There are two broad governance issues that concern every citizen in this country today: corruption at different levels in the government, and grievances arising from the government’s poor functioning. The last few months have seen an outpouring of emotions related to these issues. It is amply clear that the people of India want no one to be above the law; everyone, irrespective of the position they hold, should be accountable. ...
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Mystery behind Shehla Masood's murder deepens by Hemender Sharma
The mystery behind the murder of RTI activist Shehla Masood is deepening by the day. CNN-IBN has accessed letters written by Shehla to the Union Environmental Minister Jayanti Natrajan against illegal diamond mining in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh. Phone records available also show that someone from Uganda was trying to get in touch with her hours after she was killed. The letter from Shehla to Jayanti Natrajan was written as recently...
More »State RTI activist claims threat to life by Ramashankar
At a time when protest against corruption is making headlines across the country, crusaders for people’s rights are at the receiving end in Bihar. An RTI activist from Rohtas, Ashok Paswan (49), has allegedly received a threat to his life for seeking information on alleged financial irregularities in disbursement of loans to farmers by a nationalised bank in the district. “I received a call on my mobile around 5.30pm on Friday. The...
More »RTI activist's murder bleak reminder of unsolved killings
-PTI The shocking murder of RTI activist Shehla Masood on August 16 was a bleak reminder of at least two such incidents in the past involving the women victims, who some way or the other had been associated with public life and died under mysterious circumstances, sources in local police said. Congress leader On February 15, 1997, the burnt body of Congress leader Sarla Mishra was found in her flat in the South...
More »Hazare runs into civil society protest by Radhika Ramaseshan
The National Campaign for People’s Right to Information has rejected Anna Hazare’s Jan Lokpal bill and said it had sent its version of the proposed anti-graft law to the parliamentary standing committee that is examining the Centre’s draft. At a media interaction today, NCPRI members Aruna Roy and Harsh Mander, who are also part of the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC), emphasised the importance of the standing committee which, they...
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