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Shehla case: Remand of five accused extended


The judicial remand of all the five accused in RTI activist Shehla Masood`s murder case has been ext...

Shehla case: Remand of five accused extended


According to CBI, Shehla was shot dead in front of her house at Koh-e-Fiza area on August 16, 2011 b...
Shehla murder: Zahida, four others charged

Shehla murder: Zahida, four others charged


The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed the chargesheet in the RTI activist Shehla...

CIC slaps maximum penalty on public info officer


In a rare order, CIC imposed maximum penalty prescribed under the RTI Act on its official for delay ...

HC Orders Crime Branch to probe RTI activist death


The Delhi High Court on Monday ordered the Crime Branch of Delhi Police to probe into the mysterious...

Meira Kumar took abroad visit every 37 days


Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has undertaken as many 29 foreign trips in 35 months since assuming th...

Shehla murder: Chargesheet to be filed by May 26


Central Bureau of Investigation would file a chargesheet in the RTI activist Shehla Masood murder ca...

Allahabad HC rules on RTI challenged in SC


A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging validity of the rules framed by the Allahabad ...

No plans to evaluate RTI Act: Govt


The government today said it has "no" plans to conduct a detailed evaluation of the Right to Informa...

RTI activist murder: Polygraph test on 7 policemen


A sessions court gave permission for conducting polygraph tests on seven accused policemen in the mu...

Cancellation of amendments in Maha RTI Act sought


An RTI activist has demanded that the Maharashtra government should cancel the amendments made in th...

CJI`s remarks may dampen RTI journey: CIC


The Chief Justice had said that while the RTI law was "good", certain information being sought such ...

RTI activist assaulted in Bihar


During the last one year, nearly a dozen RTI activists were attacked, assaulted and harassed by offi...

Shehla murder: Court extends JC of four accused


A special CBI court on Tuesday extended till April 11 the judicial custody of prime accused Zahida ...

Shehla case: Shooter refuses to record statement


Alleged shooter Tabish Khan, who was arrested in connection with the murder of RTI activist, on Mon...

Masood murder: Court records accused`s statement


The special CBI court recorded the statement of Irfan, an alleged contract killer and an accused in ...

Shirdi: Complaint filed against more trustees


An RTI activist who had filed a complaint against 3 trustees of Shirdi Sansthan for alleged misuse ...

Shehla murder case: Shooter Tabish sent to custody


A special CBI court remanded till March 26 an alleged shooter Tabish Khan in police custody in conne...

Shehla case: Polygraph test to be done on Irfan


A special court hearing the RTI activist murder case extended the police custody of alleged contrac...

Shehla case: Polygraph test conducted on BJP MLA


Dhruv Narayan Singh, a BJP MLA from Madhya Pradesh, was Wednesday subjected by CBI to a lie-detectio...

Shehla murder: Accused to appear before Indore court


Masood was shot dead outside her house in Bhopal`s Koh-e-Fiza locality on August 16, 2011 allegedly ...

Shehla murder: Court extends remand of accused trio


CBI court on Tuesday extended the remand of three persons till March 14, including prime accused Z...
Shehla`s murder appears a crime of passion: CBI

Shehla`s murder appears a crime of passion: CBI


Murder of RTI activist Shehla Masood appears to be a crime of passion, CBI officials said on Tuesda...

Missing RTI activist from Delhi traced


A 38-year-old RTI activist who went missing two days ago from Delhi was brought back from Muzaffarna...

RTI activist goes missing in Delhi


A 38-year-old RTI activist, who had helped expose the MCD `ghost employees` scam, went missing from...

Motive yet unclear in Shehla Masood murder case


The motive behind the murder of MP RTI activist Shehla Masood continues to be shrouded in mystery e...

Photo shows BJP leader with Shehla murder accused


Madhya Pradesh`s BJP chief Prabhat Jha was caught up in a controversy after a photo surfaced Thursda...

Masood murder: BJP politician in MP being probed


A senior BJP politician from MP is being investigated by CBI in connection with the murder of RTI a...
Shehla murder: Accused remanded to CBI custody

Shehla murder: Accused remanded to CBI custody


A court here Wednesday remanded the two accused including a woman interior designer in the RTI activ...

Shehla Masood murder case cracked: Architect held


The CBI on Tuesday arrested an architect Zahida Pervez in connection with the murder of Madhya Prade...

RTI activist shot dead in Thane


The activist Premkumar Jha (45), who had sought details about construction activities in the Vasai-V...

AP: RTI activists slam selection of RTI Commission


Finding fault with selection of Information Commissioners in Andhra Pradesh, RTI activists have urg...

RTI activist attacked in Rajasthan


A 65-year-old RTI activist who was working to expose irregularities in the rural jobs scheme MGNREGA...

Allahabad HC quashes UP govt notices on RTI Act


The Allahabad HC quashed two notifications which excluded confidential section under Home & Civil A...

Masood murder: Forensic experts to start probe


She was supposed to take part in the India Against Corruption movement that day but was shot dead j...

Gujarat RTI activist murder: Key conspirator held


A key conspirator in the murder case of Nadeem Ahmed Sayed, an RTI activist and a witness in the 2...

Goa Governor`s report to the Centre stayed


The SC stayed the Bombay HC order asking the Goa Raj Bhawan to make public the Governor`s report to...

ICWA answerable under RTI Act, says CIC


ICWA, a foreign policy think-tank which is headed by Vice President as its ex-officio President is ...
Seven arrested in Nadeem Sayed murder case

Seven arrested in Nadeem Sayed murder case


Seven people were arrested on Saturday in connection to RTI activist and Congress worker Nadeem Ahme...

RTI has slowed down decision-making: Chavan


The advent of RTI Act has given a fresh impetus to transparency in governance, Maharashtra Chief Mi...

Bihar`s visually impaired to get RTI Act copy


The Bihar government will provide a copy of the Right to Information (RTI) Act in Braille for the be...

Govt to amend Prasar Bharti Act


Removal of the CEO of public broadcaster Prasar Bharti will be easier under a legislation being int...

`Shehla murder probe shows names of politicians`


Shehla was shot dead when she was going towards her car outside her residence in Koh-e-Fiza localit...
RTI in silent mode

RTI in silent mode


The RTI Act has been the main factor behind the expose of major scams.

Further probe into RTI activist Jethva`s murder


The Gujarat HC ordered further probe into the murder of RTI activist Amit Jethva in view of allegati...

RTI implementation needs strengthening: Habibullah


National Commission for Minorities Chairperson Wajahat Habibullah Wednesday said there is a need to ...

No need to amend RTI Act: Moily


Union Minister Veerappa Moily cautioned that it should not be used as an instrument of blackmail for...

Any `hiccups` in RTI should be examined: Khurshid


There is no proposal to have a relook at the RTI Act but if there are any "hiccups", they should be...

RTI activist found lying unconscious in Surat


An RTI activist from Mumbai was found unconscious on a roadside in Surat district after he was alleg...

No progress in Shehla`s murder case: Father


Masood Sultan, father of slain RTI activist Shehla, said on Sunday that things have not moved even a...