RBI slaps penalties on Standard Chartered Bank-India, other entitiesThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed penalties on several entities for failing to comply with regulatory norms. Standard Chartered B...
26 Jun, 2023, 08.40 PM IST
RBI slaps penalties on Standard Chartered Bank-India, other entities" A monetary penalty of Rs 30 lakh has been imposed on Standard Chartered Bank-India for non-compliance with certain provisions of the 'Res...
26 Jun, 2023, 08.19 PM IST
Info commissions have a waiting time of over one year for an applicant seeking information under RTI Act: ReportSatark Nagrik Sangathan assessed the time taken by an appeal or complaint for hearing before the Commission. According to findings, Odisha ...
11 Oct, 2021, 11.16 PM IST
26 lakh migrant labourers stranded across 33 states: Preliminary govt dataThe data has been released after a strongly-worded directive from Central Information Commission (CIC) following a complaint by Right to In...
05 Jun, 2020, 08.04 AM IST
8 information panels function at reduced capacity: StudyAn applicant would have to wait for 18 years before he is heard in the state. West Bengal, which finishes second on the list, has improved ...
12 Oct, 2019, 09.12 AM IST
Wrong to use cash as indicator of jump in economic activity, rural economy still depressed: SBIIn a note, the economists estimated cash in the economy at Rs 20.4 lakh crore, stressing the rural economy continues to be "depressed".
14 Feb, 2019, 05.14 PM IST
Muslims are younger brothers, must respect Hindus if ‘family’ is to run smoothly: UP CICIn another controversy last year, Usman had raised the slogan of “Jai Shri Ram” several times while addressing the audience during a worksh...
18 Mar, 2018, 10.48 AM IST
No records to confirm birth date of ex-PM Chandrashekhar: PMOWhile the PMO website claimed that the date of birth of the former Prime Minister was July 1, 1927, the Uttar Pradesh government had declar...
06 Oct, 2016, 05.02 PM IST
Activists sulk over new UP RTI rulesRTI activists insist that UP’s version renders them vulnerable and they are particularly irked by what they see as an attempt to model Cent...
09 Mar, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
Centre to seek states' opinion on 'controversial' Uttar Pradesh RTI rulesUP's RTI rules have come under sharp criticism of the activists who termed certain provisions as against the letter and spirit of the trans...
07 Mar, 2016, 10.26 PM IST
RTI reply reveals people who missed out on becoming Chief Information CommissionerAn RTI reply to activist Lokesh Batra by the government shows the three names which were put up for the post of Chief Information Commissio...
26 Jun, 2015, 01.50 PM IST
- Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik gives approval on name of Usmani as CIC
Under Right to Information Act any person could not be appointed on the constitutional post while he is in government service.
10 Nov, 2014, 07.08 PM IST
Over 1.98 lakh cases pending in 23 Information CommissionsThe report has been compiled on the basis of RTI applications filed by RaaG to 28 ICs to seek information on their functioning.
10 Oct, 2014, 05.27 PM IST
Former IB chief Rajiv Mathur takes over as new CICFormer IB chief Rajiv Mathur on Thursday took over as the new Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission.
22 May, 2014, 06.06 PM IST
Lokpal, Durga Sakthi Nagpal kept DOPT in news during 2013Ensuring right drafting and passage of Lokpal Bill among other issues kept the Ministry of Personnel in limelight throughout 2013.
30 Dec, 2013, 11.44 AM IST
- Former IB chief among 3 new Information Commissioners at CIC
The government has shortlisted a former chief of Intelligence Bureau, a banker and a former bureaucrat as three new Information Commissione...
25 Feb, 2012, 07.26 PM IST
- Now, pay no more for Maya statues
She said that earlier regimes had deliberately ignored setting up memorials of Dalit icons and instead built massive memorials for leaders ...
02 Jul, 2009, 06.09 AM IST