Asking questions can cost your life in India - even if the right to solicit information is protected by law. Amar Nath Deo Pandey is luckier - in less than a week, he appears to have escaped two attempts on his life in a nondescript town in India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh. More than five years after the introduction of a landmark law that allows Indians to access information held by...
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UP food grain scam: FIR against 19 firms by Bipin Chand Agarwal
The Economic Offence Wing of Uttar Pradesh has lodged FIR against 19 firms for their alleged involvement in a 'food grain scam' here, the police said. The EOW has lodged FIR against 19 firms of the Kotwali city Gonsa for illegally sending food grains to Bangladesh. The FIR was lodged by inspector EOW, Kanpur for forgery, corrupt practices and other charges. The police said that 43,330 quintal of food grain was sent to...
More »‘One crore girls vanish every year'
About one crore girls vanish every year through foeticide or other forms of killing, Governor of Uttarakhand Margaret Alva said here on Wednesday. She was addressing a seminar on women's rights here organised by Congress leader Janet D Souza's non-governemental organisation ‘Parivartan.' “We call it the disappearing sex. One crore girls die every year or are not allowed [to be born],” Ms. Alva said. On the issue of ‘honour killings,' she...
More »Threats shadow activists by Pallavi Singh & Maitreyee Handique
At least 10 RTI applicants have been killed over the past two years, with many others facing threats in their bid to expose corruption On a Republic Day when India celebrated 61 years of justice, equality and liberty, Amar Nath Pandey says he encountered the darkest moment of his life. In late evening on 26 January, a lone assailant leaped from the folds of darkness in the street outside his house in...
More »India social worker Sandeep Pandey returns top award
A leading Indian social worker has returned a prestigious government award in protest against corruption. Ramon Magsaysay award winner Sandeep Pandey was honoured for his raising awareness about the government's jobs-for-work scheme. One of the world's biggest social welfare schemes, it guarantees 100 days of work a year for every rural home. Mr Pandey returned the award in protest against "embezzlement" of funds meant for the poor in Uttar Pradesh state. In a statement,...
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