-The Hindu   The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Union Government and the Central Information Commission (CIC) on a public interest litigation by two RTI Activists seeking a direction to fill vacant posts of Information Commissioners and the subordinate staff in the CIC. Issuing the notices, a Division Bench of the Court comprising Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw directed the respondents to file replies...

"Even after 64 years of freedom, voters haven't really known what democracy is all about. Their vote is nothing but an illusion," said RTI activist Bharatsinh Jhala, who flagged off a state-wide campaign 'Jago Yatra' for voters in the state. On Monday morning, Jhala accompanied by a few other activists, kicked off the mission to awaken voters of Gujarat. He said, "Today, voters don't have faith trust in any political party...

-The Hindu   Calcutta University has decided to make available answer scripts to students under the Right to Information Act, university officials said on Monday. “We have decided to give photo copies of answer scripts to students under the Act. Each student will have to pay Rs. 500 for getting his duplicate copy of answer scripts…,” Controller of Examinations Onkar Sadhan Adhikari said. The decision of the university, which had earlier declined requests...

-PTI More than three months after RTI activist Shehla Masood was shot dead in a broad daylight here, investigators are still groping in the dark. Shehla's murder, outside her residence in the posh Koh-e-Fiza locality of Bhopal on August 16, had sparked strong reactions among RTI Activists. After the local police's probe into the killing failed to yield any result, the Centre ordered a CBI probe into the incident following a request made...

After the recent murder of Nadeem Saiyed, an RTI (right-to-information) activist and key witness in a major communal riot case in the city, one more whistle-blower has been attacked in a village near here. Poonam Solanki,  who is also a leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in neighbouring Daskroi taluka, was assaulted by supporters of Popat Solanki, ‘sarpach’ of Bakrol village and chairman of a local co-operative organisation on...