-IANS CHENNAI: Upset with the Tamil Nadu government for going back on its assurances, the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) on Monday announced that it would resume an indefinite hunger strike from May 1 against the two 1,000 MW plants at Kudankulam. "We have decided to go on hunger protest once again from May 1 onwards as the state government has gone against its assurances given to us. A large number...
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Information chief wants state to limit Right to Information pleas-Sandeep Ashar
MUMBAI: At a time when there is intense debate on changes introduced by the state governmentto the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the state information commission has recommended curbs on the number of appeals a person can file. Arguing that multiple appeals and applications filed by the same individuals were hampering disposal of the RTI appeals and delaying discharge of information, acting state information commissioner Bhaskar Patil has asked the government...
More »NREGA: Wages are often denied or delayed, with corruption rife-Inayat Sabhikhi
-The Economic Times Shibu Joseph ( Why I am Quitting my Job, ET, March 29) suggests, tongue-in-cheek, that he should quit the drudgery of corporate life and, instead, enjoy the "freebies" given to the aam aadmi, like the right to work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). I am not going to write on behalf of the crores of people who work in this programme, because I am...
More »Detenu can't invoke RTI Act, Centre tells apex court
-PTI The Centre today told Supreme Court that habitual offenders detained under special preventive detention laws cannot invoke the jurisdiction of the Right to Information(RTI) Act to know the grounds for the action against them. Appearing before a three-judge bench of justices Altamas Kabir, Gyan Sudha Mishra and J Chalameshwar, Additional Solictor General P P Malhotra said the RTI Act was not available to suspects as the legislation was subordinate to...
More »CIC to CJI: Lend your voice to strengthen, not curb, RTI
-The Hindu Expressing concern over the reported comments of the Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia that Right to Information queries were impeding the working of Judges, the Chief Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi had written to the CJI to lend his powerful voice to increasing the effectiveness and reach of RTI and not support those who seek to curb it. In a recent letter addressed to Mr. Justice Kapadia, the CIC drew...
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