-DNA   Around 50 RTI activists, many of whom had come from other places after having driven for 5-6 hours, held a silent protest on Sunday in the Juhapura locality of Ahmedabad. A day earlier, Nadeem Saiyed, an RTI activist and riot case witness, was hacked to death in this very locality. Strangely, very few people of Juhapura took part in the protest despite the fact that Saiyed was a resident of this...

-The Indian Express   The RTI activists in the state have decided to hold a meeting in Porbander near Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s Sadbhavana fast venue with a plan to approach the central government for introducing a bill to safeguard RTI activists across the nation. Around 200 RTI activists from Saurashtra and other parts of Gujarat gathered at city’s Juhapura area on Sunday to extend their support to the family of RTI activist...

-The Indian Express   While Jethava’s killing hit the headlines, many others are nursing their wounds The murder of RTI activist Nadeem Saiyed in Ahmedabad on Saturday is only one among several incidents where those seeking to expose corruption have been targeted. “The Gujarat government has failed to protect rights of RTI activists,” says Bhikhu Jethava, father of Amit Jethava, an RTI activist who was shot dead outside the Gujarat High Court in 2010. Bhikhu...

-DNA   Four RTI activisits have been butchered and six have escaped murder attempts, as authorities continue to wink at the culprits. DNA profiles the heroes who are fighting a not so appreciated battle for upholding democratic values. Manisha Goswami Manisha Goswami, a resident of Vapi, has been waging a lone battle against the pollution spread by industries in Vapi. In the latest case, Goswami had moved an RTI application seeking information about a...

He says the Commission can only order supply of information A statement made by State Information Commissioner T. Srinivasan on October 21 that the Commission has no jurisdiction to inquire into allegations levelled against public information officers (PIO) for having provided misleading or false information, has come as a rude shock to RTI (Right to Information Act, 2005) activists here. The commissioner had made the statement while disposing of an RTI application...