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"UN Should Be Denouncing": Whistleblower On "Special Favours" To China
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.
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Patrons Of Accused Still Outside CBI Net: Vyapam Whistle Blower
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.
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Government To Push For Passage Of Key Bills In Parliament
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.
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Piyush Goyal Says Cabinet May Approve New Power Tariff Policy Next Month
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.
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UN Offers Help to Journalists, Whistle-Blowers Under Threat
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.
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Turkish President's Son Moves to Italy, Denies Fleeing Turkey
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.
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Black Money Whistle-blower Herve Falciani Indicted by Swiss Authorities for Industrial Espionage
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.
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Parliament passes bill to protect whistle blowers
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.
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Tamil Nadu whistleblower alleges death threats, silence from govt
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.
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Coalgate: Central Vigilance Commission gets new complaints
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.
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WikiLeaks' German staff quits, says chief authoritarian
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...
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News portal acted as 'whistle blowers' in Bangaru case: court
The sting operation by Tehelka news portal exposing corruption through fictitious defence deal involving former BJP chief Bangaru Laxman on Friday got kudos from a Delhi court which said they acted as "whistle blowers".
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Gujarat government suspends whistleblower cop Sanjeev Bhatt
The Gujarat government has suspended whistleblower police officer Sanjeev Bhatt. The 1988- batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer has been served a five-page suspension letter by the state Home Department, charging him of unauthorised absence.
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NGOs seek more protection for whistle blowers
More security for whistle-blowers and extending the jurisdiction of the Act to the private sector were some of the suggestions made by NGOs and individuals today at a meeting of a Parliamentary panel scrutinising a bill to provide protection to those who blow the lid off corrupt practices.The Standing Committee on Law and Personnel today heard subm...
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WikiLeaks donates $15,100 to source for leaks
Whistle-blower website Wikileaks has donated $15,100 to the legal defence fund of the U.S. soldier accused of providing it with the digital trove of secret diplomatic cables sent to and from American embassies across the globe.The legal defence fund of Private Bradley Manning, charged with the disclosure of thousands of classified documents, has re...
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"UN Should Be Denouncing": Whistleblower On "Special Favours" To China
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.
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Patrons Of Accused Still Outside CBI Net: Vyapam Whistle Blower
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.
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Government To Push For Passage Of Key Bills In Parliament
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.
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Piyush Goyal Says Cabinet May Approve New Power Tariff Policy Next Month
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.
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UN Offers Help to Journalists, Whistle-Blowers Under Threat
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.
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Turkish President's Son Moves to Italy, Denies Fleeing Turkey
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.
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Black Money Whistle-blower Herve Falciani Indicted by Swiss Authorities for Industrial Espionage
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.
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Parliament passes bill to protect whistle blowers
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.
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Tamil Nadu whistleblower alleges death threats, silence from govt
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.
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Coalgate: Central Vigilance Commission gets new complaints
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.
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WikiLeaks' German staff quits, says chief authoritarian
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...
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News portal acted as 'whistle blowers' in Bangaru case: court
The sting operation by Tehelka news portal exposing corruption through fictitious defence deal involving former BJP chief Bangaru Laxman on Friday got kudos from a Delhi court which said they acted as "whistle blowers".
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Gujarat government suspends whistleblower cop Sanjeev Bhatt
The Gujarat government has suspended whistleblower police officer Sanjeev Bhatt. The 1988- batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer has been served a five-page suspension letter by the state Home Department, charging him of unauthorised absence.
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NGOs seek more protection for whistle blowers
More security for whistle-blowers and extending the jurisdiction of the Act to the private sector were some of the suggestions made by NGOs and individuals today at a meeting of a Parliamentary panel scrutinising a bill to provide protection to those who blow the lid off corrupt practices.The Standing Committee on Law and Personnel today heard subm...
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WikiLeaks donates $15,100 to source for leaks
Whistle-blower website Wikileaks has donated $15,100 to the legal defence fund of the U.S. soldier accused of providing it with the digital trove of secret diplomatic cables sent to and from American embassies across the globe.The legal defence fund of Private Bradley Manning, charged with the disclosure of thousands of classified documents, has re...
