At tribute meet for slain info activist Satish Shetty on death anniversary, his brother says he will not take up RTI as his life's mission as it's a lone and dangerous battle "MY brother was a courageous RTI activist, but I will not continue his mission and become one," said Sandeep, younger brother of Satish Shetty. He was speaking at a public meeting in the city yesterday to pay tribute...
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Sorry people, we're hanging up on you by Siddharth Varadarajan
The Manmohan Singh government is digging an even bigger hole for itself by claiming there was no loss of revenue from the sweetheart sale of 2G spectrum to favoured corporate houses. “Milord,” cunning lawyers have argued in countless Hindi movies, “how can there have been a Murder when there is no dead body?” I was reminded of this line when I heard Kapil Sibal — who has been performing as an...
More »RTI activists denied cover, Sena defector to NCP gets it by Prafulla Marpakwar
Maharashtra home minister R R Patil refused to provide police protection to RTI activists but he was quick with a special security cover for former Shiv Sena leader Kiran Pawaskar, soon after he joined NCP. With this, Pawaskar joins a club of 25-odd politicians, who don't hold any official post, but have been granted special security by the home department run by an NCP minister. Like Pawaskar, all those who...
More »Scared Pune RTI activist takes back complaint by Amruta Byatnal
“I am scared because my parents are under immense pressure … I just want to get rid of everything,” says Right to Information activist Arun Mane of Pune. Mr. Mane, who registered a police complaint after he was attacked by an unknown assailant on Sunday, withdrew his complaint on Tuesday. In the affidavit given to the Maval taluk tahsildar, Mr. Mane said two of his complaints — about being threatened and attacked...
More »Police did little to nab real culprits, says slain RTI activist’s brother by Manoj More
The family of Murdered RTI activist Satish Shetty today alleged that the police did little to nab the “real culprits” during the months they investigated the Murder. This “inaction”, younger brother Sandeep Shetty said, has emboldened land sharks, citing as a case in point Sunday's attack on an associate of Shetty in Talegaon, the very place where Shetty had been Murdered on January 13 last year. The case has since been...
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