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- RTI Point of View: Proper implementation of Section 4 of RTI Act a must, says consultant to government
- RTI Happenings: Mumbai police facing staff crunch: RTI
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: 1,190 died of malaria in city last year: RTI
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: HC stays CIC's order on Anjuman-I-Islam
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: Collector’s office stonewalls RTI activist
- RTI Happenings: Punjab: Bathinda's police stores bursting at seams with seized narcotics
- RTI Innovation: 'Text books should include a chapter on RTI'
- RTI Point of View: Maharashtra: Appeal, appeal, appeal... Pune RTI bench bursts at seams
- RTI Happenings: Prove you are Indian before filing an RTI
- RTI Happenings: Karnataka: RTI exposes fraud in BBMP
- RTI Happenings: Manipur: 'RTI fee misused'
- RTI Happenings: CIC serves show-cause notices to SCB officials
- RTI Fine: Goa: GSIC imposes penalty of Rs 10K on NGPDA's PIO
- RTI Point of View: Public utilities elude the RTI net. The cloak of privacy protects companies
- RTI Happenings: J & K: JK seeks opinion from KAS/IAS officers on declaration of assets
- RTI Happenings: Rajasthan: No hearings in Raj info comm for four months
- RTI Happenings: Gujarat: RN Das hangs up his boots as Gujarat information commissioner but...
- RTI Fine: CIC slaps show cause notice on Waqf Board
- RTI Happenings: Banks thwart NIG bid to tap customer data
- RTI Happenings: Punjab: Powercom suspects senior officers indulge in power theft
- RTI Happenings: Meghalaya: C D Kynjing new Meghalaya state CIC
- RTI Happenings: Bihar: Nitish Kumar gets 1.68 lakh complaints!
- RTI Happenings: J & K: Legislative Assembly denies info under RTI
- RTI Happenings: Haryana: RTI applicants fume over Absence of administrator
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: Police seize graveyard registers
- RTI Happenings: ‘Install jammers in Tihar by Aug. 15’
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: Colossal waste of public money in G T Hospital
- RTI Improvement: Gujarat: Information on mining leases should be made public: GIC
- RTI Happenings: Meghalaya: 17 Families Ostracised for Filing RTI
- RTI Happenings: Reveal assets of CBI officials posted in Delhi, Mumbai: CIC
- RTI Innovation: Karnataka: VISIT MCC WEBSITE AND GET PROJECT INFORMATION
- RTI Innovation: RTI launches own smartphone app
- RTI Happenings: Moily’s advice to PM on Lokpal committee personal: Law Ministry
- RTI Happenings: Goa: Law Secretary issues notice to Director of Prosecution
- RTI Point of View: J & K: CIC asks people to make use of RTI tool
- RTI Happenings: AP: Attack on RTI petitioners: CIC takes note
- RTI Happenings: Punjab: Rs 1.14 crore bitumen scam rocks civic body
- RTI Happenings: Punjab: Badal attended 306 sangat darshans at Lambi in 4 yrs
- RTI Activism: Maharashtra: Maha SIC: Activists demand transparent selections
- RTI Improvement: Karnataka: Consultation held on digital publication under RTI Act
- RTI Happenings: WB: RTI activists force blood bank to remain functional
- देने थे 69 अंक, दे दिए माइनस 13 (RTI exposed discrepancies in Results)
- RTI Improvement: DoPT to train over 100 officials on handling RTI pleas
- RTI Improvement: JK Police appoints PIOs for quick response to RTI queries
- RTI Happenings: Govt denies details of jury decisions on National Film Awards
- RTI Happenings: Central information commissioner raps Mother Dairy
- RTI Improvement: TN: Soon, track status of RTI plea online
- RTI Happenings: On this episode of Walk The Talk, Chief Information Commissioner Satyananda Mishra talks to Shekhar Gupta.
- RTI Happenings: CWG: Sports Ministers warned Manmohan on OC, Kalmadi
- RTI Happenings: Jharkhand: RTI tool to know case status
- RTI Happenings: TN: Labour Welfare Department told to provide information
- RTI Activism: J & K: Lecturer 'harassed' for filing RTI applications against GMC principal
- RTI Happenings: Disclosure of fiduciary information under Sec 8 (1) (e) of the RTI Act: This is the true scope of the exclusion clause
- RTI Happenings: CIC Asks the C.M.D. of the State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur To Direct all Branches of the Bank to Review the Reasons for Turning Down Applications Made
- RTI Happenings: Dud scientists working at Delhi's forensic lab
- RTI Improvement: Gujarat Information Commission drive for proactive disclosure a model effort
- RTI Happenings: What is forest? Environment ministry says no definition yet
- RTI Happenings: Karnataka: Cost of honesty: 2-decade wait for his marks cards
- RTI Happenings: Railways: Steno shifted 15 times in 10 years!
- RTI Activism: Rajasthan: International NGO prepares ‘how-to' guide to RTI Act
- RTI Improvement: Kerala: Adalats in districts for RTI complaints
- RTI Happenings: Karnataka: Er... VTU errs again in valuation
- RTI Innovation: The IT Act of India needs to make provision for constituency websites
- RTI Happenings: No austerity in planning commission’s own plans
- RTI Happenings: Engg colleges fake faculty’s qualification for govt sanction
- RTI Point of View: 'Excessive transparency at the cost of system undesirable' : CIC
- RTI Happenings: Ministers’ foreign trip details to be posted on website
- RTI Court Decision: Maharashtra: Court sets aside suspended info chief's order on RTI plea
- RTI Happenings: Meghalaya: MLA shows accounts
- RTI Happenings: All meetings of PM not sensitive; disclose info: CIC to PMO
- RTI Happenings: GSHSEB ordered to pay compensation to RTI applicant
- RTI Fine: School fined 25K for denying info
- RTI Happenings: Ongoing probe no excuse to deny info, says CIC
- RTI Happenings: Details of Mamata's travel as union minister to be shared
- RTI Happenings: Tihar relaxed rules to allow MK to meet daughter
- RTI Happenings: IIMs may opt for two-tier CAT exam
- RTI Happenings: Arjun sought Babri run-up info via RTI
- RTI Happenings: UP: 'Provide info within 30 days'
- RTI Court Decision: Goa: HC upholds fine of Rs 2000 imposed on dy collector
- RTI Happenings: The Cabinet: Who Shows Up, Who Skips Meetings?
- RTI Happenings: Our country has no (official) name
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: Cases of RTI users blackmailing officers on a rise
- RTI Improvement: Maharashtra: Activists to mull over Right to Information Act
- RTI Happenings: Punjab: Congress leaders file RTI queries across Punjab
- RTI Happenings: Orissa: Patnaik's grievance cell defunct since 2008
- RTI Activism: Gujarat: RTI activist attacked in Porbander
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: GMC dean gets HC contempt notice for failing to give info under RTI
- RTI Point of View: Karnataka: A curious case of RTI on RTIs
- RTI Court Decision: Maharashtra: PIO demands cash for info, gets 2 yrs in jail
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: As city ails, Mum's the word at BMC meetings
- RTI Activism: Maharashtra: RTI activist brutally attacked
- RTI Point of View: Natgrid And NIA Became More Obscure And Unconstitutional
- RTI Happenings: RTI query reveals 4000 officers flouted transfer norms
- RTI Happenings: Only one public toilet for 1.4 lakh women in Haryana
- RTI Activism: Orissa: Activist threatened for using RTI
- RTI Happenings: CIC directs PMO to make public charges against Raja
- RTI Happenings: मैत्रेय पर जंग में अब आरटीआइ हथियार
- RTI Happenings: आरटीई से बाहर रहेंगे नवोदय विद्यालय
- RTI Activism: AP: RTI watchdog refuses to divulge its own data
- RTI Court Decision: Unhappy with RTI? Move consumer forum
- RTI Happenings: TN: 135 power lines to building without approval
- RTI Fine: Punjab: State Information Commission imposed penalty of Rs 5,000 on a doctor
- RTI Happenings: HP: Wrong information given under RTI in two cases at Palampur
- RTI Happenings: Law schools show dismal record of RTI Act compliance
- RTI Happenings: Why was Anderson not questioned, CIC asks CBI
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: Armed with RTI, man gets justice
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: CST armoury not a prohibited area, reveals RTI query
- RTI Happenings: Nagaland: IPR department officials sensitized on RTI Act
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: ‘BMC used 77% of its education funds’
- RTI Happenings: Jharkhand: Vigilance inquiry ordered into MADA irregularities
- RTI Happenings: UP: LU mulls norms to show answer books to students
- RTI Happenings: Arunachal RTI activist gets clean cheat in pistol planting case
- RTI Happenings: Orissa stalls RTI queries on babus
- RTI Happenings: TN: RTI applicant pressured to withdraw plea
- RTI Happenings: TN: CMDA economical with truth on officials assets?
- RTI Fine: J & K: CIC imposes first penalty
- RTI Happenings: 36 IAS officers in Punjab fail to submit property returns
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: The mystery of the orphan overbridge
- RTI Happenings: CIC asks President to declare assets
- RTI Happenings: I-T Dept to provide political parties' tax return details
- RTI Happenings: NHAI casual on RTI queries
- RTI Activism: Activists invoke RTI to find out the status of RBI’s report on customer service
- RTI Happenings: UP: UPSIC gets woman information commissioner
- RTI Happenings: ‘PMO turned blind eye to repeated warnings on Reliance, Cairn'
- RTI Happenings: Karnataka: ‘All public places are not public authority’
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: VIP security in city soars 340% in 3 years
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: Will metro lines be safe for Mumbaikars?
- RTI Happenings: Par panel findings cannot be withheld indefinitely: CIC
- RTI Happenings: Make public foreign visit details of Sonia Gandhi: CIC to PMO
- RTI Activism: CIC seeks records of 1971 cabinet mole, Shastri death
- RTI Improvement: CCC plea for amendments to RTI Act
- RTI Happenings: Karnataka: Top cop will use RTI to fight omission
- RTI Happenings: Karnataka: Money goes down BWSSB drain
- RTI Happenings: WB: More than 97% accused doctors go scot-free:RTI finding
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: Probe into threats to Maharashtra RTI activist
- RTI Activism: Karnataka: Builder-BBMP nexus thwarts RTI query
- RTI Happenings: AP: Harried citizens take RTI route for a quick passport
- RTI Happenings: Not a citizen? Can’t seek info as a right, rules panel
- RTI Activism: A citizen’s successful struggle that has finally brought private airports under the RTI Act
- RTI Happenings: Karnataka: Sub-registrar’s post 'hottest job'
- RTI Activism: India’s activists issue ‘report cards’ on politicians’ performances
- RTI Happenings: No Jr. Assistant Can be Appointed as APIO
- RTI Happenings: It's your right to get driving licence on time - punjab
- RTI Activism: Make MPs' interests in firms public: CIC
- RTI Happenings: In a first, private firms R-Infra, mial under RTI
- RTI Activism: RTI more cheaper than bribe in India.
- RTI Activism: Indian Oil whistleblower hasn’t received HC-ordered compensation yet; drain on company still unchecked
- RTI Happenings: Kerala CM’s 100-day plan to fight corruption
- RTI Happenings: Punjab: Appointment of ex-registrar's son: Applicant goes to info panel
- RTI Fine: Delhi: RTI row: Court sets aside CIC order against govt official
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: Woman seeks info under RTI, ACP asks for Rs 45,000
- RTI Happenings: Orissa: Mental Health Act: RTI applicant gets no info on its implementation
- RTI Happenings: How safe is your water purifier? HUL makes exaggerated claims
- RTI Happenings: Chandigarh: Silly RTI queries earn police serious money
- RTI Happenings: Punjab: In PU, iron bridge at Stu-C remains favourite among RTI applicants
- RTI Activism: TN: Nagapattinam RTI activist seeks police protection
- RTI Activism: Compulsorily retired judge uses RTI as defence
- RTI Activism: AP: Crusader against corruption
- RTI Happenings: UP: In over four years, UPSIC collects just 1% of RTI fine
- RTI Happenings: CIC seeks HC orders reserved for two months
- RTI Happenings: Delhi: ‘Post online reason for delaying BPL card’
- RTI Happenings: JK Chief Information Commissioner’s warning thwarted
- RTI Happenings: How a scientist got Z category security for Ramdev
- RTI Happenings: Karnataka: He uses RTI to set things right
- RTI Happenings: J & K: SIC slams officer for disregarding RTI
- RTI Happenings: Conviction rates for murder abysmal
- RTI Happenings: 2G case: Shahid Balwa granted permission to file RTI plea to CBI
- RTI Fine: Maharashtra: Errant PIO coughs up Rs10,000 fine
- RTI Happenings: Haryana: Municipal Council vice-chief threatened me: RTI activist
- RTI Happenings: Disclose whether any compensation paid to IC-814 victims: CIC
- RTI Happenings: Aiyar had warned Manmohan about Kalmadi in 2006-07
- RTI Happenings: MP: Indore docs flout clinical trial norms, earn lakhs
- RTI Happenings: Govt officials use RTI to fight each other
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: ACB to engage informers in Govt offices to curb corruption
- RTI Activism: Chattisgarh: RTI activist arrested, chained to hospital bed
- RTI Happenings: Central Government has no records of Ministers attendance to official work / office
- RTI Happenings: Haryana: RTI catches up with erring MCG
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: Staff crunch hampers work at state info panels
- RTI Happenings: Rajasthan: RTI: Pathetic state of implementation
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: RTI activist attacked
- RTI Point of View: GPS installation issue now under RTI scanner
- RTI Happenings: 'My name is Nathu Gaikwad. I may not be literate, but I used the RTI Act to get back land taken by land sharks'
- RTI Happenings: Ministers’ attendance in cabinet meetings not confidential: CIC
- RTI Happenings: Punjab: After RTI expos', inquiry ordered
- RTI Point of View: Has RTI in Nagaland helped in the fight against corruption?
- RTI Happenings: J & K: JK misses deadline on making public IAS officers’ assets
- RTI Point of View: Will our RTI Act ever live up to its promise?
- RTI Happenings: Make public details on appointment of J&K interlocutors: CIC
- RTI Happenings: Govt asks depts to set up RTI cells; to give Rs 50,000 grant
- RTI Happenings: Karnataka: KPSC doesn’t have scam-related files
- RTI Happenings: Punjab: Chitkara Institutions covered under RTI Act
- RTI Happenings: Centre not to release Moily’s letter to PM on Lokpal panel
- RTI Activism: ‘RTI can be used by anyone to great effect’
- RTI Happenings: Landlords lord over BPL list
- RTI Happenings: CBI spent over Rs 1 lakh on scientific tests of Talwars
- RTI Happenings: J & K: NGOs and charity trusts also covered under RTI Act: GR Sofi
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra makes Rs 4 crore from name changes
- RTI Improvement: Karnataka: RTI hearing through videoconferencing soon
- RTI Happenings: CIC seeks proof on AG defending cricket board
- RTI Happenings: CIC directive to Law Ministry on RTI plea
- RTI Happenings: Politicians, bureaucrats will not eradicate corruption:Governor
- RTI Innovation: PA Sangma for 'oath of transparency'
- RTI Happenings: Karnataka: Rs. 22 lakh fine imposed on 600 officers’
- RTI Activism: UP: Students file RTI to check sale of tobacco products
- RTI Happenings: RTI Act ridden with loopholes – Subhas Kashyap
- RTI Happenings: J & K : CIC pulls up PIO for delaying information
- RTI Point of View: Kerala: Plea to stop in-camera hearings of the SIC
- RTI Happenings: RTI fails to take lid off Centre’s cover-up
- RTI Happenings: Goa: Government has no details of Kantak's assets
- RTI Point of View: AP: RTI work comes to a standstill as Jannat holidays
- RTI Happenings: Karnataka: Now, one query for every RTI application
- RTI Happenings: Law Ministry has no details of qualifications of Orissa CJ
- RTI Improvement: Karnataka: RTI Commissioner conducts inquiry
- RTI Happenings: Why were Ambanis not charged: CIC
- RTI Happenings: Haryana: RTI in hand, resident accuses Selja of ignoring Panchkula
- RTI Happenings: Haryana pays babus to relax
- RTI Point of View: Scandals were busted because of correct use of RTI Act, says Gadkari
- RTI Improvement: Lessons on RTI for Delhi govt workers
- RTI Activism: Karnataka: Bangalore has most number of info seekers
- RTI Happenings: Karnataka: Speaker under RTI scanner
- RTI Activism: Maharashtra: Now, access RTI data on the net
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: Pay Rs 8 lakh each to 2 buyers: Consumer court tells builder
- RTI Happenings: Punjab: Top 2 bureaucrats summoned for not providing info
- RTI Happenings: Citizens’ rights score over privacy issues: CIC
- RTI Happenings: Delhi: Mayor in crosshairs over salary issue
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra politicians' houses power guzzlers: RTI
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: Rivals use RTI to dig dirt on Pawar clan
- RTI Happenings: Haryana: Private firm to help Huda with RTI plea redressal
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: Poor conviction rate hampers anti-graft move
- RTI Fine: Goa: GSIC slaps penalties on chief town planner's office
- RTI Happenings: 390 murders, 115 rapes unsolved in Mumbai
- RTI Happenings: Info panels cold to plea for chiefs’ asset details
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: Poll play, no dough
- RTI Happenings: TN: Demolition of unauthorised structures begins at Alwarpet
- RTI Happenings: CIC asks RS Chairman to decide privilege issue
- RTI Happenings: Complaints against Balakrishnan made public
- RTI Happenings: When the citizens wanted state to act
- RTI Happenings: Star News declares India World Cup Trophy a fake
- RTI Happenings: IIT Kharagpur chargesheets whistleblower prof
- RTI Happenings: TN police stns don't have PIOs as stipulated
- RTI Happenings: Maharashtra: Civic body school runs on a pond in Mumbai
- RTI Happenings: Details of patented drugs to be made public
- RTI Happenings: How secular is Mumbai's police force?
- RTI Improvement: Team to check RTI implementation
- RTI Happenings: Where's the former Karnataka DGP's service pistol?
- RTI Happenings: Results season: Thanks to RTI, students can now access their answer sheets
- RTI Happenings: CIC pulls up LS secretariat for poor record keeping
- RTI Happenings: Hiring rules change in Plan panel after RTI
- RTI Happenings: Ex-CVC's bio-data not available with us: Kerala
- RTI Happenings: RTI applicants shot at in Sonepat