Mumbai: Mumbai's municipal schools are in a dismal state. An RTI obtained by CNN-IBN reveals a high dropout rate, a dearth of teachers, and rampant mismanagement, which are just some of the problems plaguing the system. The elections to control the country's richest civic corporation Brihan Mumbai Corporation (BMC), are just a month away, but questions raised about municipal education in Mumbai have thrown up disturbing answers. The BMC's own...
08:50 AM, Jan 17, 2012
On Board PM's Special Aircraft: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday denied suggestions that he had pitched for dilution of Right to Information Act. He maintained that he had never said that there should be any dilution of the Act. "There are certain ways in which things can be done. All I said is that we should reflect how to achieve in totality the purposes for which RTI was set...
11:42 PM, Oct 19, 2011
New Delhi: The Prime Minister has lauded the Right To Information Act calling it crucial in exposing authorities and their work which otherwise remain hidden from the public while clarifying that the Government is against any dilution in the Act. "RTI is now more extensively and more effectively used to bring into public face, many areas of work of public authority which would otherwise remain hidden from public domain," Prime...
10:54 AM, Oct 14, 2011
Kutch: Gujarat Right To Information (RTI) activist Jabbardan Gadhvi had sought information on alleged irregularities in cattle grazing in the Rapar taluka of Kutch district. Earlier this week, the 45-year-old RTI activist set himself ablaze in the compound of the Mamlatdar's office after having received constant threats from the Mamlatdar, Talati and the PSI of Rapar. Gadhvi's family, still in shock, wonders why no body stepped in to stop Gadhvi....
07:02 AM, Feb 26, 2011
Fatehabad: A village Sarpanch in Fatehabad in Haryana allegedly crushed a woman to death by mowing her down with his vehicle. He did this because her father-in-law had dared to file a Right to Information application exposing a pension fraud. The victim, Sonu, died and her father-in-law who tried to save her was critically injured. This was not the first time the Sarpanch had allegedly attacked them. Locals say that...
12:37 PM, Feb 13, 2011
New Delhi: Ram Vilas, 32, a small-time shopkeeper in a village in Bihar, now knows the power of the Right To Information (RTI) Act after he used it successfully to get the provident fund money of his ailing retired father, an ex-civic employee. A school drop out, Ram Vilas sought help from one of his former classmates, who is working in a bank, to get an RTI application filed. The...
05:40 PM, Oct 11, 2010
It is learnt that Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre had been carrying out drug trials on 151 victims. ...
08:40 AM, Jun 17, 2010
DMK leader's ministry replies to RTI plea, say PMO knew of Maldives holiday. ...
11:36 AM, May 10, 2010
Survey finds 10 responses to 50,000 requests are satisfactory. ...
06:35 PM, Oct 23, 2009
Many activists still say the Act is a non-starter in the state. ...
12:50 PM, Oct 09, 2009
Wealth tells you how to use Right to Information Act to get your money. ...
11:22 AM, Oct 16, 2008
The student used RTI to get a copy of the answer sheet of English exam. ...
08:23 AM, Aug 08, 2008
An RTI reveals of 64 cyber crimes cases, no convictions have been made. ...
12:30 AM, Jul 18, 2008
Citizens of Delhi are the most unhappy with the two departments. ...
01:01 PM, Jun 30, 2008
Gros Islet: Opener Johnson Charles, only the second Saint Lucia cricketer to be selected for the West Indies, plays his first international on home soil on Friday, shrugging off the shadow of Chris Gayle. Charles and his West Indies team tackle Australia in the fourth one-day international at Beausejour with the series level at one win each after Tuesday's thrilling third-game tie in Kingstown. I'm fully focussed and I'm eager...
10:14 AM, May 06, 2008
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