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Scandal gets bigger, RTI reveals 400 answer sheetshave marking anomalies THE marking scandal that rocked Maharshi Dayanand University at Rohtak last month, in which seven first year B Tech students, who ...
Govt wanted to make applicants...
The bureaucracy is determined to make you pay for your right to information (RTI), literally. Documents released under the transparency law reveal that the government has been planning to make people ...
RTI activists call on Soz
Jammu: A delegation of Right to Information (RTI) activists, lawyers and members of the Civil Society today called on Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief Saif-ud-Din Soz and expressed its resentment ...
Hard at work, the very special...
Subhash Chandra Agrawal doesn't drink tea, eat onions, watch movies, listen to music, or want to raise children in this corrupt and polluted world. A cloth merchant from Chandni Chowk, Mr. ...
Team Anna protests for stronge...
Kejriwal, along with other Team Anna members, including former Union minister Shanti Bhushan, led over a 100 protesters to seek justice for RTI activist Ravinder Balwani, who suffered fatal injuries ...
Scandal gets bigger, RTI reveals 400 answer sheets have marking anomalies
September 25th, 2012 04:40 PM | News
Scandal gets bigger, RTI reveals 400 answer sheetshave marking anomalies
THE marking scandal that rocked Maharshi Dayanand University at Rohtak last month, in which seven first ...
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Govt wanted to make applicants pay for RTI appeals
September 25th, 2012 04:23 PM | News
The bureaucracy is determined to make you pay for your right to information (RTI), literally.
Documents released under the transparency law reveal that the government has ...
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RTI activists call on Soz
September 23rd, 2012 08:48 PM | News
Jammu: A delegation of Right to Information (RTI) activists, lawyers and members of the Civil Society today called on Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief Saif-ud-Din ...
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Hard at work, the very special correspondent
June 8th, 2012 05:54 PM | News
Subhash Chandra Agrawal doesn't drink tea, eat onions, watch movies, listen to music, or want to raise children in this corrupt and polluted world.
A cloth ...
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Team Anna protests for stronger whistleblowers law
June 6th, 2012 06:39 PM | News
Kejriwal, along with other Team Anna members, including former Union minister Shanti Bhushan, led over a 100 protesters to seek justice for RTI activist Ravinder ...
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Madhya Pradesh leads in forest cover area: MoEF
May 31st, 2012 12:36 PM | News
According to the latest India State of Forest Report 2011, 77,700 kms (11.24 percent) of the total 6,90,899 kms of forest land in the country ...
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Indians have no right to info in J&K
May 28th, 2012 05:02 PM | News
Even as successive governments in Jammu and Kashmir have liberally extended security laws like TADA, POTA or Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) to the ...
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Acid victims fear backlash over Saving Face
May 24th, 2012 12:17 PM | News
Survivors of acid attacks whose plight became the focus of an Oscar-winning documentary now fear ostracism and reprisals if the film is broadcast in Pakistan.
Sharmeen ...
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High Court grants interim stay to JK Bank
May 23rd, 2012 01:21 PM | News
In a major relief to J&K Bank, the High Court on Tuesday stayed the order of State Information Commission which had declared the bank as ...
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Parliament gives nod to strengthened copyright law
May 23rd, 2012 01:11 PM | News
Empowering the creative sector, parliament on Tuesday enacted a law that strengthens the royalty claims of artistes, song and script writers, musicians and those in ...
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Team Anna protests for stronger whistleblowers law
May 22nd, 2012 12:34 PM | News
Kejriwal, along with other Team Anna members, including former Union minister Shanti Bhushan, led over a 100 protesters to seek justice for RTI activist Ravinder ...
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Govt jobs no solution to unemployment: Omar
May 22nd, 2012 11:35 AM | News
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday said the issue of unemployment in cannot be solved by providing government jobs to the unemployed youth.
Speaking at a public gathering ...
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Manohar Parrikar’s swearing-in cost Rs 11 lakh
May 21st, 2012 07:31 PM | News
The much publicised swearing-in ceremony of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on March 9 cost the state exchequer a whopping Rs 11 lakh for a ...
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Information commissions in India male-dominated: study
May 19th, 2012 05:36 PM | News
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has released a study that takes stock of the functioning of the information commissions in India, which it said ...
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Indians have no right to info in J&K
May 8th, 2012 01:52 PM | News
Even as successive governments in Jammu and Kashmir have liberally extended security laws like TADA, POTA or Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) to the ...
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JK has no Fire Safety Act
May 7th, 2012 02:43 PM | News
Not learning a lesson or two from fire tragedies taking place across the world, the Jammu and Kashmir government has failed to enact Fire Force ...
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Only 1 army man prosecuted in 22 yrs in JK
May 5th, 2012 01:00 PM | News
In what can be seen as the fallout of controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), only one army man has been prosecuted in Jammu ...
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JK Karwani Islami alleges fraud in Madrasa funding
May 4th, 2012 04:43 PM | News
Spilling the beans over the funding of Madrasas in the State, Jammu and Kashmir Karwani-Islami has accused the School Education Department of drawing money in ...
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FATAL IMFORMATION
May 2nd, 2012 08:54 PM | News
The Right to Information Act seems to be the most fatal law in the country. Though courts have not been convinced, the deaths of RTI ...
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J&K Police ignore RTI application from r/o Barota (RS Pura, Jammu) for 5 months
April 19th, 2012 11:15 AM | News
Here is a perfect example showing how the J&K Police have ignored an RTI application filed Mr. Naresh Kumar, r/o Barota (RS Pura, Jammu). The ...
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Government gets RTI query on examgate
February 27th, 2012 12:00 AM | News
Srinagar, Feb 27: With Jammu and Kashmir Government tightlipped over the contents of the Crime Branch report indicting former Education Minister Peerzada Muhammad Sayeed’s son ...
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Dr Muzaffar Bhat awarded DoPT’s RTI fellowship
February 23rd, 2012 12:00 AM | News
Srinagar Feb 22: The Department of Personnel and Trainings (DoPT) Government of India has awarded Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat, noted RTI activist of J&K, fellowship ...
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Make RTI a public movement: Sufi to PIOs
February 18th, 2012 05:10 PM | News
Chief Information Commissioner, J&K State, G R Sufi today said that a citizen has a right to seek information from a public authority for the ...
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Defending the Corrupt!
February 13th, 2012 05:03 PM | News
IS NEW DELHI PATRONIZING CORRUPT POLITICIANS IN J&K ?
CORRUPOLITICS BY DR RAJA MUZAFFAR BHAT
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If we go through the various annual reports from 2005 ...
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J&K RTI Movement starts membership drive
February 12th, 2012 04:41 PM | News
Jammu and Kashmir RTI Movement has started a membership drive across the State for awareness and sensitization of public about matters related to governance, corruption ...
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Students, civil society up in arms
February 2nd, 2012 12:00 AM | News
MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN
Srinagar, Jan 31: The students and civil society members held a massive demonstration at Lal Chowk here on Tuesday against State Education Minister Peerzada Muhammad ...
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AFSPA amendments proposed by MHA not applicable to JK
January 30th, 2012 03:33 PM | News
Srinagar, Jan 30: Does the amendments suggested by the Government of India in the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) also apply to Jammu ...
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Chadoora turning into crime hub
January 26th, 2012 12:00 AM | News
Srinagar, Jan 26: Expressing concern over the rise of crime in Chadoora, J&K RTI Movement has demanded measures to curb the growing crime.
In a statement, ...
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Government sluggish on RTI implementation
January 26th, 2012 12:00 AM | News
Srinagar, Jan 26: While Jammu and Kashmir government makes tall claims about the implementation of Right to Information (RTI) Act, on the contrary its departments ...
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SIC penalises PSC for delaying info under RTI
January 26th, 2012 12:00 AM | News
Srinagar, Jan 26: The State Information Commission (SIC) has imposed a penalty of Rs 5,000 on J&K Public Service Commission for delaying information and non-disposal ...
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RTI Movement hails CIC’s decision on custodial disappearances
January 21st, 2012 12:00 AM | News
J&K RTI Movement has hailed the recent decision pronounced by the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) J&K State Information Commission G R Sufi in which he ...
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Shock Treatment
January 20th, 2012 10:40 AM | News
IT IS the most unlikely issue that could tip Kashmir into a fresh spell of unrest, but the growing disaffection with the raw deal over ...
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SIC directive on custodial disappearances
January 20th, 2012 12:00 AM | News
SRINAGAR, Jan 20: The latest directive from State Information Commission (SIC) in which government has been asked to furnish information about custodial disappearances since 1990, ...
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JK SIC’s order on Enforced Disappearances
January 20th, 2012 12:00 AM | News
Dear all
As you may be aware that the J&K State Information Commission gave a judgement few days back directing the JK Police and Home department ...
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Provide info about missing persons: SIC to Government
January 18th, 2012 06:30 PM | News
Srinagar, Jan 18: The State Information Commission (SIC) has directed the State Government to provide to an RTI applicant statistics about the persons who went ...
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Forces owe Rs 15 cr power dues in Srinagar alone
January 12th, 2012 06:30 PM | News
Srinagar, Jan 12: At a time when the Power Development Department (PDD) is crying hoarse over the power tariff deficit, major security installations and camps ...
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Govt dallying RTI implementation
January 3rd, 2012 06:30 PM | News
Srinagar, Jan 3: Despite its introduction with much fanfare three years ago, Jammu and Kashmir government has abruptly slowed down on the implementation of Right ...
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RTI activists hold demo at Chadoora
December 30th, 2011 06:30 PM | News
Chadoora, Dec 30: Activists of J&K RTI Movement staged a protest in this central Kashmir town on Friday.
Protesters assembled in the town this afternoon and ...
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Fulfill promise of reducing RTI fees
December 24th, 2011 06:30 PM | News
Srinagar, Dec 24: Jammu and Kashmir RTI Movement today appealed the Chief Minister to fulfill his promise of reducing the application and photocopying fees under ...
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List of Designated PIOs and APIOs substantially expanded by J&K Government
December 23rd, 2011 07:04 PM | News
As elaborated in a number of previous posts and Op-Eds (see list below), the Government has taken a long time to appoint the necessary PIOs ...
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RTI & Human Rights Workshop organized
December 10th, 2011 12:00 AM | News
Sopore, Dec 10
In connection with International Human Rights day a workshop was organized on Right to Information Act (RTI) and Human Rights in Boys Higher ...
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RTI workshop on HR day in Sopore
December 10th, 2011 12:00 AM | News
Srinagar, Dec 10: In connection with International Human Rights Day a workshop was organized on Right to Information Act (RTI) and Human Rights in Boys ...
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RTI, HR workshop in Sopore
December 10th, 2011 12:00 AM | News
Srinagar, Dec 10: On the eve of International Human Rights day a workshop was organized on Right to Information Act (RTI) and Human Rights in ...
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RTI programme concludes
December 5th, 2011 06:13 PM | News
Jammu Dec 5: The State Information Commissioner Nazir Ahmad today said stated that the J&K RTI Act, 2009, will be successful only when its implementation ...
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RTI movement workshop held in Tangmarg
November 26th, 2011 08:31 PM | News
To create awareness about Right to Information (RTI) Act, a workshop was organized by J&K RTI Movement in collaboration with Awami Insaf Committee Kunzar Tangmarg ...
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Make draft of Police Act public
November 26th, 2011 08:31 PM | News
Srinagar, Nov 27: Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) on Sunday constituted a core group to mount pressure on Government to make the draft of Police ...
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‘Works without tender unabated in Chadoora R&B division’
November 25th, 2011 12:00 AM | News
Srinagar, Nov 25: The Public Works Department of Roads and Buildings at Chadoora in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district has been executing works without issuing tenders, ...
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Make RTI peoples movement: Sufi
November 22nd, 2011 09:16 PM | News
Asking people to make RTI in Jammu and Kashmir a peoples movement, Chief Information Commissioner G R Sufi underscored the need of creating mass awareness ...
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Vegetable vendor gets passport in 40 days; courtesy RTI
November 18th, 2011 12:00 AM | News
Srinagar, Nov 17: Right To Information Act helped a vegetable vendor get his passport within 40 days of filing the RTI application.
Bashir Ahmad Bhat, who ...
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Reluctant Disclosures
November 17th, 2011 01:53 PM | News
This is in response to the news article titled “42 JK cadre IPS officers face action for default”. I am not at all surprised to ...
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CHRI, JKRTIM hold seminar
November 3rd, 2011 12:00 AM | News
Srinagar Nov 3: Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), an international NGO based in New Delhi in association with J&K RTI Movement organised a workshop “Right ...
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RTI has helped to check rights abuses
November 2nd, 2011 12:00 AM | News
Srinagar, Nov 1: Human Rights Law Network in collaboration with Vitasta School of Law and Humanities today organized a seminar on Human Rights at Vitasta ...
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R&B deptt executes 30 works without tenders
November 1st, 2011 12:00 AM | News
Srinagar, Oct 31: In blatant violation of norms, the Roads and Buildings (R&B) department has carried out 30 works worth Rs 69 lakh without floating ...
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Forces owe Rs 3.70 crore power dues in Jammu
October 31st, 2011 12:00 AM | News
Srinagar, Oct 30: Mocking at the Power Development Department’s much-hyped drive against power theft in the State, security forces posted in various areas of the ...
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Slash application fee photostat charges JK RTI Movement
October 17th, 2011 12:00 AM | News
Srinagar: J&K RTI Movement has urged the government to slash the application fee and Photostat charges for persons intending to seek information under RTI Act.
In ...
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Revoke AFSPA campaign to begin today
October 16th, 2011 12:00 AM | News
Srinagar, Oct 15: A caravan to mobilize support for revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) would begin its journey from here on Sunday, ...
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Medha to Campaign Against AFSPA in Srinagar
October 15th, 2011 12:00 AM |
Srinagar, Oct 15 KNS: Intensifying its movement against Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) “Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign” group will take out a public rally ...
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Civil society holds demonstration
October 13th, 2011 06:30 PM | News
Srinagar, Oct 13: To show solidarity with noted Supreme Court lawyer, Prashant Bhushan, scores of civil society activists organized peaceful demonstration here on Thursday, condemning ...
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MLA Rasheed Leads Pro-Bushan Demo
October 13th, 2011 12:00 AM |
Srinagar, Oct 13, KONS- Independent member of Legislative Assembly from Langate, Engineer Sheikh Abdul Rashid, Thursday led a sit-in demonstration of civil society against the ...
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