New Delhi: A Pune court on Wednesday gave its clearance for a polygraph test on seven policemen in connection with the murder of RTI activist Satish Shetty. Shetty was murdered in 2010 in Pune. Shetty had exposed several land scams using the RTI. Satish was hacked to death by unidentified men in January 2010 in Talegoan in Maharashtra. Satish was credited with exposing several land scams in the Talegaon-Lonavala region,...
02:20 PM, May 02, 2012
Mumbai: The six-week-long Budget Session of the Maharashtra Legislature, which will begin in Mumbai from Monday, is expected to see Government-Opposition face-off on issues such as corruption, murder of additional collector Yashwant Sonawane and Jaitapur nuclear power project. This will be Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's first budget session after he took over last November following the resignation of his predecessor Ashok Chavan in the wake of Adarsh Housing scam. He...
09:53 AM, Mar 13, 2011
Pune: In a twist to the case related to the alleged attack on RTI activist Arun Mane, police on Tuesday said he has now withdrawn his "false complaint" which he had filed in a "disturbed" state of mind, even as the activist claimed he took the step fearing safety of his family. Rural police superintendent Pratap Degaonkar told reporters that Mane had given an application to the police saying that...
09:51 PM, Jan 04, 2011
Mumbai: An RTI activist, Arun Mane was attacked in Talegaon area on Sunday morning. Arun Mane is reportedly close to murdered RTI activist Satish Shetty. Mane had sought police protection as he had been receiving threats. Mane has survived the attack as of now. Sandeep Shetty, RTI activist Satish Shetty's brother said, "Arun Mane was very close to my brother and helped him with the cases he was working on"....
11:03 AM, Jan 02, 2011
Mumbai: Close on the heals of RTI activists Satish Shetty and Datta Patil being brutally murdered in Maharashtra, another RTI activist Anwar Shaikh has approached the Bombay High Court, saying he has received death threats and has demanded protection. The court has admitted his plea for hearing. Shaikh said: "I got a threat saying forget about the cemetery otherwise you will be shot, I said do what you want so...
08:56 AM, Sep 23, 2010
Datta Patil's murder is the latest in a string of attacks on RTI activists in the last six months. ...
10:39 PM, Jun 02, 2010
Datta Patil, an activist from Ichalkaranji in the Kolhapur district, was found dead on May 22. ...
08:21 AM, Jun 01, 2010
The activist community is shaken up but not deterred. ...
11:04 PM, Jan 18, 2010
Shetty had exposed over 150 cases of wrongdoing, making several enemies. ...
10:41 PM, Jan 18, 2010
Satish Shetty had exposed several land grab deals in Maharashtra. ...
09:52 PM, Jan 15, 2010
Activists say government has failed to set up special cell to look into attacks. ...
08:34 PM, Jan 14, 2010
Satish Shetty was hacked to death by unidentified men on Wednesday. ...
03:27 PM, Jan 14, 2010
Satish Shetty had exposed several land scams in Talegaon-Lonavala area. ...
11:06 PM, Jan 13, 2010
Satish Shetty was killed by unidentified men on Wednesday morning. ...
02:26 PM, Jan 13, 2010
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