Whistle Blowers

An ex-employee of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has claimed the OHCHR "secretly provided China with advance information" about activists attending the Human Rights Council meetings.

Even as the CBI has filed a charge sheet in the Vyapam case, Dr Anand Rai, one of the persons who blew the whistle on the large-scale scam, today said the chief patrons of the accused were still outside the probe agency's net.

With just three working days left in the first part of Budget session, the government plans to push for the passage of some key bills, including the Whistle Blower Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2015 and Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016.

The approval of the new power tariff policy may come next month as the government's focus will be on passage of crucial Bills, including the Whistle Blowers Bill, said Power Minister Piyush Goyal today.

The approval of the new power tariff policy may come next month as the government's focus will be on passage of crucial Bills, including the Whistle Blowers Bill, said Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday.

Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that the government was taking specific steps to deal with the issue of black money stashed abroad on the basis of information provided by whistleblowers.

Journalists and whistle-blowers facing threats or retaliations for their work in the public interest can reach out to him for help, a top United Nations official dealing with freedom of expression said.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's son Bilal on Wednesday said he had temporarily moved to Italy to complete his doctoral studies but denied fleeing Turkey after being implicated in a corruption scandal.

Herve Falciani, the black money whistle-blower who the Indian government established contact with after NDTV's exclusive interview last month, has been indicted by Swiss authorities for industrial espionage.

The new rules, which would be effective from October 1, require companies to get shareholders' approval for related party transactions, establish whistle blower mechanism, elaborate disclosures on pay packages and have at least a woman director on their boards.

Parliament on Friday passed the Whistle Blowers Protection Bill with the Rajya Sabha giving its nod on the last day of the last parliamentary session of the UPA-II government.

His battle against the mining mafia in the southern part of Tamil Nadu has led to death threats, says V Sundaram, a senior bureaucrat in Tamil Nadu. He alleges that repeated requests by him for security have been ignored by the state government.

Fresh complaints of alleged irregularities in coal block allocations have been submitted by whistle blowers and public to the CVC (Central Vigilance Commission), which has shared some of these plaints with the CBI.

The Infosys whistle blower case against an employee Jack Jay Palmer will go for trial on 20 August 2012. Palmer had alleged Infosys had subjected him to harassment and retaliation. Infosys has so far denied any harassment or retaliation. Infosys is also battling separate US government criminal probe on alleged visa and tax fraud following Palmer’...

WikiLeaks' representative in Germany has quit the organization, criticising the founder of the whistle blower website as being authoritarian, in an interview with Der Spiegel published on Monday."Julian Assange reacted to the smallest criticism by accusing me of being disobedient...

An ex-employee of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has claimed the OHCHR "secretly provided China with advance information" about activists attending the Human Rights Council meetings.

Even as the CBI has filed a charge sheet in the Vyapam case, Dr Anand Rai, one of the persons who blew the whistle on the large-scale scam, today said the chief patrons of the accused were still outside the probe agency's net.

With just three working days left in the first part of Budget session, the government plans to push for the passage of some key bills, including the Whistle Blower Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2015 and Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016.

The approval of the new power tariff policy may come next month as the government's focus will be on passage of crucial Bills, including the Whistle Blowers Bill, said Power Minister Piyush Goyal today.

The approval of the new power tariff policy may come next month as the government's focus will be on passage of crucial Bills, including the Whistle Blowers Bill, said Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday.

Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that the government was taking specific steps to deal with the issue of black money stashed abroad on the basis of information provided by whistleblowers.

Journalists and whistle-blowers facing threats or retaliations for their work in the public interest can reach out to him for help, a top United Nations official dealing with freedom of expression said.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's son Bilal on Wednesday said he had temporarily moved to Italy to complete his doctoral studies but denied fleeing Turkey after being implicated in a corruption scandal.

Herve Falciani, the black money whistle-blower who the Indian government established contact with after NDTV's exclusive interview last month, has been indicted by Swiss authorities for industrial espionage.

The new rules, which would be effective from October 1, require companies to get shareholders' approval for related party transactions, establish whistle blower mechanism, elaborate disclosures on pay packages and have at least a woman director on their boards.

Parliament on Friday passed the Whistle Blowers Protection Bill with the Rajya Sabha giving its nod on the last day of the last parliamentary session of the UPA-II government.

His battle against the mining mafia in the southern part of Tamil Nadu has led to death threats, says V Sundaram, a senior bureaucrat in Tamil Nadu. He alleges that repeated requests by him for security have been ignored by the state government.

Fresh complaints of alleged irregularities in coal block allocations have been submitted by whistle blowers and public to the CVC (Central Vigilance Commission), which has shared some of these plaints with the CBI.

The Infosys whistle blower case against an employee Jack Jay Palmer will go for trial on 20 August 2012. Palmer had alleged Infosys had subjected him to harassment and retaliation. Infosys has so far denied any harassment or retaliation. Infosys is also battling separate US government criminal probe on alleged visa and tax fraud following Palmer’...

WikiLeaks' representative in Germany has quit the organization, criticising the founder of the whistle blower website as being authoritarian, in an interview with Der Spiegel published on Monday."Julian Assange reacted to the smallest criticism by accusing me of being disobedient...