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"Gross Abuse Of RTI Act": RTI Body Cancels Man's 141 Pleas With Delhi LG Office

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Sunday June 28, 2020

The Central Information Commission has dismissed 141 petitions filed by an RTI applicant against the Delhi Lt Governor's office, calling it a misuse of the transparency law to inundate the office with pleas seeking information unrelated to it.

Plea To Declare PM CARES Fund As "Public Authority" Under RTI Not Maintainable: PM's Office

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday June 11, 2020

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) today raised objection in the Delhi High Court over maintainability of a plea seeking to declare PM CARES Fund as a "public authority" under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

Delhi Court To Hear Petition On PM-CARES Fund In August

India News | ANI | Thursday June 11, 2020

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said that it will hear on August 28 a plea challenging Prime Minister's Office's decision to deny information on PM-CARES Fund under RTI act.

RTI Application Reveals India Lost 750 Tigers In Last 8 Years: Report

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 5, 2020

As many as 750 tigers have died in the country in the last eight years due to poaching and other causes, with Madhya Pradesh reporting the highest casualties at 173, according to an official data.

RTI Body Asks Centre To Upload Data On Stranded Migrants Online, Rebukes Official Who Denied It

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday May 31, 2020

The Central Information Commission has pulled up an official for "callous and casual" response for denying data on stranded migrant labourers under the RTI Act, and asked the Labour Ministry to upload on its website as much data as possible.

Illegal Coal Mining Continued In Assam Sanctuary Before Centre's Approval: RTI

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Monday May 25, 2020

At a time when social media in Assam is buzzing with campaigns against a green signal by the National Board of Wildlife for coal mining in a part of a wildlife sanctuary in the state's Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts, an RTI reply had revealed that coal mining has been happening in that area even before the clearance was given by the wildlife body...

NPAs of Bank Of Baroda, Indian Bank Surge Multi-Fold In 6 Years, Reveals RTI Data

Business | Press Trust of India | Sunday May 3, 2020

The RTI data also showed the banks earned huge amounts from SMS alert service fees and other such charges

Nirmala Sitharaman's 13-Tweet Counter To Rahul Gandhi's 'RBI List' Attack

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday April 29, 2020

In a series of tweets late on Tuesday night, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman rebutted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on his allegations on "wilful defaulters, bad loans and write-offs", calling them an attempt to "mislead people in a brazen manner" and sensationalise facts.

Mehul Choksi Tops RBI List Of Defaulters Who Owe Nearly Rs 70,000 Crore

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Tuesday April 28, 2020

Business tycoons Mehul Choksi, the Jhunjhunwala brothers, and Vijay Mallya are among the prominent individuals linked to companies named by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in a list of the top 50 wilful defaulters accused of scamming the country's banks.

Haryana Government Has No Papers On Chief Minister's Citizenship: RTI

India News | Written by Mohammad Ghazali | Thursday March 5, 2020

A Right to Information (RTI) query has revealed that the Haryana government doesn't have documents on the citizenship of state functionaries including Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, cabinet ministers and the Governor.

Over 160 Rapes Reported On Railway Premises, Trains From 2017-2019

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday March 1, 2020

Over 160 rape cases have been reported on railway premises and on board running trains between 2017 and 2019, an RTI query has found.

Railways Earned Rs 9000 Crore From Ticket Cancellation, Other Charges

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday February 25, 2020

The Indian Railways earned over Rs 9,000 crore from ticket cancellation charges and non-cancellation of wait-listed tickets between 2017 and 2020, the national transporter has said in response to an RTI application.

Mystery Behind 'Gumnami Baba's' Identity Deepens After RTI Reply

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday February 21, 2020

The mystery shrouding the identity of 'Gumnami Baba', who many have claimed was Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in hiding, has deepened further with Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in Kolkata saying the electropherogram of the reclusive sadhu's teeth was not available with it.

Centre Owes Rs 822 Crore To Air India For Charter Flights: RTI

Top Stories | Press Trust of India | Thursday February 6, 2020

Cash-strapped Air India, which is being disinvested by the government, has to recover over Rs 822 crore for providing VVIP charter flights, according to the latest data provided by the national carrier to an RTI response.

"CCTV Video With Cops", Says JNU After Claiming No Footage Of Mob Attack

India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Monday January 27, 2020

Responses by Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University to RTI queries seeking CCTV footage of the main gate of the campus from January 5 - the day a mob attack left 34 students and faculty injured - appear to contradict each other