Scandal gets bigger, RTI reveals 400 answer sheets have marking anomalies

September 25th, 2012 04:40 PM | by editor | News.  
Scandal gets bigger, RTI reveals 400 answer sheets have marking anomalies
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 failed in the Essentials of Communication subject, but passed with first divisions after re-evaluation, has got bigger with records, obtained ...

Govt wanted to make applicants pay for RTI appeals

September 25th, 2012 04:23 PM | by editor | News.  
Govt wanted to make applicants pay for RTI appeals
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 pay to file appeals since 2009. So far, RTI applicants only have to pay a fee of Rs. 10 for filing applications. ...

RTI activists call on Soz

September 23rd, 2012 08:48 PM | by editor | News.  
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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 against the state government's decision on making sweeping changes in RTI rules. RTI ACTIVISTS MEET SOZ   RTI ACTIVISTS MEET SOZ ...

Hard at work, the very special correspondent

June 8th, 2012 05:54 PM | by editor | News.  
Hard at work, the very special correspondent
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. Agrawal (62) follows the news and files Right to Information (RTI) requests: on the selection criteria for national awards, the ...

Team Anna protests for stronger whistleblowers law

June 6th, 2012 06:39 PM | by editor | News.  
Team Anna protests for stronger whistleblowers law
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 in a "hit-and-run" incident in the capital last month. "Time and again we hear cases of RTI activists being attacked. It ...

Madhya Pradesh leads in forest cover area: MoEF

May 31st, 2012 12:36 PM | by editor | News.  
Madhya Pradesh leads in forest cover area: MoEF
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 is in Madhya Pradesh, Ministry of Environment and Forest has said, in reply to an RTI query by Omprakash Sharma, a former BJP national council ...

Indians have no right to info in J&K

May 28th, 2012 05:02 PM | by editor | News.  
Indians have no right to info in J&K
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 state, they block implementation of central laws like Right to Education (RTE), granting constitutional status to panchayats etc, citing special status granted under the Article ...

Acid victims fear backlash over Saving Face

May 24th, 2012 12:17 PM | by editor | News.  
Acid victims fear backlash over Saving Face
  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 Obaid-Chinoy made history earlier this year when she won Pakistan’s first Oscar, feted across the country for exposing the horrors endured by women whose faces ...

High Court grants interim stay to JK Bank

May 23rd, 2012 01:21 PM | by editor | News.  
High Court grants interim stay to JK Bank
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 “public authority” under J&K Right to Information Act. A bench of Justice J P Singh passed the order on a petition filed by J&K Bank Limitedchallenging ...

Parliament gives nod to strengthened copyright law

May 23rd, 2012 01:11 PM | by editor | News.  
Parliament gives nod to strengthened copyright law
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 similar fields and addresses newer issues related to the digital world and internet. The Copyright Act (Amendment) Bill, 2012, was passed by the Lok Sabha with ...

Team Anna protests for stronger whistleblowers law

May 22nd, 2012 12:34 PM | by editor | News.  
Team Anna protests for stronger whistleblowers law
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 in a "hit-and-run" incident in the capital last month. "Time and again we hear cases of RTI activists being attacked. It ...

Govt jobs no solution to unemployment: Omar

May 22nd, 2012 11:35 AM | by editor | News.  
Govt jobs no solution to unemployment: Omar
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 in Nagam area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district, Omar made it clear that his Government cannot provide jobs to all educated unemployed youth. “There is no ...

Manohar Parrikar’s swearing-in cost Rs 11 lakh

May 21st, 2012 07:31 PM | by editor | News.  
Manohar Parrikar’s swearing-in cost Rs 11 lakh
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 one-hour function, an RTI query has revealed. "The pandal, stage, sound system and seating arrangement for the swearing-in ceremony cost the tax payer Rs 7.98 lakh, ...

Information commissions in India male-dominated: study

May 19th, 2012 05:36 PM | by editor | News.  
Information commissions in India male-dominated: study
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 are male-dominated and far away from meeting their full potential. The study, A Rapid Study of Information Commissions - Established Under the Right to Information Laws ...

Indians have no right to info in J&K

May 8th, 2012 01:52 PM | by editor | News.  
Indians have no right to info in J&K
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 state, they block implementation of central laws like Right to Education (RTE), granting constitutional status to panchayats etc, citing special status granted under the Article ...

JK has no Fire Safety Act

May 7th, 2012 02:43 PM | by editor | News.  
JK has no Fire Safety Act
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 Act – the law that makes it mandatory to install fire safety gadgets in the public and private establishments. If official sources are to be believed ...

Only 1 army man prosecuted in 22 yrs in JK

May 5th, 2012 01:00 PM | by editor | News.  
Only 1 army man prosecuted in 22 yrs in JK
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 and Kashmir during past 22 years by Ministry of Defence (MoD), which received 44 cases for sanction for prosecution from 1990 to 2011. The MoD, however, ...

JK Karwani Islami alleges fraud in Madrasa funding

May 4th, 2012 04:43 PM | by editor | News.  
JK Karwani Islami alleges fraud in Madrasa funding
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 the name of non-existing religious schools and seminaries. Addressing a press conference, Chairman Karwani-Islami Ghulam Rasool Hami said the organization’s legal advisor Mudasir Naqashbandi had ...

FATAL IMFORMATION

May 2nd, 2012 08:54 PM | by editor | News.  
FATAL IMFORMATION
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 activists across the country point at those who stood to lose from the truth. Add to the deaths the numerous threats received by activists and ...

J&K Police ignore RTI application from r/o Barota (RS Pura, Jammu) for 5 months

April 19th, 2012 11:15 AM | by editor | News.  
J&K Police ignore RTI application from r/o Barota (RS Pura, Jammu) for 5 months
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 facts are as follows: The applicant participated in an Auxilary Police recruitment rally on 8 Oct. 2009. He reports that he qualified on the physical exam but ...

Government gets RTI query on examgate

February 27th, 2012 12:00 AM | by editor | News.  
Government gets RTI query on examgate
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 of resorting to unfair means to pass his class 10 examination, the Chief Minister’s Office has received a query on the subject under Right to ...

Dr Muzaffar Bhat awarded DoPT’s RTI fellowship

February 23rd, 2012 12:00 AM | by editor | News.  
Dr Muzaffar Bhat awarded DoPT’s RTI fellowship
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 on Right to Information Act (RTI). A statement said RTI activists, journalists and government officials had applied for this prestigious fellowship and the DoPT selected three ...

Make RTI a public movement: Sufi to PIOs

February 18th, 2012 05:10 PM | by editor | News.  
Make RTI a public movement: Sufi to PIOs
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 service which is held by him or which is held under its control which includes inspection of work, documents and records, taking notes, extracts or ...

Defending the Corrupt!

February 13th, 2012 05:03 PM | by editor | News.  
Defending the Corrupt!
IS NEW DELHI PATRONIZING CORRUPT POLITICIANS IN J&K ? CORRUPOLITICS BY DR RAJA MUZAFFAR BHAT Smaller Default Larger If we go through the various annual reports from 2005 till date  published by  Berlin based Transparency International, an NGO working for corruption related issues in various countries,  it has continuously kept Jammu & Kashmir ...

J&K RTI Movement starts membership drive

February 12th, 2012 04:41 PM | by editor | News.  
J&K RTI Movement starts membership drive
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 and other allied issues by making rigorous use of the Right to Information Act (RTI). The Convener of J&K RTI Movement Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat in ...

Students, civil society up in arms

February 2nd, 2012 12:00 AM | by editor | News.  
Students, civil society up in arms
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 Sayeed for his alleged misconduct and demanded his resignation forthwith. Hundreds of civil society members and students raised slogans “Peerzada should be sacked” and “Shame on ...

AFSPA amendments proposed by MHA not applicable to JK

January 30th, 2012 03:33 PM | by editor | News.  
AFSPA amendments proposed by MHA not applicable to JK
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 and Kashmir? In a surprising disclosure that has come to fore through a RTI query, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has made it clear ...

Chadoora turning into crime hub

January 26th, 2012 12:00 AM | by admin | News.  
Chadoora turning into crime hub
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, convener of RTI Movement Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat has condemned the murder of Nazir Ahmad Dar of Badipora Chadoora. “Chadoora area has become a safe heaven ...

Government sluggish on RTI implementation

January 26th, 2012 12:00 AM | by admin | News.  
Government sluggish on RTI implementation
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 are not furnishing the mandatory information to the State Information Commission (SIC), thereby affecting monitoring and reporting of the law. Informed sources told Greater Kashmir that ...

SIC penalises PSC for delaying info under RTI

January 26th, 2012 12:00 AM | by admin | News.  
SIC penalises PSC for delaying info under RTI
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 of appeal under the State Right to Information Act. Disposing off a complaint filed by Vilakshana Singh against First Appellate Authority (FAA) and Public Information Officer ...

RTI Movement hails CIC’s decision on custodial disappearances

January 21st, 2012 12:00 AM | by editor | News.  
RTI Movement hails CIC’s decision on custodial disappearances
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 directed the state Home department and J&K Police to provide the Information regarding  custodial disappearances  taken place in J&K since 1990. Convener J&K RTI Movement Dr ...

Shock Treatment

January 20th, 2012 10:40 AM | by editor | News.  
Shock Treatment
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 power is silently becoming the central political issue in Jammu & Kashmir. Apart from the separatists, mainstream political parties increasingly see in the issue a compensatory ...

SIC directive on custodial disappearances

January 20th, 2012 12:00 AM | by editor | News.  
SIC directive on custodial disappearances
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, is likely to help clear confusion among the families of disappeared persons in Kashmir who are running from pillar to post to know whereabouts of ...

JK SIC’s order on Enforced Disappearances

January 20th, 2012 12:00 AM | by editor | News.  
JK SIC’s order on Enforced Disappearances
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 to provide all the information about number of persons listed as missing officially in J&K in cases of  enforced disappearances , FIR's filed , cases ...

Provide info about missing persons: SIC to Government

January 18th, 2012 06:30 PM | by editor | News.  
Provide info about missing persons: SIC to Government
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 missing in Jammu and Kashmir during last 20 years. It has also served show cause notice to the Public Information Officer (PIO) of Home Department that ...

MHA dithers to make K panel report public

January 17th, 2012 12:00 AM | by editor | News.  
MHA dithers to make K panel report public

Forces owe Rs 15 cr power dues in Srinagar alone

January 12th, 2012 06:30 PM | by editor | News.  
Forces owe Rs 15 cr power dues in Srinagar alone
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 in the Srinagar City alone owe nearly Rs 15 crores to the department. This was revealed by the PDD in reply to an RTI application filed ...

Govt dallying RTI implementation

January 3rd, 2012 06:30 PM | by editor | News.  
Govt dallying RTI implementation
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 to Information (RTI) Act, which was designed to bring transparency and accountability to public offices. According to the Act enacted in March 2009, it is incumbent ...

RTI activists hold demo at Chadoora

December 30th, 2011 06:30 PM | by editor | News.  
RTI activists hold demo at Chadoora
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 staged a sti-in against what they called “misgovernance, defunct anti-corruption agencies, non-availability of power, drinking water, rampant illegal constructions and other issues.” Activists demanded strengthening of ...

Fulfill promise of reducing RTI fees

December 24th, 2011 06:30 PM | by editor | News.  
Fulfill promise of reducing RTI fees
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 J&K Right to Information Act (JK RTI Act 2009) Conveyor of JK RTI Movement Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat said since the enactment of JK RTI Act ...

List of Designated PIOs and APIOs substantially expanded by J&K Government

December 23rd, 2011 07:04 PM | by editor | News.  
List of Designated PIOs and APIOs substantially expanded by J&K Government
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 and APIOs responsible for fulfilling RTI requests. To recapitulate: Section 5(1) of the Act requires the appointment of at least one PIO in each Public Authority, ...

RTI & Human Rights Workshop organized

December 10th, 2011 12:00 AM | by editor | News.  
RTI & Human Rights Workshop organized
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 Secondary School Sopore yesterday. The programme was organized by J&K RTI Movement in association with Sawaira Foundation and Jan Shiksha Sanasthan (JSS). Speaking at the workshop Convener ...

RTI, HR workshop in Sopore

December 10th, 2011 12:00 AM | by editor | News.  
RTI, HR workshop in Sopore
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 Sopore on Friday. The programme was organized by J&K RTI Movement in association with Sawaira Foundation and Jan Shiksha Sanasthan (JSS). Speaking on the occasion, Convener ...

RTI workshop on HR day in Sopore

December 10th, 2011 12:00 AM | by editor | News.  
RTI workshop on HR day in Sopore
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 Higher Secondary School Sopore on Friday. The programme was organized by J&K RTI Movement in association with Sawaira Foundation and Jan Shiksha Sanasthan (JSS). Speaking on the ...

RTI programme concludes

December 5th, 2011 06:13 PM | by editor | News.  
RTI programme concludes
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 is driven by the people of Jammu and Kashmir. The Commissioner was delivering the valedictory address at the end of the three-day training of trainers on ...

RTI movement workshop held in Tangmarg

November 26th, 2011 08:31 PM | by editor | News.  
RTI movement workshop held in Tangmarg
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 in Baramulla. Teachers, lawyers, panchayat members and anganwadi workers participated in the day long workshop. The program was supported by Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and ...

Make draft of Police Act public

November 26th, 2011 08:31 PM | by editor | News.  
Make draft of Police Act public
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 Act public for consultations and discussions on the proposed reforms. Deliberating on the reforms for making Police accountable across India, Director CHRI Maja Daruwalla asserted no ...

‘Works without tender unabated in Chadoora R&B division’

November 25th, 2011 12:00 AM | by editor | News.  
‘Works without tender unabated in Chadoora R&B division’
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, an RTI response revealed. After delayed answer to an RTI application, Executive Engineer R&B division Chadoora has revealed that works amounting to Rs 1.23 crore have ...

Make RTI peoples movement: Sufi

November 22nd, 2011 09:16 PM | by editor | News.  
Make RTI peoples movement: Sufi
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 about this act in nook and corner of the state. Speaking at a programme organized by Islamia College of Science and Commerce Sufi said RTI Act ...

Vegetable vendor gets passport in 40 days; courtesy RTI

November 18th, 2011 12:00 AM | by editor | News.  
Vegetable vendor gets passport in 40 days; courtesy RTI
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 runs a small vegetable shop at Chadoora in central Kashmir’s  Budgam district had plans to perform Hajj and Umrah and had applied for an international ...

Reluctant Disclosures

November 17th, 2011 01:53 PM | by editor | News.  
Reluctant Disclosures
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 see 42 IPS officers not making their assets public as they only have been directed by the Home Ministry to follow its orders. One feels humiliated ...

CHRI, JKRTIM hold seminar

November 3rd, 2011 12:00 AM | by editor | News.  
CHRI, JKRTIM hold seminar
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 to Information and the Police in J&K.” Addressing the gathering, Navaz Kotwal, Project Coordinator of Police Reforms at CHRI, said a strong civil society group was ...

RTI has helped to check rights abuses

November 2nd, 2011 12:00 AM | by editor | News.  
RTI has helped to check rights abuses
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 School campus here in Nowgam. Among others who spoke during the seminar included MLA Langate Er Rashid Advocate. Human rights activists Syed Faisal Qadri and Dr ...

R&B deptt executes 30 works without tenders

November 1st, 2011 12:00 AM | by editor | News.  
R&B deptt executes 30 works without tenders
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 tenders in the current season. The information revealed through the Right to Information Act, stated that the works were executed in R&B’s right river circular division ...

Forces owe Rs 3.70 crore power dues in Jammu

October 31st, 2011 12:00 AM | by editor | News.  
Forces owe Rs 3.70 crore power dues in Jammu
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 winter capital Jammu are illegally using electricity at their camps. This has been stated by the Government in response to a RTI application filed by Convener ...

Slash application fee photostat charges JK RTI Movement

October 17th, 2011 12:00 AM | by editor | News.  
Slash application fee photostat charges JK RTI Movement
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 a statement, J&K RTI Movement said, the RTI application fees and Photostat charges of Rs 50 and Rs 10 respectively for the information seekers in ...

Revoke AFSPA campaign to begin today

October 16th, 2011 12:00 AM | by editor | News.  
Revoke AFSPA campaign to begin today
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, with noted civil rights activist Madeha Patekar, Magsaysay award winner Dr Sandeep Pandey and brother of Irom Sharmila, Irom Singhajit flagging it off. Talking to Greater  ...

Civil society holds demonstration

October 13th, 2011 06:30 PM | by editor | News.  
Civil society holds demonstration
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 the attack on him. The protestors were demanding stringent action against the attackers and were chanting slogans in favour of Bhushan. “Attack on Bhushan is attack ...

DD Director treats RTI applications with contempt – Early Times – 31 Aug. 2010

August 29th, 2011 12:56 PM | by editor | News.  
DD Director treats RTI applications with contempt – Early Times – 31 Aug. 2010
SRINAGAR, Aug 30: Director of Doordarshan Kendra (DDK) Srinagar, Dr Rafeeq Masoodi, has introduced an imaginative mechanism to subvert the process of seeking information under Right To Information (RTI) Act. None of the applicants till date has been provided any information whenever anybody made an attempt to know how DDK Srinagar ...

Echoes of the protest

August 20th, 2011 03:20 PM | by editor | News.  
Echoes of the protest
Palkhi fest at Anna village Ralegan siddhi: Anna Hazare’s village organised a “palkhi festival” of their village deity Yadavbaba, in which over 5,000 people from 12 villages also participated, for their leader’s success. Sarpanch Jaisinghrao Mapari said the palkhi festival is held annually in January, but the gram panchayat decided to ...
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