Visitors: 326 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: 2,213 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: 449 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: 324 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: 236 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: 275 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: 259 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: 203 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: 220 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: 202 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: 254 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: 174 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 […]
Visitors: 219 According to recent reports, in Pakistan, there are influential media barons, military and government officials, and political leaders, who consider nuclear weapons their ‘crown jewels’. They would like to start a nuclear war against India, even if a couple of their own cities are also destroyed in the process. They regard peacemakers as […]
Visitors: 252 Name of the deceased: Sumanta Mondal, aged- about 22 years, son of- Mr। Nimai Mondal, Village & Post- Borderpara, Police Station- Raninagar, District- Murshidabad Name of the perpetrators – 1) Mr. Sailesh Kumar; Constable (CT No. 00722731) 2) Mr. Ramji Pandey; Inspector and Three other on duty Border Security Force (BSF) Personnel (name […]
Visitors: 224 22 Information Commissioners from across the country will retire in the next few months. Out of them, 11 are Chief Information Commissioners. So many posts will fall vacant. What should be the process of their appointment? The law is silent on that. Barring prescribing the composition of a selection committee (consisting of PM, […]
Visitors: 268 The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has condoled the passing way of Malayala Manorama Chief Editor, K.M.Mathew. In a message to his son Mammen Mathew the Prime Minister noted Shri K.M.Mathew’s commitment to the cause of excellence in journalism and his contributions to promoting the freedom of the press. Following is the text […]
Visitors: 215 There are other ways around women reservation can be implemented without depriving others from their constitutional rights. Often I become so much confused and ask myself, why the reservation is needed in India? and if necessary , which sections deserve it the most? and should it not be implemented so that it does […]
Visitors: 238 GRI June-2010-Edition Download PDF File By The Ground Report India (GRI)
Visitors: 219 I had moved to Bhopal in January 1983. Year 1984 was a difficult one for me. I was struggling to set up my business of interior designing and furniture with practically no capital. I did not have many clients. Of the few clients that I had, not many treated me with any level […]
Visitors: 208 Sometimes, we start thinking that RTI is the only tool available to activist citizens. Then we start speaking of ourselves as “RTI activists”, as if RTI is the only thing that matters to us. We forget our larger objective i.e. improving the quality of governance and administration. We become over-focused on uncovering information, […]
Visitors: 170 Online petition “Make it Easier for People from India and Pakistan to Travel and Meet Each Other” is now ready for your signatures at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/pakistan-india-travel/ . Please help us publicize it and urge your friends and list-serves to sign it, so that we have a sizeable number of signatories, before we present it […]
Visitors: 311 The Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN (WiPC) protests in the strongest possible terms the murder of Jean Leonard Rugambage, deputy editor of the banned newspaper Umuvugizi, who was shot dead outside his home on 24 June 2010. Rugambage had reportedly been followed and threatened prior to his death and it is […]
Visitors: 178 What were your expectations from G-20 Summit, especially when it is seen as a rich countries’ forum against the less richer ones ? Are you satisfied with the bilateral talks?Answer.Well this meeting of the Group of was in some way the preparation for the summit meeting in Seoul this November. I think the […]
Visitors: 266 New research from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) shows that corn-based ethanol biofuel is wasteful, inefficient, and a misuse of taxpayer money. This flies in the face of conventional wisdom in Washington (which we all know means “fat wallet wisdom”) but agrees with the research you’ve already seen presented here on NaturalNews several […]
Visitors: 206 The Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, visited Canada from June 26 to June 28 at the invitation of the Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. Stephen Harper. During his visit, Prime Minister Singh participated in the G-20 Toronto Summit and held bilateral discussions with Prime Minister Harper. The two Prime Ministers, in […]