Uttar Pradesh students write 'Jai Shri Ram', names of cricketers in exam; get 50 per cent marksFour students from VBSP University in Jaunpur, UP, received 50% marks in a DPharma exam for writing 'Jai Shri Ram' and cricketers' names. A...
27 Apr, 2024, 08.54 AM IST
SBI refuses to disclose SOP for sale, redemption of electoral bonds in RTI replyIn its landmark verdict on February 15, the court scrapped the Centre's electoral bonds scheme that allowed anonymous political funding, ca...
02 Apr, 2024, 07.10 PM IST
Electoral bonds worth Rs 1,716 crore sold in 2019Bonds worth Rs 1,056,73,42,000 crore were sold in March, April, May, July, October and November 2018 in 13 cities.
02 Apr, 2019, 07.47 PM IST
Twist in Bofors case: Defence Ministry says probe is still aliveThe RTI application wanted to know how many people were involved in the Bofors scandal and if the guilty had been punished, among other thi...
11 Jul, 2018, 12.03 PM IST
Modi government spends over Rs 4,300 crore in publicity: RTIAs per the replies, from June 2014 to March 2015, the government spent Rs 424.85 crore in print publicity, Rs 448.97 crore on electronic me...
15 May, 2018, 09.19 AM IST
Ashok Khemka not deputed to PMO despite proposalThe Central Information Commission (CIC) has now directed the central government to provide a copy of the agenda along with minutes of the ...
29 Jan, 2017, 12.00 PM IST
'Ten exemptions by Modi government in amended Whistleblowers Protection Bill'Modi government had introduced amendments to the Whistleblower Protection Act to introduce certain categories of exemptions.
05 Aug, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Quality testing of mid-day meals on hold at Delhi government schoolsAccording to an RTI response, no sample of mid-day meal was picked up for testing for nutritional value of protein and calories since March...
02 Aug, 2015, 02.21 PM IST
AAP government under fire for setting aside Rs 500 cr for ads; Prashant Bhushan to move SCThe ads, which will run with the tagline 'Jo Kaha, So Kiya', will refer to his party's pre-poll promises and the steps taken by the govt to...
02 Jul, 2015, 03.51 PM IST
National Advisory Council pushed for RTI, but sketchy info on Sonia Gandhi's billsNarendra Modi's demand for making public NAC chief Sonia Gandhi's treatment and travel expenses has brought to the fore a grand irony.
03 Oct, 2012, 06.36 AM IST
RTI, weak governance helping information escape from govt handsInformation leaks in governments are nothing new, but they are stinging more now. The difference is how the leaks are happening.
09 Apr, 2012, 10.36 AM IST
- After 2G cabinet note mess, it’s now ‘no right to information’
Govt taking refuge behind ‘parliamentary privilege’ for denying access to information.
03 Nov, 2011, 09.58 AM IST
- Ministers, bureaucrats feel the RTI heat as aam aadmi asks uncomfortable questions and dig out Information
Politicians and bureaucrats are finding that the law they birthed with great pride in 2005 is directing uncomfortable posers at them.
24 Sep, 2011, 02.18 AM IST
- Disclosing tour expenses will endanger Minister's life: Railways
Disclosure of expenditure incurred on domestic and international tours of Railway Minister will endanger her life - this was the argument c...
12 Nov, 2010, 06.36 PM IST
- SC challenges HC verdict bringing CJI office under RTI ambit
The Supreme Court on Monday filed an appeal before itself challenging the judgement of Delhi High Court holding that the office of the Chie...
08 Mar, 2010, 04.06 PM IST
- Infants were given adult drugs at AIIMS: RTI
Just days after news broke of 49 babies dying during clinical trials at AIIMS, Times Now has managed to get the Right to Information (RTI) ...
25 Aug, 2008, 12.11 PM IST
- No info on investigation in pending tax assessment case: CIC
The Central Information Commission has held that the details pertaining to an ongoing probe into a tax assessment case cannot be revealed u...
27 Apr, 2008, 11.11 AM IST