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Ex-CIC alleges govt intimidating agency by threatening to sue; seeks President's intervention
• 6 years agoFormer Information Commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu Tuesday alleged that the Central Information Commission was facing threats of litigations filed against it by the government and sought President Ram Nath Kovind's intervention.
India slips to sixth position in global RTI rating; failure to protect officials who provide information biggest challenge
Hassank • 6 years agoAfter making its debut at number 2 in 2011 in the global index on Right to Information, the year the global RTI agency was launched, India has slipped four positions in the last seven years, to settle at number at 6
Indian Army tweets about mutilation of soldiers' bodies but had refused to respond to RTI
• 8 years agoThe army on Monday tweeted about the mutilation of the bodies of two Indian soldiers by the Pakistan army but refused to divulge details about such incidents under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, citing "national security" concerns.
Congress slams Modi govt for 'clipping wings' of Information Commissioner
Ians • 8 years agoThe Congress on Friday slammed the Modi government for taking away the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry from the purview of Information Commissioner M. Sridhar Acharyulu.
Bassi dropped: IAS officer Bimal Julka to be appointed as the new Chief Information Commissioner
Fp Staff • 9 years agoDelhi CP BS Bassi's candidature has been dropped for the post of Information Commissioner
Reward for JNU row? Delhi police chief BS Bassi may actually be appointed next CIC
Fp Staff • 9 years agoDelhi CP BS Bassi may be in the running to become the next Information Commissioner, sources told CNN-IBN.
Kiran Reddy wins battle against Governor, RTI the casualty
Sudhir • 12 years agoWith the appointment of four favoured candidates for the post of information commissioners, Kiran Kumar Reddy may have won his ongoing battle with the state governor. Unfortunately the RTI stands to lose.
How the Info Commission is killing your RTI
Pallavi • 13 years agoAs delays in processing RTI complaints increase radically year after year, it could make citizens less interested in using it.
RTI will be irrelevant in 5 years: Information Commissioner
Fp Staff • 13 years ago"I believe that so far the RTI Act has achieved far more than expected but there are serious threats most of us are not conscious of," told Shailesh Gandhi, outgoing Information Commissioner, to CNN IBN.