- RTI Activism: RTI revelations Certificates of AEI principal doubtful
- RTI Court Decision: PIO gets warrant for not sticking to RTI rules
- RTI Activism: ‘Don’t scrap rail link plan between Bandra and Kurla’
- RTI Happenings: 30 Crores of Butter
- RTI Happenings: Rajasthan: MGNREGA dying a slow death in state, say activists
- RTI Activism: Over 1,300 cops lived in slums in 2010
- RTI Activism: In 2 years, number of wetlands reduce by 13
- RTI Activism: Act against those responsible for attack on RTI activists: Aruna Roy
- RTI Happenings: SIC pulls authorities over non-implementation of RTI Act
- RTI Activism: Pune civic body fails to conduct water audit for 10 years
- RTI Happenings: J&K: RTI reveals Multi-crore purchase scandals in Dental Colleges
- RTI Happenings: Dr. Tariq Islam invited over to deliver valedictory address at a UGC sponsored academic seminar
- RTI Point of View: Karnataka: Dispel wrong notions on RTI Act: Virupakshaiah
- RTI Happenings: ‘Maharasthra government is negligent when it comes to RTI’
- RTI comes to the rescue of those afraid of being targeted for filing RTI applications
- RTI Point of View: J&K: Seek specific information: SIC to RTI volunteers
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: Rs 5 cr for BMC ward office, not a penny for dump nearby
- RTI Happenings: PILs can't be based solely on RTI information: SC
- RTI Happenings: Assam: Jorhat job aspirant cries foul
- RTI Happenings: State Information Commission to help harassed RTI activists
- RTI Court Decision: Guv reports to President can be disclosed: CIC
- RTI Activism: Parliamentarians owe Rs6.27 crore to NDMC as dues towards electricity and water charges
- RTI Happenings: 3 years of RTI in J&K ACHIEVEMENTS, FAILURES AND CHALLENGES
- RTI Happenings: Metro nixes KIC order, ignores RTI plea
- RTI Happenings: Two officials in trouble over RTI case
- RTI Happenings: GLADA pays R23 lakh in excess to staff as HRA
- RTI Happenings: Reason for delay in listing of SLP can be given: CIC
- RTI Point of View: CIC S Mishra: People must know what type of info they want and how to seek it
- RTI Happenings: Delhi: ‘Men continue to travel in women’s compartment’
- RTI Happenings: Karnataka: Scholarships for students delayed
- RTI Point of View: Karnataka: RTI is a tool to realise fundamental rights: official
- RTI Activism: Karnataka: ‘RTI activists paying a heavy price for exposing mafia'
- RTI Happenings: बठिंडा में मिड डे मील की क्वालिटी पर सवाल
- RTI Happenings: Varsity depts score low on publications
- RTI Happenings: BJP ex-sarpanch accused of killing two in Halol
- RTI Happenings: When it comes to RTI fee, UP House acts pricey
- RTI Happenings: Govt rejects petition to amend RTI Act
- RTI Happenings: Biometric system leads to reduction in overtime pay
- RTI Activism: Modern-day Jhansi uses RTI to fight for justice
- RTI Happenings: मांगी गई सूचना नहीं दे रहा एएमयू का विभाग
- RTI Happenings: सूचना न देना दो महिला अफसरों को पड़ा भारी
- RTI Happenings: Officials to be fined for not erecting boards carrying work details
- RTI Happenings: MCG fumbles in RTI reply on fake voter IDs
- RTI Happenings: IIC not exempt from RTI, info panel rules
- RTI Happenings: SMC issues 5.59 lakh bill to RTI applicant
- RTI Activism: Right to Information Act activist exposes Barnala's son's role in varsity contracts
- RTI Happenings: RTI applicants in Dang 'threatened'
- RTI Court Decision: Ips अफसर के स्टडी लीव से संबंधित सूचना रोकी नह
- RTI Happenings: Reveal MP ministers Emotional Intelligence reports, rules Information Commission
- RTI Happenings: Report sought on graft charges against official
- RTI Happenings: Rs 38 lakh for rehabilitation of child labourers lying unspent
- RTI Fine: CIC fines Delhi Government official
- RTI Happenings: Give precise replies to RTI queries: Collector
- RTI Happenings: नियुक्तियों में फंसे डीआइओएस
- RTI Happenings: पुलिसवालों की पत्नियों ने पति के बारे में
- RTI Happenings: सफर में साथ छोड़ेगा रेलवे
- RTI Happenings: RTI to right the wrongs in examinations
- RTI Happenings: Nathu wins after 10 yrs (RTI comes to the rescue of farmer whose relative’s 74-acre land was grabbed by three city-based businessmen)
- RTI Happenings: ‘Property details not exempt under RTI’
- RTI Happenings: Workshop on RTI gets underway at Jagraon
- RTI Happenings: UIDAI’s contracts kept hidden behind non-disclosure clauses
- RTI Happenings: Make them accountable
- RTI Happenings: RTI queries on only 1 subject at a time: CIC
- RTI Happenings: Draft amendments may sound RTI death knell
- RTI Happenings: RTU does not give two hoots about RTI Act
- RTI Activism: How to use RTI Act for civic issues
- RTI Happenings: KPSS questions issuance of passports to separatist leaders
- RTI Happenings: Board asks teachers to be careful
- RTI Happenings: Unethical drug trials caused death of 10 gas victims: Rights groups
- RTI Activism: PMC at your service, tea worth Rs 6.5 lakh a year
- RTI Activism: Crores of celeb MP funds lie unutilised
- RTI Happenings: President commutes 4 mercy pleas for UP
- RTI Happenings: AP: Passport verification delay costs government dear
- RTI Happenings: RTI activist told to pay for info
- RTI Happenings: Under attack, applicants play it safe, swap pleas
- RTI Happenings: AP: First RTI on how CM was appointed
- RTI Improvement: Bihar: Panchayati Raj department orders voluntary disclosure of info
- RTI Court Decision: Kenya: Access To Information A Right For Kenyans Only
- RTI Happenings: Students discover true worth of RTI
- RTI Happenings: CIC can't review its orders: Information Commissioner
- RTI Happenings: 1000 रु. में देखो उतर पुस्तिका केवल 10 मिनट के लिए (
- RTI Point of View: Reply not available unacceptable: CIC
- RTI Activism: DSEK faces RTI query over Madrassa funding
- RTI Happenings: NMC admits to defunct light in RTI reply
- RTI Happenings: Railways losing heavily on unviable trains
- RTI Happenings: 'Getting information under RTI will be as easy as getting coffee'
- RTI Activism: MMRDA spent Rs 2.4 cr in 5 yrs to keep public image clean.
- RTI Point of View: Madhya Pradesh to make RTI applicants cough up more, cut word count
- RTI Happenings: TCI threatens legal action against Coal India directors
- RTI Happenings: Plaints never reach high offices
- RTI Happenings: RTI power: Man gets van-ful of information
- RTI Happenings: Indian ads raise a stink in Australia
- RTI Activism: Crib deaths a concern in Mumbai too
- RTI Activism: RTI activist asked to pay Rs 1.29 lakh for information
- RTI Happenings: ISRO refuses to share details on Nair's complaint
- RTI Happenings: RTI must reach out rural areas, Anuradha Chagti
- RTI Point of View: सही उद्देश्य के लिए हो आरटीआइ का प्रयोग
- RTI Activism: All commerce and no play
- RTI Activism: Kerala: RTI activists to stage dharna on March 13
- RTI Happenings: कलक्ट्रेट में लाइव होगा पीएमओ
- RTI Happenings: PM Singh undisputed no 1 even in absentia
- RTI Activism: Bandra bldg in focus after Kripa raid
- RTI Happenings: On a 325-km hunt for medicines
- RTI Happenings: Institutes refuse RTI replies till CIC reminds govt aid
- RTI Happenings: संशोधन किया तो फंसेंगे
- RTI Improvement: Kerala: RTI awareness among rural population from Mar 12
- RTI Happenings: PM Manmohan Singh, Sonia 'Differ' on RTI Act
- RTI Happenings: Corporation waste claims prove to be total rubbish
- RTI Activism: Madhya Pradesh: Mining mafia rules as govt sleeps
- RTI Happenings: Karnataka: BBMP has no building plan, PID for its HQ
- RTI Happenings: Kerala: Activist feels vindicated for nailing Arunkumar
- RTI Happenings: Former bureaucrat asks Andhra government to disclose info on public lands
- RTI Happenings: BJP MLA accused of giving false info to Lokayukta
- RTI Happenings: Govt cannot deny info on rule framing, says CIC
- RTI Improvement: Delhi: Booklet to tell you how your MP, MLA spent their funds
- RTI Activism: Bihar: Murder blame on cops, rural chief
- RTI Happenings: Exercise of right to information faces hurdles
- RTI Court Decision: Article: HC fines man Rs 50,000 for seeking private info under RTI
- RTI Happenings: Karnataka: KIC imposes Rs. 10,000 fine on ex-PIO
- RTI Happenings: Karnataka: Information commission issues notice to KSHRC
- RTI Happenings: Reorganisation Act’s 60:40 norm does not apply to babus: RTI info
- RTI Happenings: State Information Commission questions blocking of thoroughfare
- RTI Point of View: CIC comes to the aid of RTI activists
- RTI Happenings: बीएचयू में पढ़ाया जाएगा आरटीआइ!
- RTI Activism: उतरपुस्तिका दिखाने में कमाई का जुगाड, अवलí
- RTI Happenings: Lokpal meetings: CIC directs Centre to return funds for audio recording
- RTI Activism: 'Transfer of many civic officials only on paper'
- RTI Happenings: Differently-abled people seen as threat by aviation security
- RTI Happenings: AP: Workshop on RTI held
- RTI Happenings: Bihar govt refuses to divulge names of tainted cops
- RTI Happenings: RTI ACT; PSPCL fails to provide info, pulled up
- RTI Happenings: GLADA ignores govt order, pays HRA in excess
- RTI Activism: Inspection of answersheet in Rs. 500/- ( Rajasthan University)
- RTI Happenings: ‘PMO does not archive PM’s speeches’ ‘PMO does not archive PM’s speeches’
- RTI Happenings: PGI makes mockery of RTI Act
- RTI Happenings: Show answersheets under RTI: Info panel
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: Why do traffic helplines never work? 15-year-old files RTI to find out
- No time bar for refill of Gas Cylinder
- RTI Improvement: J & K: HC reduces fee on RTI applications
- RTI Happenings: No excuses for denying RTI info: CIC to officers
- RTI Happenings: Corporator say RTI Act being misused
- RTI Happenings: Sale of property; GLADA gamble fails to pay off
- RTI Activism: CR reply to RTI: Contractor doesn't want to give info
- RTI Point of View: Ex-CIC asks govts for voluntary disclosure of information
- RTI Activism: HC notices on PIL challenging appointment of IC
- RTI Happenings: Government denies information to Central Information Commission
- RTI Happenings: RTI activist missing from east Delhi
- RTI Activism: ‘My RTI queries blew the lid off the sad state of affairs’
- RTI Happenings: Action Against Those Harassing RTI Applicants: Nitish
- RTI Happenings: CIC Raps MCD on Illegal Constructions
- RTI Happenings: Furnish excavation report on Ayodhya, says CIC to ASI
- RTI Happenings: UP power minister had a fleet of 26 car
- RTI Happenings: ‘Revealing info on civic amenities can trigger law and order problem’
- RTI Happenings: Right to Information: Seeping to the capillaries
- RTI Happenings: Kerala Press Academy to host workshop on RTI
- RTI Happenings: President’s 4,498 sq ft retirement home is spread over 2 lakh sq ft
- RTI Happenings: रॉ प्रमुख की नियुक्ति फाइल होगी सार्वजनिक
- RTI Point of View: आरटीआई : बहुत कुछ मिला, बहुत कुछ पाना बाकी है.
- RTI Happenings: State Information Commission to hold two-day meet on RTI Act
- RTI Happenings: Odisha: A two day RTI workshop ends
- RTI Happenings: Former ISRO chief refused info under RTI query on his blacklisting
- RTI Happenings: Information Com has no figures of RTI harassed applicants
- Excuses like shortage of staff, extra-work, cannot be accepted as grounds for declining to supply information under rti act
- RTI Happenings: Despite SC judgment, HSC Board refuses copy of answer sheet under RTI
- RTI Happenings: Cops asked to protect 'honest' RTI activists
- RTI Happenings: Ex-Mumbai Congress chief Kripashankar Singh lies to Election Commission
- RTI Happenings: J & K: No sanction by Centre for prosecution under AFSPA: J-K govt
- RTI Happenings: Godhra riots: 10 years after communal violence, Gujarat still shielding government staff
- RTI Activism: BMRCL sits on RTI query for 4 months
- RTI Happenings: RTI reveals inter-ward transfer of voters names
- RTI Happenings: RTI activist selected for fellowship
- RTI Happenings: Gujarat's ‘green’ signal for GM maize trials
- RTI Court Decision: third partyinformation judgement
- RTI Happenings: GLADA fails to deposit education cess in treasury
- RTI Happenings: CIC summons CS over RTI implementation
- RTI Happenings: Mumbai ACB facing manpower crisis, 44 % posts vacant: RTI info
- RTI Happenings: Rs3,461crore PF money lie unclaimed
- RTI Happenings: Every non-government organisation (NGO) and Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project should come under purview of the Right To Information Act, a pan
- RTI Happenings: Gujarat: Ghost beneficiaries galore under NREGA in Amreli village
- RTI Improvement: Karnataka: You won’t need to use RTI Act to glean info from Bescom
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: Prabhadevi building to be cut down to size
- RTI Activism: Forget RTI, it’s varsity raj – DNA’s Special Report exposed RTU
- RTI Activism: Maharashtra: RTI activist shot dead in Virar
- RTI Point of View: Freedom of speech laws expose corruption in India
- RTI Happenings: मुख्*य सूचना आयुक्*त ने तहसीलदार समेत तीन प
- RTI Happenings: CIC to have 3 new information commissioners
- RTI Happenings: APIC to allow RTI queries on telephone, internet
- RTI Happenings: MCX ready to come under RTI Act; other exchanges still reluctant
- RTI Happenings: Original landowner says BMC stonewalled queries
- RTI Activism: Promotion of Right to Information in Pakistan – struggling from a common platform
- RTI Point of View: Government, judiciary not interested in RTI disclosures: CIC Satyananda Mishra
- RTI Court Decision: SIC reserves order on JK Bank
- RTI Happenings: RTI activist gets Jindal award in Delhi
- RTI Happenings: होमगार्ड महकमे में 350 रुपये की नौकरी पर नसीम&
- RTI Happenings: सूचना आयोग के आदेशों को लगाया पलीता
- RTI Activism: Slumdweller brought down Mumbai city Cong chief.
- RTI Happenings: MC accused of flouting RTI regulations
- RTI Happenings: Ludhiana MC in soup in RTI case ‘goof-up’
- RTI Happenings: Sonia Gandhi cites privacy, refuses to disclose info on I-T returns
- RTI Happenings: Ghanaians urge to support Right to Information Law
- RTI Happenings: RTI Queries Don't Affect Govt. Work
- RTI Happenings: LIC forfeits money lying in 4.42 crore lapsed policies
- RTI Happenings: RTI Forum hails HC judgment
- Ludhiana MC not so ‘net savvy’ Website not updated post-December
- RTI Happenings: Punjab PWD ignoring RTI Act instructions
- RTI Happenings: Many kidnapping cases in Mumbai involve eloping with minor girls
- RTI Happenings: Private school building in Ardee City an illegal construction: RTI
- RTI Activism: AP: RTI lessons for Class VIII students unlikely next year
- RTI Fine: UP: Polytechnic comes under scanner for RTI imbroglio
- RTI Happenings: बगैर बजट वाले समारोहों पर लगेगी लगाम, सूचन
- RTI Happenings: MP: 6 ‘tainted’ in IAS probables
- RTI Happenings: India’s kindest president commutes 23 death penalty to life term
- RTI Happenings: रॉबर्ट वढेरा को सुरक्षा जांच में विशेष छूé