-The Times of India   Petitions seeking the inclusion of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and National Investigation Agency (NIA) under the Right to Information Act, have to be transferred to theSupreme Court to be heard along with other petitions raising similar demands, CBI told the high court on Wednesday.  When the case came up for hearing before actingChief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice PR Ramachandra Menon, CBI's counsel submitted to the court...

Transparency is okay, but what about accountability!   With each passing day, the most talked and obviously powerful civil right, i.e. Right to Information Act is gaining momentum in Jammu and Kashmir State and helping the citizens to get the information from the government and administration. In this process of obtaining information many rti users have been able to unearth major scams in the state. Now, the officers, the Public Information Officers...

-Greater Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir rti Movement has started a membership drive across the State for awareness and sensitization of public about matters related to governance, corruption and other allied issues by making rigorous use of the Right to Information Act (rti).   The Convener of J&K rti Movement Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat in a statement said the group plans to register 30,000 members across the State this year.  “The aim of this membership...

-Express News Service rti activists across the state have called for a protest at the Dharna Chowk here on Saturday against the appointment of eight information commissioners to the AP Information Commission. Terming the appointment a farce, B Ramakrishna Raju, convenor of the United Forum for rti Campaign, said that the forum members had met the governor on Thursday and presented the many flaws in the appointments during a 45minute meeting....

-PTI The Central Information Commission has criticised the Union health ministry for its ambivalent replies to an rti applicant who wanted to know what the government had done about declaring the level of trans-fats in food products. “If the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India has taken no steps on specifying safety level trans-fats percentages in ghee and edible oil, they should at least admit this,” information commissioner Shailesh Gandhi said...