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We aren’t schoolkids, won’t accept demeaning RTI awards: Wajahat

Friday 20 November '09

Calling it “demeaning,” Central Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah has said that information commissioners will...
Lawyers panel on missing children points out police error

Thursday 19 November '09

It sounds unlikely that a complaint about a stolen cycle-rickshaw would pop up among pending files on as many as 9,000 missing children in the Capital since 2006.
Public debate to precede amendments to RTI: Chavan

Tuesday 17 November '09

Department of Personnel and Training Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Monday assured RTI activists of initiating a public debate...
St Stephen’s case internal dispute: HC

Tuesday 17 November '09

Court lifts interim stay against Election Commissioner Qureshi from attending college governing body meet...
Morning gives a man’s true measure, government told

Monday 16 November '09

Naveet Kumar Tiwari is 171 cms tall in the morning, 170.6 cms in the afternoon and a modest 169 cms in late evening.
Assets: ‘SC judges need not reveal more’

Friday 13 November '09

It seems the declaration of assets by the Chief Justice of India and his 21 judges on their website are just enough, if not more.
As Manu returns to Tihar, 88 others still wait for parole

Wednesday 11 November '09

As a Tihar inmate, getting parole was an unusual bit of luck for Manu Sharma. According to an affidavit filed by the Delhi government in August, of the 33 parole applications received this year, only 11 have been allowed.
Rent hike for traders at Metro stations okay, rules HC

Tuesday 10 November '09

Revenue earned from kiosk owners at Metro stations helps Delhi Metro Rail Corporation provide commuters “first-class” services at reasonable fare and any reduction in rents levied on these traders would see a dip in DMRC’s income...
In race for CIC: 2 Information Commissioners

Wednesday 4 November '09

While many —- from IIM graduates to yoga guru Baba Ramdev to assorted RTI activists — are throwing their weight behind former IPS officer Kiran Bedi...
26 pc men, 12 pc women aware of RTI, reveals DoPT

Monday 2 November '09

This time it’s straight from the horse’s mouth. Statistics released by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) separately...
Judges’ group protests ad inviting lawyers to apply for judicial posts

Friday 30 October '09

A group of judges from courts across Delhi say lawyers are marring their chances of promotion.
Reveal Mewar royals’ properties: CIC

Tuesday 27 October '09

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will disclose a closely guarded inventory of the princely properties of the erstwhile Maharana of Mewar for the first time in 60 years since the list was prepared....
MTNL faces flak for making suspect’s phone records public

Tuesday 27 October '09

Phone companies may first need to get the permission of a suspected criminal before handing over his personal call details to the police for investigation.
Orissa now Odisha, but Bengal wait for Bangla now 10 years

Monday 26 October '09

Even as Orissa is abuzz with the Union Cabinet approval for the state to be known as ‘Odisha’, West Bengal has been waiting...
RTI applicant gets 2 days to go through MEA’s accounts

Tuesday 20 October '09

R K puram resident Shib Kumar has exactly two days to finish the challenging task of finding out what the Ministry of External Affairs spends on towels, tube lights, fans and soaps, among others.
The RTI battle of the NRIs

Monday 19 October '09

The NRIs in the US have been leading a campaign for their right to use the Right to Information Act from abroad even as the government...
Environment tribunal of no use, says HC

Monday 19 October '09

India's top environmental tribunal is of no use, the Delhi High Court says, adding the body has neither expertise nor infrastructure.
Killing in the heat of passion does not amount to murder: HC

Monday 19 October '09

Does killing a person in the “heat of passion” after a sudden quarrel amount to murder? No, says the Delhi High Court, but only if the crime is committed before the passion can subside.
Budget to staff crunch: Fourth anniv meet shows RTI chinks

Tuesday 13 October '09

Uttar Pradesh’s 11 Right to Information (RTI) commissioners find themselves short of typists as they deal with about 250 appeals a day....
RTI symbol that accountability is key to democracy: Habibullah

Monday 12 October '09

Forty years after he first visited the Valley, Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah recalled his maiden arrival in Jammu and Kashmir as a greenhorn IAS officer....
HC comes to aid of spy who spent 8 yrs in Pak jail

Wednesday 7 October '09

Bougal Ram can now lead a life of dignity. Hired by the Military Intelligence 21 years ago as a “source” for Rs 2,500 a month, he was disowned...
SC slams Delhi HC judge who said the CJI comes under RTI

Tuesday 6 October '09

Apex court appeals Sept 2 order, calls it error in law, academic exercise....
12 yrs and counting: Sukhram’s case drags on in court

Wednesday 30 September '09

Two cases, the telecom scam and the disproportionate assets litigation, have kept former telecommunications minister Sukhram, 86, in the loop of the courts for over a decade now....
HC shows the door to 799 ‘illegal’ staff of MCD library

Wednesday 30 September '09

Seven hundred and ninety-nine “illegal” employees of Hardayal Municipal Public Library, the Capital’s oldest library, have finally been shown the door after the Delhi High Court dismissed petitions filed by a section of employees.
HC shows the door to 799 ‘illegal’ staff of MCD library

Wednesday 30 September '09

Seven hundred and ninety-nine “illegal” employees of Hardayal Municipal Public Library, the Capital’s oldest library, have finally been shown the door after the Delhi High Court dismissed petitions filed by a section of employees.
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