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
Central Information Commission has not opened 10,000 RTI envelopes since August-endThe fact has even shocked CIC’s own information commissioners, like M Sridhar Acharyulu, have asked the problem be addressed immediately.
19 Nov, 2015, 08.36 AM IST
Central Information Commission returned over 8,500 pleasThe Central Information Commission (CIC) has returned 8,534 cases — almost 15% of the cases received — to applicants over eight months on t...
07 Nov, 2015, 02.19 AM IST
RTI activists seek info on petitions filed with CICConcerned citizens, NRIs and RTI activists have submitted a petition to CIC to publish data on number of cases registered and sent back by ...
27 Oct, 2015, 04.32 AM IST
Centre invites applications for Chief Information Commission appointmentsThere is a vacancy of three Information Commissioners (ICs) in the transparency watchdog against its strength of ten.
09 Sep, 2015, 03.23 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
- Central Information Commission to get new office in Delhi
Transparency-watchdog Central Information Commission (CIC) will soon get a new office in the national capital, Union Minister Jitendra Sing...
23 Jun, 2015, 10.54 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
No need to amend RTI Act: Chief Information Commissioner Vijai SharmaThere is no need to amend the Right to Information Act as the law is perfect, says new Chief Information Commissioner Vijai Sharma.
15 Jun, 2015, 05.11 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
With 40,000 pending cases, new Central Information Commission has his job cut outFormer bureaucrat took over the reins of CIC as its seventh chief, a post which had been lying vacant for nearly nine months leading to pil...
10 Jun, 2015, 10.51 PM IST
President Pranab Mukherjee to administer oath of office to CVC, CIC tomorrowThe President will administer the oath of office to Chowdary as CVC and Vijai Sharma as Chief Information Commissioner.
09 Jun, 2015, 03.29 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
Over 24,000 cases pending in Central Information Commission as on October 31More than 24,150 complaints and second appeals are pending with CIC as on October 31, said a data compiled by RTI activist Venkatesh Nayak.
05 Nov, 2014, 04.37 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
- India generates 150 million tonnes of waste per day
India generates 150 million tonne of waste in a day and most of it is left in the landfills at the city outskirts leaving a stinking smell ...
18 Sep, 2009, 09.18 PM IST