-The Hindu Hyderabad: The appointment of Information Commissioners in Andhra Pradesh was going on in PPP (public-private partnership) mode despite the public protest and the Governor’s opposition, former Chief Election Commissioner J.M. Lyngdoh remarked here on Sunday. Speaking at the fourth national convention of the National Campaign for the People’s Right to Information (NCPRI) here, he said the Information Commission in AP was now packed with politicians against the spirit of the...

-Outlook Jalna: The chief judicial magistrate has ordered the Kadim Jalna police to register a case against the chief officer of the Jalna Municipal Council (JMC) for allegedly abusing and threatening Right to Information (RTI) activist Ajit Kothari. According to the case filed, on March 19, 2010, RTI activist Kothari had filed an application with the chief officer and sought information regarding the installation of borewells in the town, but JMC chief...

-The Times of India AHMEDABAD: Was BJP MP Dinu Solanki in touch with a prime accused in the murder of RTI activist Amit Jethava, who was gunned down outside Gujarat high court on July 20, 2010? The CBI is investigating a possible link between Solanki and Bahadursinh Vadher, a constable who is the prime accused in the case. The central agency questioned the MP for the third consecutive day in Ahmedabad on...

-Economic and Political Weekly The government’s response to the protests led by the youth against the gang rape incident in New Delhi, in the form of an ordinance has not met the aspirations of the many protestors and the woman rights’ organisations. It can in fact be accused of being vindictive, having ignored the thoroughgoing recommendations of the government appointed justice Verma committee's report. Albeena Shakil (albeenashakil@gmail.com) is a women rights’ activist...

-Express India Lucknow: An RTI activist, who was also the headmaster in a government primary school, was shot dead by unidentified men in Mohammadabad police station area of Farrukhabad district on Thursday. The victim, Anand Prakash Rajput (42), had used RTI to get information which he used to get three teachers dismissed from service for getting jobs on the basis of forged documents and the process of dismissal of three other teachers...