-The Times of India The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday doubled the cash reward of Rs five lakh to Rs 10 lakh for information on the murder of rti activist Shehla Masood, who was shot dead outside her house in Bhopal on August 16, 2011. Though the agency had registered a case against unnamed persons on September 3, 2011, it increased the reward money since the motive behind the murder...
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rti activists appeal to collector for protection by Nandhu Sundaram
Over 75 activists protested in front of the Red Cross building here on Friday demanding protection from the government in the wake of the murder of Chennai-based rti activist S Bhuvaneshwaran. The group also submitted a memorandum to the district collector, a copy of which has been forwarded to the cell of chief minister J Jayalalithaa. Demanding a solatium for the family of Bhuvaneshwaran, the rti activists also sought the arrest...
More »CIC tells high court to get its act right on RTI
-The Times of India The AP High Court was pulled up by the Central Information Commission (CIC) for its failure to adhere to the RTI Act. Nine other high courts besides AP's have been given three months time to get their act right. The CIC was reacting to a complaint filed by Hyderabad-based rti activist C J Karira and Mani Ram Sharma of Rajasthan between December 2009 and March 2010. The complainants...
More »Slain rti activist was being followed: Cops
-The Times of India Slain rti activist S Bhuvaneswaran's movements had been monitored for more than a week before he was attacked, police said. This was revealed to the police by the two men who surrendered in Kancheepuram on Wednesday. Murali and Anandan, who have been in the custody of the Kolathur police for seven days now, said they had planned to eliminate him near his house. Bhuvaneswaran was hacked to death when...
More »Bhopal “bureaucrat club” to come under RTI: State CIC by Mahim Pratap Singh
The Madhya Pradesh Chief Information Commissioner has ruled that the elite Arera Club of Bhopal, associated chiefly with bureacucrats and the city's wealthy, shall be under the purview of the Right to Information Act. Chief Information Commissioner Padmapani Tiwari in an order passed on Thursday, rejected the club officials' contention that the club was a private body and did not fall under the purview of the RTI act. The CIC order came...
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