'Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke's post for AAP's Manish Sisodia before leaving for studies in US emerges: 'No distance will weaken my commitment...'A satirical political movement, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), founded by former AAP volunteer Abhijeet Dipke, has gained significant tra...
21 May, 2026, 10.09 AM IST
Over 40 vacant posts of information commissioners, 2 states without CICs: Report on RTI Act implementationOf the 42 vacant posts, two are of CICs (in Gujarat and Jharkhand) and 40 of information commissioners (including the highest of four each ...
11 Oct, 2022, 04.45 PM IST
Death toll of RTI activists goes up to 56In addition there have been at least 130 instances of attacks or assaults including attempts to murder RTI users during this period.
20 Oct, 2016, 11.46 AM IST
1.75 crore RTI applications filed since 2005: StudyThe state information commissions, the final appellate authorities in the states for RTI Act, also have been playing truant with their resp...
06 Oct, 2016, 01.12 AM IST
No provision for government accommodation to 'outside cadre': RTIAs per the RTI, the Chief Minister has special rights to allot 10 per cent of the available accommodation as special cases.
11 Apr, 2016, 05.12 PM IST
Maharashtra CMO has 8 externally-appointed OSDs, reveals RTI replySeven of these staffers are being paid an additional lump sum amount of Rs 15,000 per month, the reply further said.
22 Feb, 2016, 05.06 PM IST
Maharashtra yet to implement 2013 Lokayukta Act: RTIMaharashtra appointed Justice M L Tahaliyani as the new Lokayukta of the state in accordance with the Maharashtra Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayuk...
20 Dec, 2015, 04.21 PM IST
Maharashtra Government did not spend any money on popularising RTI ActMaharashtra Government has not spent even a single rupee on advertising and promoting the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
22 Nov, 2015, 08.55 PM IST
Maharashtra most unsafe for RTI activists; 10 killed in 10 yearsData compiled by the Comonwealth Human Rights Initiative shows that 60 RTI activists were attacked, harassed or killed in the state, the hi...
06 Sep, 2015, 09.22 AM IST
Activist Jeetendra Ghadge slams Maharashtra ACB on special treatment to Ajit PawarGhadge said that the way ACB has been sympathetic to Ajit Pawar, it proved that neither the government not the agency has any intention to ...
24 Jul, 2015, 04.41 PM IST
Indians use RTI to the hilt, but government fails to keep upA country-wide study on the functioning of the CIC and state information commissions by CHRI reveals that the number of RTIs has increased ...
03 Jul, 2015, 12.39 PM IST
Maharastra government to allow online RTI queries from New YearIt has been decided to roll out RTI online in the state secretariat from January 1, 2015 and across the state in all government offices by ...
24 Dec, 2014, 10.28 AM IST
Bhimappa Gundappa Gadad, the man behind Belgaum fireIt was not until Bhimappa Gundappa Gadad filed a series of RTI applications, and finally a public interest litigation in the high court, di...
09 Aug, 2014, 05.17 AM IST
- Bhimappa Gundappa Gadad solves identity crisis of his Village Yellur
It was not until Bhimappa Gundappa Gadad filed a series of RTI applications, and finally a public interest litigation in the high court.
08 Aug, 2014, 01.20 PM IST
How BJP used RTI to embarrass CongressIn last four years, the RTI cell of the BJP, probably the only recognised political party to have such a unit, has filed more than 2,000 ap...
12 Mar, 2014, 10.49 AM IST
- Bombay HC stays Info panel order to bring Reliance Infrastructure under RTI
Bombay HC stayed an order of Maharashtra State Information Commission bringing Reliance Infrastructure Ltd within the ambit of RTI Act.
13 Oct, 2011, 04.10 PM IST
- In a first, private firms R-Infra , MIAL under RTI
The Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL), the company that developed and runs the Mumbai airport, has become the first private conce...
08 Jun, 2011, 11.30 AM IST