Aruna Roy

Activists Harsh Mander, Aruna Roy, Nikhil Dey, historian Irfan Habib, economist Prabhat Patnaik and some organisations on Monday approached the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and sought direction to strike it down.

The bill proposing changes in the RTI Act is regressive and aimed at undermining the independence of information commissions, social activist Aruna Roy said.

A whistle-blower law is needed to protect people who file applications under the Right to Information Act as the system has now 'self-corrected' to discourage activists, said Aruna Roy, who had spearheaded the RTI Act movement

Amid concerns that India's landmark transparency reform, the Right To Information Act, could be facing serious challenges, the architect of the movement, Aruna Roy, recalled the uphill climb and the achievements in introducing the law in 2005.

A video footage of the incident have surfaced that purportedly shows a Rajasthan BJP lawmaker attacking members of a rights group founded by noted activists, Magasaysay award winner Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey, in Jhalawar.

A drive to raise awareness on government accountability was attacked in the constituency of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje's son, by the local BJP legislator, a rights group founded by noted activists Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey has alleged, calling it a "sad commentary" on democracy.

Members of a rights organisation founded by award-winning activist Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey were allegedly attacked on Saturday evening in Rajasthan's Jhalawar by BJP legislator Kanwar Lal Meena and his supporters while police by stood watching.

The Right to Information or RTI allows citizens to question the government and increases their faith in democracy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today at the annual RTI convention in New Delhi that was boycotted by several prominent activists as only 10 of them were invited for it.

The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a PIL questioning non-inclusion of women MLAs in council of ministers in some states, saying any interference of judiciary in such a matter would amount to "over stepping its own steps".

The AAP rebel camp on Friday claimed that rights activist Aruna Roy would be attending a meeting called by them next week along with over 100 Lok Sabha poll nominees who had fought on the party's ticket. Ms Roy has worked with Arvind Kejriwal during the RTI campaign.

In the run up to the 'open dialogue' or 'swaraj samvad' organised by dissident AAP leaders, Yogendra Yadav today said the April 14 meet in Gurgaon was not an attempt to break the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

A number of noted civil rights activists today came together on one platform to rally support against changes in the land acquisition law. Anti-corruption crusader and Gandhian activist Anna Hazare flagged off a march of 5000 farmers, landless labourers and tribals to Delhi from Palwal in Haryana.

The Supreme Court will debate on Tuesday whether to change its ruling that the government's Aadhar or the Unique Identity Card scheme is not mandatory.

On NDTV dialogues, we debate the growing divide between Bharat and India, how do we bring the two closer, what really defines the commonalities and differences within these separate spaces in our nation. Naina Lal Kidwai, Aruna Roy, Professor Dipankar Gupta speak to NDTV's Sonia Singh.

Prominent activists, including Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey, met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday to press for a deeper examination of the RTI Amendment Bill which is slated for consideration in Parliament this week. The activists also submitted a petition, carrying one lakh signatures, seeking deferring of the amendments in the bill.

Activists Harsh Mander, Aruna Roy, Nikhil Dey, historian Irfan Habib, economist Prabhat Patnaik and some organisations on Monday approached the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and sought direction to strike it down.

The bill proposing changes in the RTI Act is regressive and aimed at undermining the independence of information commissions, social activist Aruna Roy said.

A whistle-blower law is needed to protect people who file applications under the Right to Information Act as the system has now 'self-corrected' to discourage activists, said Aruna Roy, who had spearheaded the RTI Act movement

Amid concerns that India's landmark transparency reform, the Right To Information Act, could be facing serious challenges, the architect of the movement, Aruna Roy, recalled the uphill climb and the achievements in introducing the law in 2005.

A video footage of the incident have surfaced that purportedly shows a Rajasthan BJP lawmaker attacking members of a rights group founded by noted activists, Magasaysay award winner Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey, in Jhalawar.

A drive to raise awareness on government accountability was attacked in the constituency of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje's son, by the local BJP legislator, a rights group founded by noted activists Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey has alleged, calling it a "sad commentary" on democracy.

Members of a rights organisation founded by award-winning activist Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey were allegedly attacked on Saturday evening in Rajasthan's Jhalawar by BJP legislator Kanwar Lal Meena and his supporters while police by stood watching.

The Right to Information or RTI allows citizens to question the government and increases their faith in democracy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today at the annual RTI convention in New Delhi that was boycotted by several prominent activists as only 10 of them were invited for it.

The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a PIL questioning non-inclusion of women MLAs in council of ministers in some states, saying any interference of judiciary in such a matter would amount to "over stepping its own steps".

The AAP rebel camp on Friday claimed that rights activist Aruna Roy would be attending a meeting called by them next week along with over 100 Lok Sabha poll nominees who had fought on the party's ticket. Ms Roy has worked with Arvind Kejriwal during the RTI campaign.

In the run up to the 'open dialogue' or 'swaraj samvad' organised by dissident AAP leaders, Yogendra Yadav today said the April 14 meet in Gurgaon was not an attempt to break the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

A number of noted civil rights activists today came together on one platform to rally support against changes in the land acquisition law. Anti-corruption crusader and Gandhian activist Anna Hazare flagged off a march of 5000 farmers, landless labourers and tribals to Delhi from Palwal in Haryana.

The Supreme Court will debate on Tuesday whether to change its ruling that the government's Aadhar or the Unique Identity Card scheme is not mandatory.

On NDTV dialogues, we debate the growing divide between Bharat and India, how do we bring the two closer, what really defines the commonalities and differences within these separate spaces in our nation. Naina Lal Kidwai, Aruna Roy, Professor Dipankar Gupta speak to NDTV's Sonia Singh.

Prominent activists, including Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey, met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday to press for a deeper examination of the RTI Amendment Bill which is slated for consideration in Parliament this week. The activists also submitted a petition, carrying one lakh signatures, seeking deferring of the amendments in the bill.