Three years on, Manipur remains tense amid ongoing violenceThree years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, little has changed. Daily life remains disrupted, and thousands are displaced. Violen...
02 May, 2026, 11.15 PM IST
Arvind Kejriwal strayed from AAP's founding principles, says MP Swati Maliwal after quitting partySwati Maliwal has officially parted ways with the Aam Aadmi Party, voicing serious concerns about the leadership of Arvind Kejriwal and the...
24 Apr, 2026, 07.30 PM IST
Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on PIL challenging provisions of digital personal data protection lawThe Supreme Court has asked the Centre to respond to a petition. The petition challenges parts of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act,...
13 Apr, 2026, 01.15 PM IST
Political parties under RTI? SC seeks Centre, EC response in writingThe Supreme Court has asked the Centre, the election commission, and political parties to respond to pleas seeking their inclusion under th...
14 Feb, 2025, 04.38 PM IST
CIC verdict can't be used to seek SC order for bringing political parties under RTI: CentreSolicitor General Tushar Mehta made the submission while appearing for the central government before a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Ch...
25 Jul, 2023, 03.55 PM IST
CIC divided over bringing political parties under RTIThe transparency watchdog, which had brought political parties under RTI Act with a controversial order in 2013, is now facing an internal ...
20 Aug, 2018, 11.25 PM IST
Govt stand on bringing parties under RTI ambit a 'retrograde' step: AAPThe AAP termed the Centre's opposition towards bringing political parties under the ambit of the RTI as a "retrograde" step, saying that BJ...
24 Aug, 2015, 11.04 PM IST
Political parties can't be under RTI Act: Centre tells Supreme CourtWhen the RTI Act was enacted, it was never visualised that politicial parties would be brought within the ambit of the transparency law, Do...
24 Aug, 2015, 07.15 PM IST
PIL in Supreme Court for bringing political parties under RTIDemocratic rights and RTI activists have urged the Supreme Court to declare all national and regional political parties as "public authorit...
19 May, 2015, 05.55 PM 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
Bringing political parties under RTI would hamper their working: GovernmentBringing political parties under ambit of RTI Act would hamper their internal working and political rivals may misuse the law, the govt sai...
31 Jul, 2014, 03.18 PM IST
Nothing wrong in bringing political parties under RTI: Shashi TharoorTharoor sought to know why Left leaders were opposed to political parties being brought under the purview of RTI when they claimed that all...
12 Oct, 2013, 07.34 PM IST
Govt mulling changes in RTI Act to keep political parties out of ambitThe government is considering an ordinance to strike down a landmark order of the CIC that brought political parties under the ambit of RTI...
29 Jun, 2013, 04.35 AM IST
- Govt examining CIC order to bring political parties under RTI
The Centre is examining the order by Central Information Commission to bring political parties under the jurisdiction of RTI following whic...
04 Jun, 2013, 10.40 PM IST
Congress rejects CIC order on bringing political parties under RTIThe Central Information Commission (CIC) yesterday held that the parties are public authorities and answerable to citizens under RTI Act.
04 Jun, 2013, 03.46 PM IST
Important to keep practical control of RTI objectives: Salman KhurshidUnion Minister Salman Khurshid today said it is important to keep a practical control of RTI objectives as they cannot be allowed to "run r...
04 Jun, 2013, 11.57 AM IST
- CIC to seek political parties' asset details from Income Tax department
CIC will seek a report from Income Tax department and Directorate of Estate regarding tax exemptions claimed by political parties.
04 Nov, 2012, 02.29 PM IST