Denying any rift between Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister P Chidambaram, Corporate Affairs Minister Veerappa Moily today called for a “national debate” on the scope of the Right to Information Act (rti), saying it “transgresses into the independent functioning of the government”. This came in the context of Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy citing a Finance Ministry note that has brought the spotlight on Chidambaram’s role in the 2G...
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Note sets slow-bomb ticking by Sanjay K Jha
The 2G note has exposed the deep political rift in the top echelons of the UPA regime, spreading fear among insiders that the row will trigger repercussions within the Congress as well as the government in the coming months. The Congress leadership has decided to fully back the home minister for now but future responses will depend on the assessment of the Supreme Court. The apex court will decide whether P....
More »'Person seeking rti info a consumer'
-The Times of India In a decision, perhaps first in the region following the implementation of Right to Information (rti) Act 2005, a consumer court in Mohali has held that a person seeking information under the rti Act is a "consumer" and the department delaying information can be held liable for "deficiency in service" under the Consumer Protection Act. The decision was pronounced on Wednesday by the district consumer forum, Mohali,...
More »Walther pistols, .22 bore revolvers preferred weapons of our MPs
-PTI What does BSP's Mayawati, Congress' Janardhan Dwivedi, BJP's Shahnawaz Husain and jailed Mohd Shahabuddin have in common? They are among the 750 MPs who have bought confiscated arms in the past 25 years, an rti reply has revealed. While the Arminious and Erma revolvers were a hit among the VIPs during the early 1990s, Webly revolvers replaced them in the late 1990s. However, the last decade saw .22 bore revolvers and 7.65...
More »Deadline for putting paid news report on website
-The Hindu The report on paid news — listing specific allegations and naming the accused — written by a sub-committee of the Press Council of India (PCI) last year could finally see official publication on the Council's website. While the Council had tried suppressing the report last year — voting 12-9 against submitting it to the government or making it public — the Central Information Commission (CIC) has now directed its publication...
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