The Talegaon Dabhade police are checking the details of the cases, which were being pursued by RTI Activist Arun Mane, to identify the persons behind the attack on the activist. Mane, a close associate of whistleblower Satish Shetty, was assaulted by an unidentified person at his footwear shop in Talegaon, about 40 km from here, on Sunday. Mane sustained minor injuries on his forehead chest. He was discharged from hospital...
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Rule and intent by V Venkatesan
The Central government's newly proposed RTI rules make its intentions suspect. GOVERNMENTS which have only superficial commitment to the promotion of human rights often come under considerable pressure from within to impose stealthily restrictions on their exercise. They try to introduce such restrictions without much publicity, seek to execute them in a tearing hurry, and couch them in legal jargon. The Central government's proposal to notify the Right to Information...
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An RTI Activist, Arun Mane was attacked in Talegaon area on Sunday morning. Arun Mane is reportedly close to murdered RTI Activist Satish Shetty. Mane had sought police protection as he had been receiving threats. Mane has survived the attack as of now. Sandeep Shetty, RTI Activist Satish Shetty's brother said, "Arun Mane was very close to my brother and helped him with the cases he was working on". Arun Mane was attacked...
More »RTI Activist attacked in Pune
Right to Information activist Arun Mane was on Sunday assaulted by unidentified assailants in a village near here, but he escaped with minor injuries, police said. Mr. Mane was attacked with sticks by the group when he went to open his shop at Talegaon Dabhade. The attackers fled the scene when people around raised an alarm, they said. “He has sustained minor injuries and is out of danger,” Superintendent of Police (Rural) Pratap...
More »RTI Activists seek Maharashtra information commissioner’s ouster by Dinesh Thite
Right to information (RTI) activists in the city have demanded the state government to invoke section 17 (3) (e) of the RTI Act, 2005, to remove Ramanand Tiwari from the post of state information commissioner (SIC), as his son owns a flat in the controversial Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai. President of Nagrik Chetna Manch, Maj Gen (retd) SCN Jatar, president of Sajag Nagrik Manch, Vivek Velankar, Surajya Sangharsh Samiti chief...
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