CIC orders disclosure of mining lease details and file inspectionCentral Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Indian Bureau of Mines to disclose the plans submitted by private entities seeking mi...
04 Dec, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
As Vijai Sharma retires, Central Information Commission goes headless againCIC has gone headless again with incumbent Chief Vijai Sharma completing his tenure yesterday and no appointment made by the Central Govern...
02 Dec, 2015, 04.55 PM IST
CIC and state information commissions want a legal filter in RTI actThe Central Information Commission and the state information commissions want the government to introduce a legal filter in the Right to In...
30 Nov, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Oath administration: How government decided to declare CVC senior to CICA 1995 executive order was fished out by the home ministry, which had placed the CVC at Article 17 in ToP but no such order was traceable f...
24 Nov, 2015, 06.07 AM IST
Ex-IAF officer bombards CIC with over 3,500 RTI petitionsA former IAF officer, who claims to be a whistleblower in the force, has literally carpet bombed the CIC with over 3,500 RTI petitions and ...
22 Nov, 2015, 02.18 PM IST
Centre restores financial powers of chief information commissionerCentre has restored the financial powers of CIC – which is considered a key to maintain the autonomy and independence of the Central Inform...
31 Jul, 2015, 08.35 PM IST
Former UP Secretary Atul Gupta was not selected as CIC after vigilance reportsFormer UP Chief Secretary Atul Kumar Gupta was removed from list of candidates shortlisted for the post of Chief Information Commissioner.
26 Jun, 2015, 03.38 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
Government refuses to return chief information commissioner's financial powersCIC, which is the final appellate authority for RTI Act, has got a new chief information commissioner, Vijai Sharma, after over nine months.
18 Jun, 2015, 05.54 PM IST
CIC Vijai Sharma favours relook at declassification policyA controversy had recently broken out following reports that Netaji's family was kept under surveillance by the Intelligence Bureau for 20 ...
14 Jun, 2015, 03.46 PM IST
Vijai Sharma tipped to be new CIC; KV Chowdary may be CVCThese names are understood to have been cleared in the meetings that PM had today with leader of largest opposition party in Lok Sabha - Ma...
02 Jun, 2015, 05.49 AM IST
Ex-IB chief Rajiv Mathur is new CICThe 64-year-old Mathur succeeds Sushma Singh, who demitted office on Wednesday, as the sixth chief of the transparency watchdog.
23 May, 2014, 01.34 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
Akhilesh Das Gupta set to be re-elected BAI PresidentAkhilesh Das Gupta is set to be re-elected President of the Badminton Association of India President as he remained the only candidate for ...
14 Jan, 2014, 10.20 PM IST
Sushma Singh takes over as new CICFormer IAS officer Sushma Singh was today appointed as Chief Information Commissioner of the Central Information Commission.
19 Dec, 2013, 09.18 PM 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
- A year on, green tribunal remains a paper tiger
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) came into existence a year ago, but it is yet to become functional. Now, the Supreme Court has become the...
24 May, 2011, 06.54 PM IST