Visitors: 186 Political parties, in a democracy, aim at capturing power and then retaining power, ideally for the good of the people. In actual practice in India and many other countries, however, a political party aims at capturing and retaining power by any means, not essentially for the good of the people, but for the […]
Visitors: 208 [The paper below was presented as the Concept Note1 for a National Campaign & Consultation: Who are the barbarians on our Homeland? at Bagachia Conference Centre Namkum Ranchi Jharkhand2. The delegates then voted that it be circulated to all corners of our land as an annexure to the Declaration of the Consultation under […]
Visitors: 170 There has been a spate of 20 attacks on activists in the last 7 months, including 9 killings. [Latest killing “TOI: Home guard killed for seeking info under RTI”: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Home-guard-killed-for-seeking-info-under-RTI/articleshow/6225768.cms ] Digging into individual cases may explain why a particular activist was attacked, but fails to explain the larger mystery: Why this sudden […]
Visitors: 191 THE new National Litigation Policy has special significance for the defence services, particularly disabled veterans. The policy ordains that frivolous appeals would not be filed by government departments and that appeals on orders of Tribunals shall be an exception rather than the rule. Further, false and misleading pleas or technicalities shall not be […]
Visitors: 220 Singapore officials should cease using criminal defamation and contempt laws to silence government critics, Human Rights Watch said today. The arrest of Alan Shadrake, the 75-year-old British author of Once A Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock, a critical review of Singapore’s death penalty law and its administration, further narrows the space […]
Visitors: 188 New York, The Indian government should revise its draconian 2008 amendments to counterterrorism laws that can lead to serious violations of human rights, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. The amendments mirror previous counterterrorism laws that had been allowed to lapse or were repealed because of the abuses committed […]
Visitors: 158 PATNA, The UPA is not clear about its stand on Dalit Muslims and will take up the issue only after implementing all recommendations of the Sachar report. A recommendation on Dalit Muslims has been made in the Ranganath Mishra report. When asked about UPA’s stand on this sensitive issue boggling the community’s mind, […]
Visitors: 202 Sana’a – Policymakers, researchers, and donors are considering a seven point action plan to improve food security in Yemen by 2020. The discussions are taking place at the Food Security Strategy Workshop hosted by the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, Government of Yemen, in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute […]
Visitors: 211 Akshay Kumar, a 15 year old boy, died of dengue this morning at Mavallipura, Yelahanka Hobli, 20 kms north of Bangalore. Akshay’s untimely death is the tragic outcome of reckless dumping of hundreds of tonnes of garbage daily by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and M/s Ramky Infrastructure Ltd. at Mavallipura, making it […]
Visitors: 147 Lok Sabha Speaker Smt. Meira Kumar, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Smt. Sushma Swaraj, and Chairman of the BJP Parliamentary Party Shri L.K. Advani led the nation in paying floral tributes at the portrait of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak in the Central Hall of Parliament House on his Birth Anniversary, today. Union […]
Visitors: 240 We the activists of PARYAVARAN SURAKSHA SAMITI are horrified at the gruesome murder of Mr. Amit Jethva, President of Gir Nature Youth Club, Khambha, District Amreli who had been raising the issue of illegal mining and other environmental issues in Junagadh area. More shocking is the fact that the murder took place not […]
Visitors: 184 On 22/07/2010, a condolence meeting of the National RTI Forum was held at its office at 5/426, Viram Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow. It was in remembrance of the slain RTI activist Sri Amit Jethwa, the eminent environmentalist, RTI activist and the State Coordinator of RTI Forum at Gujarat who was so brutally murdered […]
Visitors: 226 Eyewitness accounts confirm that Chinese security forces used disproportionate force and acted with deliberate brutality during and after unprecedented Tibetan protests beginning on March 10, 2008, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. Many violations continue today, including disappearances, wrongful convictions and imprisonment, persecution of families, and the targeting of […]
Visitors: 265 Millions of citizens of India and Pakistan do understand that long lasting peace and harmony between both the countries is vitally important for their mutual prosperity and progress. They certainly felt hopeful that an era of peace would commence when the Indian Foreign Minister went to Pakistan to hold bilateral discussions recently. But, […]
Visitors: 767 Exactly 30 years ago, Dalits, in West Bengal, came to realize the true nature of Indian state that is being dominated, in every sense, by a tiny section of population but at a great personal cost. It was in 1979, when thousands of Dalits, refugees from East Bengal (now Bangladesh) lost their lives […]
Visitors: 356 As we all know, Section 20 (1) of the RTI Act says that the Central Information Commission or the State Information Commission, shall for different reasons assigned in the section, impose a penalty of Rs. 250 per day (with a limit of Rs. 25,000). There is the condition of CIC/SIC giving a reasonable […]
Visitors: 273 July 14, 2010 New Delhi “ I am very happy to welcome you. Over the past few years, we have met a number of times to discuss issues relating to internal security and left wing extremism. As a result, it has been possible to develop a more coordinated approach, both between the states […]
Visitors: 188 We often sit down to draft an RTI application in an angry and unrealistic mood. When we write RTI applications, our focus should be on getting information. Instead, we are thinking about stopping some wrongdoings, getting some officials and corrupt contractors penalized, making the authorities “answerable” for negligence etc, etc. At such times, […]
Visitors: 218 Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha, Smt. Meira Kumar leaves for Bern on 14 July 2010 to attend the Sixth Annual Meeting of Women Speakers of Parliaments being held there from 16th to 17th July, 2010. The Meeting begins on 16th July, 2010 with a Keynote address on “Achieving Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 […]
Visitors: 205 Name of the Victim(s): 1.Ms. Julekha Bibi, wife of Mr. Hanif Seikh 2. Mr. Hanif Seikh both are resident of Village- Puratan Degree, Post-Domkal, Police Station- Raninagar, District – Murshidabad, West Bengal. Name of the Perpetrator(s): One Sub Inspector of Mohanganj BOP with 2 constables of ‘A’ Company of Battalion Number-123 of Border […]
Visitors: 153 Overview• The Present Situation• CriticalIssues – Process of Law– Competition – Power Purchase – Cross Subsidy•• Summary 02 THE PRESENT SITUATION The Present Situation (1/4)• The present situation in Mumbai is a unique one – For the first time in the country, consumers have a REAL CHOICE of electricity supplier– Implemented only after […]
Visitors: 176 Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), KanpurIn the eve of Prime Minister’s visit a graduate student of IIT Kanpur was detained by the police under pressure of the IIT Kanpur administration without any reason or documents in the room A-108, Hall-8, IIT Kanpur. And in the morning they took him to the police station […]
Visitors: 142 The Maharashtra Government and their ‘selected officials’ spent their time and citizens’ money dreaming during the day. They have come up with a plan to tax citizens yet again. They claim that better infrastructure should encourage Mumbaikars to pay more for it. They feel, that property prices will go up and Mumbaikars should […]
Visitors: 180 5th June 2010 India Water Foundation, a New Delhi based non-profit civil society, hosted felicitation ceremony to felicitate Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev of Isha Foundation on the occasion of being conferred upon Indira Gandhi Pariyavaran Puruskar by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India on 5 June 2010 at New Delhi. Shri […]
Visitors: 116 Respected Murli bhai,Namaskar. The statement by you has come in ET that you have just increased Rs. 1 per day that is Rs. 35 /- for gas cylinder. Please note:1. The sweeper, the watchman, the domestic help , the bai, the aya, the lift man , the driver etc earn less then 5k […]