Bringing much Relief to the general public of Tuensang district, after many years of undelivered PDS ration, the village council of Chang villages was able to deposit money for respective PDS items on October 6 and 7. “Hopefully from this month onwards the villages will be receiving regular ration directly from the department godown and this happened due to cooperation from the State Government and the District Supply department in the...

The RTI activist organisations have taken their protest against the latest order of the UP government to move vigilance department out of the purview of the RTI Act a step ahead. A writ has been filed on Tuesday by the National RTI Forum in the Allahabad High Court, Lucknow bench. The writ is against the notification dated September 22, 2010 issued by principal secretary, Vigilance, UP through which the vigilance department...

Outgoing state chief information commissioner (CIC) Suresh Joshi holds the privilege of being the first state CIC under the Right to Information Act. He has upped the ante with his retirement, five years down the line. At the time of his exit, Maharashtra holds the distinction of having disposed off the maximum number of appeals in the country — 54,000 as of June, as compared to the Centre’s 50,000, and with fewer...

The youth will not take no for an answer. Five years on, the RTI comes of age. At four feet something, Santosh’s energy belies her petite frame. The school dropout was introduced to RTI through activist Arvind Kejriwal, and now, at Parivartan’s Sundar Nagri office, she holds fort, helping others acquire everything from BPL and ration cards to school admissions through RTI. Threats and attacks by local authorities who dubbed her...

Incessant rain and high tide with 8-metre-tall waves have flooded over 100 coastal villages in East Midnapore as well as Digha, affecting nearly 10,000 people and leaving thousands homeless. Over 500 mud huts have collapsed since last night, rendering over 2,000 people homeless. The villagers have been shifted to Relief camps set up by panchayats in Shankarpur, Deshpran, Tajpur, Khejuri and Kendamari in Nandigram. The Hooghly flows into the Bay of...