Twenty years after a case of staged shootout, a CBI court in Ghaziabad on Thursday held 17 policemen guilty and sentenced 16 of them to life imprisonment, making it perhaps the largest number of cops convicted for life at one go in the country. They were convicted of killing an alleged Sikh militant, Jaivender Singh Jasna of Amritsar, in a fake encounter in 1992. One of them was given a seven-year...
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RTI Act effective tool to improve community policing: Experts
-The Times of India In an open house organised at the Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA), the police and citizens came face to face on the issue of transparency in police stations and the need for proactive disclosures under RTI Act. This meet was jointly organised by Society for Women Action And Training Initiative (SWATI) and Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) on Thursday. The meet agreed that the RTI Act can become an...
More »Minister’s favourite, library’s envy
-The Telegraph No one can accuse the Bengal government of mixing the personal with the professional — even when it comes to reading habits. “Believe me, Anandabazar Patrika, The Telegraph and Bartaman are among my favourite newspapers,” state mass education and library services minister Abdul Karim Chowdhury said today. Newspapers should be wary of unalloyed praise from those in power but Chowdhury’s statement stands out because of a curious detail that testifies to...
More »Barkatullah University changes tune, to accept cash from RTI applicants
-The Times of India Barkatullah University will have a separate counter to accept cash from RTI applicants seeking information related to BU issues soon. The facility will save RTI applicants from paying more money, the university registrarsaid. The decision came a day after the TOI carried a story on how RTI applicants are forced to cough up Rs 27 for a photo copy because the university doesn't accept cash and insists on...
More »RTI applicants paying through nose literally!-Ramendra Singh
RTI applicants end up paying Rs 27 to get a photocopy of information sought through RTI from Barkatullah University. Reason: the university doesn't accept cash. Left with no option, RTI applicant has to cough up bank commission of Rs 25 for Rs-2 challan. Barkatullah University deputy registrar B Bharti said: "We do not accept cash. We ask applicants to come with a bank challan if they want photo-copies." When pointed out, former...
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