Thin, shy and already balding, his glasses threatening to fall off his nose at every movement, Mohammed Mobashshir Sarwar doesn’t quite look the teen rebel. Yet, at 17, he already has 100 Right to Information (RTI) applications under his belt, all directed at his state-run school, whose management he is now battling in high court for expelling him. Man of a few words he may be, but Sarwar has had no problem...
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MPSC candidate obtains answer sheet under RTI
-The Times of India A Nagpurian who had appeared in a state government engineering exam conducted by the Maharashtra Public Service Commission(MPSC) has been able to secure a photocopy of answer sheets of his theory papers under the RTI. This is a landmark judgment and henceforth other candidates too will be able to check whether they have been evaluated properly. Nilesh Madankar had appeared for the Maharashtra Engineering Service (MES) examination early this...
More »Sitting and former MPs owe MTNL over Rs.9 crore
-IANS Sitting and former MPs from various parties owe a staggering Rs.9 crore to state-run telecom provider MTNL, over and above the free calls they are allowed, a reply to a Right to Information (RTI) query revealed Tuesday. The reply lists 399 MPs who alone owe Rs.7.10 crore dues to MTNL, followed by Rs.1.97 crore owed by six sitting members. The list for former MPs defaulting upon their bills is led by Rajya...
More »Governor must disclose under RTI his Article 356 report to President: HC by Dhananjay Mahapatra
The Goa bench of Bombay High Court stretched the RTI Act's ambit to the maximum when it ruled that a governor's report to the Centre about the political situation in a state could not be kept under wraps and ordered its disclosure upon an application under the transparency law. This has sent shock waves in the power corridors as the Union Cabinet headed by the prime minister relies on the secret...
More »Danger to my life, says activist backing Yogita's family
Two men threatened to finish off my family, says Ingle The case of death of Nagpur girl Yogita Thakre has taken a new twist with Kishore Ingle, a local activist helping her family, alleging threat to his life and family. A complaint has been registered at a police station in Nagpur. Two persons, wearing monkey caps, arrived on a bike at Mr. Ingle's house late on Friday evening. “They were young. They...
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