Right To Information Movement

The Union government has informed the Bombay High Court that making FASTag mandatory for all vehicles running on national highways does not breach a citizen's fundamental right to freedom of movement in any way.

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 family in Gaza "executed" one of its own members Friday for passing on information to Israel that led to the deaths of three Hamas militants, Palestinian sources said.

After starting movements that brought about laws like the Right to Information and Rural Employment Guarantee, the people in Rajasthan are stirring again. This time they want accountability from the government - a demand, if met, can have far-reaching consequences.

A Right to Information (RTI) activist was allegedly attacked by a group of unidentified persons outside the Collector office in Tapi district of Gujarat for allegedly seeking information and opposing "illegal mining" there, police said today.

Twenty years ago, in a small dusty town in Rajasthan called Beawar, a people's movement was launched to fight against corruption. This dharna, which went on for 44 days, ultimately resulted in the Right to Information Act in 2005, which now allows every citizen to get information and access government records.

Politicians are not known to be fans of the Right to Information Act, but now they seem to have discovered that they can use the same law to obtain details on RTI activists' work, allegedly in order to know which activist they need to harass to prevent the next big expose. RTI activists claim that political leaders are making their proxies use the ...

The Union government has informed the Bombay High Court that making FASTag mandatory for all vehicles running on national highways does not breach a citizen's fundamental right to freedom of movement in any way.

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 family in Gaza "executed" one of its own members Friday for passing on information to Israel that led to the deaths of three Hamas militants, Palestinian sources said.

After starting movements that brought about laws like the Right to Information and Rural Employment Guarantee, the people in Rajasthan are stirring again. This time they want accountability from the government - a demand, if met, can have far-reaching consequences.

A Right to Information (RTI) activist was allegedly attacked by a group of unidentified persons outside the Collector office in Tapi district of Gujarat for allegedly seeking information and opposing "illegal mining" there, police said today.

Twenty years ago, in a small dusty town in Rajasthan called Beawar, a people's movement was launched to fight against corruption. This dharna, which went on for 44 days, ultimately resulted in the Right to Information Act in 2005, which now allows every citizen to get information and access government records.

Politicians are not known to be fans of the Right to Information Act, but now they seem to have discovered that they can use the same law to obtain details on RTI activists' work, allegedly in order to know which activist they need to harass to prevent the next big expose. RTI activists claim that political leaders are making their proxies use the ...