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Need fine balance between RTI and right to privacy: PM

A fine balance must be maintained between the RTI (Right to Information) and the right to privacy, which stems from fundamental rights, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in Delhi on Friday.

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Man pays Rs 16K, gets blank papers

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The officials in Mannachanallur union have sent 1,700 blank pages to an RTI activist who, as directed by the officials, remitted Rs 16,080 seeking documents related to alleged irregularities of a panc

Nitin Gadkari slaps legal notice on RTI activist

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An RTI activist has alleged that Nitin Gadkari did not want her to pursue the irrigation scam in Maharashtra, a charged dismissed as baseless on Thursday by the BJP president, who slapped a legal noti

New RTI rules will dilute act: Activist

Rules in the Right to Information (RTI) Act that have been just notified by the department of personnel and training might end up diluting the Act, said RTI activist Gopalakrishnan.

The new rules not

Garbage lies uncleared in municipalities for 40 years

RTI queries have revealed that from 1970 to 2012, we have not cleared our domestic waste and continue to dump municipal waste in available lands. Similar to the “garbage mountains” of Kodungaiyur and

Woman takes on cops via RTI

The RTI, it appears, has come to the aid of a poor woman in Theni district to substantiate her charge that policemen in Kadalmalaikundu station raped and assaulted her.

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Sports Ministry appeals to CIC to bring BCCI under RTI

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The Sports Ministry is pinning its hope on the Central Information Commission to bring the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) under the purview of the Right To Information Act.

Sports Minister Ajay Maken sa

No orders for Oct 2, Jan 26 and Aug 15 holidays?

Even as India has observed Jan 26, Aug 15 and Oct 2 as national holidays, the government does not seem to have issued any formal orders for the same.

The disclosure from the central home ministry cam

RTI activist shot in Bihar

A Right to Information (RTI) activist was shot and seriously wounded on Friday by some assailants in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, police said.

RTI activist Razi Hasan was battling for life at a hosp

Maya spent Rs 86 crore to renovate her bungalow: RTI reply

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BSP supremo Mayawati spent a staggering Rs 86 crores of government funds to renovate her sprawling Mall Avenue bungalow when she was Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh with some windows costing Rs 15 lak

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