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  Goa CM on backfoot on RTI

  National | June 28, 2013 17:55 IST

  Panaji, June 28: The increasing clamour over the continued non-appointment of top State Information Commission officials, who deal with appeals filed against the rejection of queries under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, has put

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  CIC ruling on political parties most significant: Habibullah

  National | 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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  Aadhar cards will incorporate date of birth of holder

  India | April 09, 2013 16:13 IST

  Nagpur, Apr 9 : 'Aadhaar' cards will henceforth bear date of birth of the holder, facilitating people to avail benefits of several government and non-governmental schemes which require age validation.Till now, only year of birth

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  Revealed: Several kilos of Shirdi Sai temple's gold has vanished, says RTI activist

  India | April 04, 2013 6:22 IST

  Shirdi, Maharashtra: The world famous Sai Baba shrine at Shirdi has been receiving several hundred kilograms of gold articles from devout followers every year, but information received by an RTI activist reveals that several kilograms

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  Tihar officials refuse RTI query on Afzal Guru

  India | March 02, 2013 16:02 IST

  Lucknow, Mar 2: Can disclosure of certain details on parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, hanged at New Delhi's Tihar Jail "affect relations with a foreign state"? The prison department certainly thinks so.It would "pre-judicially affect

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  Narayana Murthy says, he gave donations to Kejriwal for RTI, not for politics

  National | November 06, 2012 13:20 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 6:  After Tatas, Infosys founder Narayana Murthy today said he has not given donation to Arvind Kejriwal for political activities and had declined a request from him for financial assistance two months

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  RTI should be circumscribed if it encroaches on privacy: PM

  India | October 12, 2012 12:11 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 12: Voicing concern over frivolous and vexatious use of RTI Act, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the citizens' right to know should definitely be circumscribed if it encroaches on an individual's

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  PM favours limiting RTI to protect individual privacy

  National | October 12, 2012 15:23 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 12: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday called for limiting of citizen's right to information if it infringes upon individual privacy, an issue that cropped up after Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi sought

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  MPs' unpaid power, water bills in Delhi Rs.6.27 crore

  National | October 07, 2012 18:36 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 7  :   The unpaid power and water bills of former and sitting MPs in New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) area amount to Rs.6.27 crore, an RTI activist said Sunday.The reply, received from

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  Gadkari sends legal notice to RTI activist

  National | September 27, 2012 22:49 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 27:  BJP president Nitin Gadkari Thursday sought an apology from Mumbai-based RTI activist and India Against Corruption (IAC) member Anjali Damania for linking him with NCP chief Sharad Pawar.”I give you legal

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  RTI reply reveals, cost of a single dinner plate at UPA's third year bash came to Rs 7,721

  India | September 27, 2012 21:13 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 27: While the Planning Commission has been tying itself up in knots while calculating the daily expenses of a family below poverty level between Rs 26 and Rs 32 per day, our

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  Marks obtained in CBSE exams cannot be given under RTI, says Delhi HC

  India | May 27, 2012 14:04 IST

  New Delhi,May 27:  In a significant ruling, the Delhi High Court has held that marks obtained by a student in CBSE board exam cannot be revealed under the transparency law as it would “defeat” the

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  Speaker Meira Kumar travelled abroad 29 times in 35 months

  India | May 22, 2012 15:21 IST

  New Delhi, May 22: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar travelled abroad 29 times in 35 months since assuming office, according to information given under RTI Act.The average comes to one foreign trip in every 37

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  Centre Tells Schoolgirl, It Has No Info About When And How Mahatma Gandhi Became Father Of The Nation

  India | April 03, 2012 8:54 IST

  Lucknow, Apr 3: The Centre has told a ten-year-old schoolgirl Aishwarya Parashar that it has no specific information about when Mahatma Gandhi was accorded the title of Father of the Nation (Rashtrapita).  Aishwarya, a student

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  PMO Refuses To Disclose Info On 2G Scam Under RTI

  India | November 03, 2011 17:58 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 3: Mired in controversies, the Prime Minister's Office has declined to disclose information related to 2G spectrum allocation issue citing breach of parliamentary privilege.Replying to an RTI query by advocate Vivek Garg,

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  Who Are The 3 MPs, Asks Varun Gandhi, May File RTI

  India | November 02, 2011 11:25 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 1 : BJP MP from Pilibhit Varun Gandhi today demanded that the government, particularly the Income Tax department, must disclose the identities of the three members of parliament who have money stashed

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  No Relook At RTI : Salman Khurshid

  India | October 16, 2011 11:31 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 16:  Amid a raging debate on RTI, Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid has made it clear that there is no proposal for a “relook” at the Act but noted that not only

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  Right To Recall Demand Is Impractical, Says Law Minister Khurshid

  India | October 08, 2011 17:13 IST

  Nagpur, Oct 8: Law Minister Salman Khurshid today said the demand by anti-corruption crusade Anna Hazare for incorporating a Right To Recall non-performing elected representatives was “impractical” because already there is poor turnout of voters

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  PMO Had Released FM Note Not Once, But Thrice Under RTI

  India | September 30, 2011 11:45 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 30:  The Indian Express reported on Friday that the Prime Minister's Office had released the controversial Finance Ministry Office Memorandum not once, but thrice under the Right to Information Act.The shock and

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  BCCI Opposes Sports Ministry Move To Leash It

  Cricket | August 30, 2011 16:37 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 30: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday vehemently opposed the move by the Union Sports Ministry to bring the cricket board under RTI. BCCI vice president Rajeev