Visitors: 259Lok 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 Ministers, […]
Visitors: 364We 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 only […]
Visitors: 306On 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 by […]
Visitors: 388Eyewitness 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 Tibetans […]
Visitors: 391Millions 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, unfortunately, […]
Visitors: 2,323Exactly 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 at […]
Visitors: 501As 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 opportunity […]
Visitors: 367July 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 and […]
Visitors: 302We 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, we […]
Visitors: 320Hon’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 on […]
Visitors: 296Name 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 Security […]
Visitors: 240Overview• 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 Supreme […]
Visitors: 254Indian 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 and […]
Visitors: 243The 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 share […]
Visitors: 2975th 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 Pawan […]
Visitors: 206Respected 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 to […]
Visitors: 254According 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 conspiring […]
Visitors: 296Name 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 unknown) […]
Visitors: 26622 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, Leader […]
Visitors: 327The 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 of […]
Visitors: 249There 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 not […]
Visitors: 297GRI June-2010-Edition Download PDF File By The Ground Report India (GRI)
Visitors: 266I 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 of […]
Visitors: 250Sometimes, 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, getting […]
Visitors: 215Online 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 to […]