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      by Published on 04-27-2013 02:52 PM  Number of Views: 267 
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      Goa Citizens gears up in the direction of participatory democracy

      Implementation of Section 4 of The Right ...
      Published on 05-05-2012 09:09 AM  Number of Views: 2693 
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      On the basis of the replies received under the provisions of theRight to Information Act, 2005, the supreme court has decided that "it is averred that these authoritiesare of the unanimous opinion that black films should bebanned. Black filmed glasses help in commission of crime aswell as hiding the criminals even during vehicle checks at‘Naka’ points."

      Use of films or any other material upon the windscreen or the side windows is impermissible in law w.e.f 4th May, 2012.

      The hon'ble supreme court stated "we prohibit the use of black films of any VLT percentage or any other material upon the safety glasses, ...
      by Published on 04-09-2012 06:07 AM  Number of Views: 1557 
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      Civil society pressure may have forced the government to keep proposed changes in the Right To Information (RTI) Act in abeyance but the information officers are quietly implementing them.

      The government has proposed restrictions on RTI applications that only one issue can be raised
      in one application and it should not be more than 250 words. But, it had to withdraw amendments following objection by RTI proponents such as National Advisory Council member Aruna Roy.The Maharashtra government became the first state to introduce the proposed amendments silently through changes in the rules and some officers ...
      by Published on 12-28-2011 09:28 PM  Number of Views: 3003 
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      Hello, I have filed Income tax refund for year 2009-2010 in range-12 hyderabad but did not received any inputs from department about my refund progress even after 1.5 yrs. Then i started following with range-12 office hyderabad and after multiple visits to the AYAKAR bhawan hyderabad, i was able to find that my case for refund is to be processed by Range-11 department of AC guards hyderabad and not by range-12 hyderabad and they will transfer my file from range 12 to range 11. Again after waiting for some 2 months, i did not heard anything, i filed for RTI first against RANGE-12 ...
      by Published on 09-13-2011 08:30 PM     Number of Views: 1801 
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      An article by Ravi Srivastava in moneylife.in on 13 September 2011:
      http://moneylife.in/article/78/19690.html ...
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      Dr Arvind Shenoy, senior chemical and consumer product researcher, had a hunch that Hindustan Unilever was making exaggerated claims about its Pureit water purifier. His suspicions were confirmed by the NIV which has threatened to take legal action if the company does not correct the advertising

      That the giant multinational company Hindustan Unilever (HUL) has no qualms about misleading people to sell its product was exposed recently, thanks to the RTI Act. ...
      Published on 07-27-2011 02:29 PM     Number of Views: 2434 
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      He looks such a mild man that you wouldn’t think he breathes activism; you wouldn’t believe he would fight with a missionary zeal against injustice. But he did—so effectively, that service providers had to mend themselves. And even after his triumph, he continues to crusade for the issue that so many people are saved from undergoing the experience that he underwent.

      Pune-based senior citizen Sharad Phadke’s ...
      by Published on 07-04-2011 07:29 AM     Number of Views: 3054 
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      Here is my long story:
      I moved my two wheeler from Bangalore to Chennai one year back. After going through all the pains of getting NOC from Bangalore RTO and getting it reregistered in Chennai RTO, I applied for road tax refund to Bangalore RTO. Surprisingly, Bangalore RTO immediately sent a letter to Chennai RTO (copying me) asking for the ...
      by Published on 07-02-2011 05:54 PM  Number of Views: 1609 
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      No statutory authority is above the Republic of India. In our democratic setup, the people of India are supreme. The exceptions contained in Section (8) are exceptional pieces
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      by Published on 06-13-2011 08:41 AM  Number of Views: 2140 
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      HYDERABAD: The Right to Information (RTI) Act seems to be the new weapon of harried passport seekers in Andhra Pradesh. Tired of the unending wait at the Regional Passport Office if they take the regular route, a large number of citizens are now taking the RTI route to the RPO, Secunderabad to get the job done. And fuelling the trend is the impressive success rate with 80% of the applicants who seek updates on the status of their passports under the RTI Act, ...
      by Published on 06-13-2011 08:40 AM  Number of Views: 5096 
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      Kolkata, Jun 10 :An RTI finding has revealed that over the past 10 years, more than 97 per cent of doctors, accused of medical negligency, in the state were acquitted and went scot-free.

      The information was obtained under a RTI application filed by a civil society organisation (PBT) in 2005.

      According to a release issued by the organisation, the West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) has refused to ...
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