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  K V Chowdary appointed CVC; Vijay Sharma new CIC

  India | June 08, 2015 18:39 IST

  New Delhi:  Former CBDT chief K V Chowdary and Information Commissioner Vijai Sharma were today appointed Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) and Chief Information Commissioner (CIC), two key posts that were lying vacant for over nine

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  CIC asks Tihar authorities to give info on functioning of jail

  India | May 27, 2015 9:30 IST

  New Delhi: The Central Information Commission has directed the Tihar authorities to disclose information about alleged irregularities in the functioning of the country's largest prison besides make public diet chart and food provisions for inmates.Information

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  No decision yet on appointment of CVC, CIC

  Politics | May 23, 2015 13:50 IST

  New Delhi: The Prime Minister-led selection committees could not arrive at a decision on the appointment of chiefs of Central Information Commission (CIC) and Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) at a meeting held here today.There will

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  PM Modi is rendering RTI 'dysfunctional': Ex-CIC Shailesh Gandhi

  Politics | May 12, 2015 9:23 IST

  New Delhi: Former Central Information Commissioner (CIC) Shailesh Gandhi on Monday lashed out at the Centre for allegedly rendering the Right to Information (RTI) Act "dysfunctional" by taking retrogressive steps.In an open letter written to

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  File progress report on appointment of Chief IC, ICs: HC to Centre

  India | April 09, 2015 16:52 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi High Court today asked the Centre to expedite the process appointment of Chief Information Commissioner and three Information Commissioners at CIC and inform it by May 11 about the progress as the

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  PMO among the top public authorities to reject RTIs

  India | March 05, 2015 0:03 IST

  New Delhi: According to a CIC report released on Wednesday, the Prime Minister's office is among the top public authorities to have rejected the maximum number of RTI applications received by them during 2013-14.The Ministry

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  CIC directs Delhi Women Commission to disclose rape records

  India | March 04, 2015 21:40 IST

  New Delhi: Amid outrage over the interview of a December 16 gangrape convict, CIC today directed the Delhi Commission of Women to make public records of rapes committed in the national capital with stern conditions

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  Explain policy on political leaders face in govt ads: CIC

  India | January 18, 2015 14:01 IST

  New Delhi: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked the government to pro-actively disclose its policy on use of photographs of political leaders on advertisements.Noting that the government has an obligation under Section IV of

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  Upload assets of political parties on website: CIC to MoUD

  Politics | January 04, 2015 10:38 IST

  New Delhi: The Central Information Commission has directed the Urban Development Ministry to make public all records related to allotment of land and bungalows to political parties and upload these details on its website.  It

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  CIC recommends ordinary postal stamp as RTI fee instrument

  India | December 14, 2014 12:48 IST

  New Delhi: People seeking information under RTI Act may now be able to use postal stamps as application fee if a recommendation of the Central Information Commission is accepted by the Centre.Two Information Commissioners in

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  DU training nurses on use of sign language in hospitals

  India | December 14, 2014 10:00 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi University is providing sign language training to nursing staff in hospitals across the national capital to help them deal with hearing impaired patients.“The use of sign language is minimal in our country

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  Information on SC benches may arouse regional feelings: CIC

  India | November 16, 2014 11:37 IST

  New Delhi: Disclosure of information related to setting of Supreme Court benches outside Delhi may "arouse regional feelings" and create "needless political controversy" resulting in law and order problem, the CIC has held allowing the

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  CVC, CIC working without chiefs

  India | September 28, 2014 11:39 IST

  New Delhi: Anti-corruption watchdog Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) and transparency panel Central Information Commission (CIC) are now both without their chiefs.Central Vigilance Commissioner Pradeep Kumar demitted office today, after serving for a little over three

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  CIC issues show-cause notices to Sonia, Amit Shah

  Politics | September 14, 2014 13:18 IST

  New Delhi: The CIC has issued show-cause notices to BJP President Amit Shah and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi along with the heads of four other political parties asking why an inquiry should not be instituted

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  CIC summons Delhi Chief Secretary on destruction of files

  India | December 27, 2013 23:27 IST

  New Delhi: Taking cognizance of reports on destruction of files by officials, CIC today issued summons to Delhi Chief Secretary to present their inquiry report into the alleged incident before it and barred destruction of

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  New CIC Sushma Singh to take oath tomorrow

  India | December 18, 2013 20:36 IST

  New Delhi: Newly-appointed Chief Information Commissioner Sushma Singh will be administered her oath of office tomorrow by President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan here, sources said.The decision on appointing the 64-year-old Singh, a former IAS

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  Deepak Sandhu sworn in CIC by President

  India | September 05, 2013 15:08 IST

  New Delhi: Deepak Sandhu  was  today sworn in as India's New Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) by President Pranab Mukherjee in Rashtrapati Bhavan.  She replaced Satyanand Mishra, who retired on Wednesday.   She had previously served as

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  CIC ruling on political parties most significant: Habibullah

  Politics | June 04, 2013 15:16 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 4: The Central Information Commission (CIC) ruling that political parties are public authorities is "most significant" as they would now need to respond to RTI queries on their assets, funding and members,

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  No public access to 2G documents till JPC completes probe: CIC

  India | January 27, 2013 15:29 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 27: Documents related to 2G spectrum allocation cannot be accessed by public till the Joint Parliamentary Committee completes its probe and submits its report, the Central Information Commission has held.The JPC which

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  No medical bills submitted by Sonia Gandhi for reimbursement, says CIC

  Politics | October 03, 2012 14:28 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 3: Congress President Sonia Gandhi has not sought any reimbursement for medical bills from the Government, the Central Information Commission has said.The case relates to an RTI application filed by one Naveen