HRTC charges Rs 29 extra on return ticket from Haridwar; passenger says super luxury toll paid for ordinary bus, wins Rs 50,000A passenger who paid Rs 55 toll on his Una to Haridwar return bus ticket, against Rs 26 charged on the onward journey for the same route, a...
18 Sep, 2026, 11.59 AM IST
TMC's Gokhale questions NCPI credentials, flags 84-day silence of EC on RTIsTrinamool Congress leader Saket Gokhale questioned the Election Commission's 84-day delay in responding to his RTI query. He sought details...
10 Sep, 2026, 04.15 PM IST
ECI refuses RTI details on CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s official visits, claims ‘personal information’Saket Gokhale, a former MP, has alleged that the Election Commission is withholding information about CEC Gyanesh Kumar's official travel. ...
21 Aug, 2026, 01.24 PM IST
Information on Chinese casualties in Galwan Valley clash rightly withheld by army: CICThe army refused to disclose the information saying it was third party information which cannot be shared under Section 8(1)(j) of the Act,...
29 Jul, 2022, 05.46 PM IST
Health ministry refuses to divulge details of meetings of the National Expert Group of Vaccine Administration for Covid-19RTI activist Venkatesh Nayak had filed an application under RTI Act seeking information on the terms of reference of the National Expert Gr...
31 Oct, 2020, 08.26 AM IST
CIC admonishes DoPT for 'wrongly' invoking exemption clause to deny info under RTI ActThe Commission admonishes the then Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) for invoking Section 8(1)(i) of the RTI Act .
07 Jul, 2019, 10.40 PM IST
- CIC refuses to release transparency audit of central ministries
Anjali Bhardwaj of National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI) had filed an RTI application earlier this month, seeking a c...
30 Aug, 2018, 08.07 PM IST
BBMP departments use its RTI cell to keep applicants at bayAccording to the RTI Act, PIOs or assistant public informa- tion officers of govt departments are required to accept RTI applications from ...
23 Nov, 2017, 07.28 PM IST
Why was note conversion not allowed till March 31 despite Modi's assurance? RBI refuses to answerPM in his speech on November 8, 2016, announcing demonetisation, had assured countrymen that they could convert the notes of Rs 1,000 and R...
26 Mar, 2017, 06.17 PM IST
RBI refuses to give reasons behind demonetisation"The query is in the nature of seeking future date of an event which is not defined as information as per Section 2(f) of the RTI Act," RBI...
29 Dec, 2016, 04.03 PM IST
- Government refuses to make files public on the dissapearance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
Rajnath Singh had demanded that the UPA government make public the records related to Subhas Chandra Bose. Singh is now the Home Minister.
01 Dec, 2014, 04.11 AM IST
Decide complaint against Sonia Gandhi in six months: Delhi HC to CICNoted RTI activist had approached Commission with his complaint against Gandhi saying that the party had returned his RTI application dated...
27 Aug, 2014, 06.03 PM IST
More things change, more they remain sameUnder the Right to Information Act, an RTI applicant is not required to give any reasons while seeking information.
29 Jul, 2014, 03.16 PM IST
Defence Ministry refuses to give information on RTI queryDefence Ministry has refused to divulge details about the measures taken by India along its border to prevent Chinese incursions.
28 Jul, 2013, 07.16 PM IST
- Government denies information to Central Information Commission
The attempt of Central Information Commission (CIC) to bring transparency in the functioning of ministries and autonomous bodies has come a...
03 Mar, 2012, 03.11 AM IST
- CIC pulls up IIM-A for incorrect information under RTI
India's premier B-School Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, faced the wrath of Central Information Commission for withholding and p...
17 Sep, 2009, 07.00 PM IST
- MSEDCL 'refuses' to give information under RTI
Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MSEDCL) recently "refused" to give information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
29 May, 2007, 05.20 PM IST