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New Delhi, July 19: Communist Party of India (CPI) Rajya Sabha MP P. Sandosh Kumar has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking a thorough and independent probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into a series of disturbing incidents in and around Dharmasthala, Karnataka. The letter, dated July 19, points to what the MP described as "a disturbing and systematic pattern of crimes -- primarily targeting women, often silenced through coercion, and concealed with frightening impunity ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 18 (PTI) A three-storey chawl collapsed in the western suburb of Bandra here in the early hours of Friday, with at least 10 people feared trapped in the debris, civic officials said. As many as seven people have been rescued from the debris so far and admitted to the civic-run Bhabha Hospital, they said. According to preliminary information, chawl number 37 in the Bharat Nagar area of Bandra East collapsed around 5.56 am. Eight fire engines are at the spot along with teams from th ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: State BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Thursday slammed the Congress government and Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for failing to address farmers' issues despite completing 19 months in office. Speaking at the Kisan Morcha state office-bearers' meeting at the BJP headquarters in Hyderabad, he accused the state government of neglecting farmers due to its skewed policies. He urged party workers to collaborate with the Kisan Morcha to highlight farmers' grievances and counter the Cong ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The cancellation of the NEET PG 2024 exam has come under sharp scrutiny after it was revealed that the decision cost the government significantly. According to a response to an RTI query, the rescheduled exam held in August 2024 ended up costing more than the original exam scheduled for June. The sudden cancellation of the NEET PG exam in June last year led to a huge financial loss to the government as the rescheduled test cost more than the original amount. According to a response f ...Read More >
Mumbai: A 40-year-old man has been arrested in Mumbai for allegedly strangling his five-year-old stepdaughter and dumping her body in the Arabian Sea. The body was discovered floating near Sassoon Dock in Colaba on Tuesday morning, leading to the swift arrest of the accused.According to the police, the child had been reported missing from the Antop Hill area in Central Mumbai a day earlier. Her mother, Nazia, who works as a housemaid, and Imran Shaikh, the accused, had approached the Antop Hill ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After dragging its feet on a Central Information Commission directive, the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) has finally decided to furnish information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act about the decisions taken during its governing body and institute body meetings since July 2020. It was in December 2023 that the SCTIMST first turned down an RTI query seeking a copy of the minutes of its governing body (GB) meetings number 107 ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The Karnataka Information Commission has recommended several measures to the State Government to strengthen the implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, including introducing RTI-related curriculum for undergraduate and postgraduate students. The move aims to foster awareness among youth and improve transparency and accountability in government administration. The State Information Commissioner recently met Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh and submitted a detailed list o ...Read More >
KAKINADA: A major controversy has erupted at Rangaraya Medical College in Kakinada following allegations of sexual harassment by some staff members towards female students. District Collector Dr. Shaan Mohan and SP Bindu Madhav on Thursday confirmed that four individuals have been suspended from duty and criminal cases have been filed against them. The issue came to light when the college principal, Dr. Vishnuvardhan, received an email complaint from a female student. Following this, around 50 ...Read More >
Kolkata: A south Kolkata resident has found that a couple used his Aadhaar card, ownership records of his flat in an EM Bypass condo, without his knowledge and uploaded the documents on the govt portal as a fake address proof to obtain their own Aadhaar. The fraud came to light after the 52-year-old owner, currently living on Prince Anwar Shah Road, learnt from someone that the address of his flat at Urbana Housing Complex was used by a married couple for Aadhaar registration. He filed an RTI qu ...Read More >
Jaipur, Jul 11 (PTI) School students in Rajasthan will no longer study two-part supplementary textbooks with state Education Minister Madan Dilawar arguing that these reading materials are not required because they glorify the Nehru-Gandhi family and carry no marks for students. The Congress has attacked the minister over the decision, saying that the government can remove textbooks from the syllabus but cannot change people's minds. The party leaders dubbed the decision 'ridiculous'. Minister ...Read More >
Srinagar- The Information Technology department has rebutted a news item titled "Technical glitch renders J&K RTI portal defunct, chokes information" published in a local daily, saying that the contents of the article are factually incorrect. The department has claimed that the RTI portal (https://rtionline.jk.gov.in/) is fully functional and operating without any technical disruption as confirmed by NIC (National Informatics Centre), which manages the backend operations of the portal. "The of ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jul 10: The Information Technology department has claimed that the J&K RTI portal is fully functional and operating without any technical disruption. The government's claim, comes a day after Greater Kashmir carried a news report on how the general public and RTI activists were irked with erratic functioning of the portal. In an official press release, IT department has claimed that National Informatics Centre, which manages the backend operations of the portal has confirmed its funct ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jul 10: While the Information Technology (IT) department has claimed smooth functioning of the J&K RTI portal, several applicants and RTI activists have refuted government's version. Greater Kashmir stands by its news report carried on Thursday. Notably, on Wednesday Azad Parwaz, a lawyer and general secretary north Kashmir, PDP had taken to social media and highlighted erratic functioning of the portal. On his post on X, Parwaz had tagged CM Omar Abdullah, narrating the ordeal faced ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI) The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes has refused to share information on the impact of a proposed mega infrastructure project on Great Nicobar Island, the southernmost part of Indian territory, on primitive tribal groups and the relocation of villages from tiger reserves, citing parliamentary privilege and other legal exemptions. This PTI correspondent filed an RTI application on April 3 this year, requesting minutes of all commission meetings held since January 1 ...Read More >
Mumbai: Public sector banks (PSBs) are in talks with the Finance Ministry to review the rule of maintaining a minimum balance in savings accounts. According to a report by Times of India, this discussion is taking place due to the declining share of CASA (Current Account Savings Account) deposits in banks' total deposits. The report states that the share of CASA deposits is shrinking, and during a recent meeting with the finance ministry, government officials raised a question: Why should custo ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Adani Group has emerged as the only bidder without conditions in the race to acquire Jaiprakash Associates, submitting a ₹12,600 crore offer under the ongoing insolvency process. The other bidders - Dalmia Bharat, Vedanta, Jindal Power and PNC Infratech-have tied their bids to the resolution of a critical land dispute involving the Gautam Buddh Nagar Sports City project, currently pending before the Supreme Court. Jaiprakash Associates has attracted five bids, with Dalmia Bharat lea ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Monday ordered notice to the Central and state govts, as well as the Bangalore Metro Railway Corporation Limited (BMRCL), in response to a petition filed by LS Tejasvi Surya, BJP MP for the Bengaluru South constituency. The petitioner sought a direction to BMRCL to immediately publish or release the report of the Fare Fixation Committee (FFC) headed by Justice (retd) R Tharani.Counsel for the petitioner submitted that three representations were given seekin ...Read More >
Monday, 7 July 2025 () An RTI reply has revealed that the Kerala government sponsored the visit of Jyoti Malhotra, a journalist under suspicion of espionage. The disclosure has triggered a political and public backlash, raising serious concerns over state vetting protocols. The case is under scrutiny, with national security implications being debated. ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 7 (ANI): Jyoti Malhotra, a 33-year-old vlogger from Haryana recently arrested on charges of espionage for Pakistan, had earlier visited Kerala on an official invitation from the state government, said an RTI (Right to Information) reply that has now surfaced. Malhotra was part of a tourism promotion campaign organised by the Kerala Tourism Department, which funded a group of social media influencers to enhance the state's digital visibility as a travel ...Read More >
In a startling revelation, a Right to Information (RTI) reply has confirmed that Jyoti Malhotra, the YouTuber currently under arrest for allegedly spying for Pakistan, had earlier visited Kerala on an official invitation from the state government under a tourism promotion campaign. According to the RTI response accessed by ANI, Malhotra's travel, accommodation, and itinerary expenses were fully funded by the Kerala Tourism Department. The visit was part of a government-run influencer collaborat ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Jyoti Malhotra, a 33-year-old vlogger from Haryana recently arrested on charges of espionage for Pakistan, had earlier visited Kerala on an official invitation from the state government, said an RTI (Right to Information) reply that has now surfaced. Malhotra was part of a tourism promotion campaign organised by the Kerala Tourism Department, which funded a group of social media influencers to enhance the state's digital visibility as a travel destination. The RTI response c ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Deputy chief minister Bhatti Vikramarka on Sunday stated that the Congress govt will be spending 22,500 crore on the implementation of the Indiramma housing scheme, under which 4.5 lakh houses are being constructed for the poor in Telangana. Construction is already underway for 1.1 lakh Indiramma houses, with work on the remaining units set to begin soon.The govt has sanctioned 4.5 lakh housing units in the first phase of the scheme. The govt is extending 5 lakh financial assistance t ...Read More >
New Delhi: The number of people who took benefits under the Laadli Yojana in Delhi has decreased by about 60 per cent in the last 15 years, information shared by the government under the Right to Information Act has revealed. Laadli Yojana was started in the national capital on January 1, 2008, with the aim to empower young women and reduce gender inequality. The Women and Child Development Department of the Delhi government, in response to an RTI application, said that since the launch of the ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 7 (ANI): Jyoti Malhotra, a 33-year-old vlogger from Haryana recently arrested on charges of espionage for Pakistan, had earlier visited Kerala on an official invitation from the state government, said an RTI (Right to Information) reply that has now surfaced. Malhotra was part of a tourism promotion campaign organised by the Kerala Tourism Department, which funded a group of social media influencers to enhance the state's digital visibility as a travel ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, July 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Kerala government has come under heavy fire after it was revealed that Jyoti Malhotra, a social media influencer recently arrested on espionage charges, had visited the state as part of a government-sponsored tourism promotion campaign. Malhotra, a Haryana-based vlogger, is now accused of leaking sensitive information to Pakistan. Shockingly, her entire trip across Kerala was facilitated and funded by the state's Tourism Department under an offic ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 5 (PTI) The number of people who took benefits under the Laadli Yojana in Delhi has decreased by about 60 per cent in the last 15 years, information shared by the government under the Right to Information Act has revealed. Laadli Yojana was started in the national capital on January 1, 2008, with the aim to empower young women and reduce gender inequality. The Women and Child Development Department of the Delhi government, in response to an RTI application, said that since the l ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a significant ruling to strengthen the implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the State Information Commission has clarified that government departments will be held accountable for compensating applicants who suffer due to lapses or negligence by officials in handling RTI requests. Issuing the order, State Information Commissioner Dr. A Abdul Hakkim emphasised that if an officer fails in discharging duties under the RTI Act, the responsibility for compensa ...Read More >
Baramulla, Jul 5: Hundreds of mourners from Delina and its neighbouring villages Saturday participated in the Muharram procession, the 9th day of the month of Muharram-Ul-Haram at Delina area of north Kashmir's Baramulla district. The procession was one of the series of processions being held in the month of Muharram, the first month of Islamic calendar. Dressed in black and carrying flags bearing religious inscriptions, participants from the villages of Hygam, Bulgam, Bohripora, Syedpora, Uri ...Read More >
Kulgam, July 05: Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami, MLA Kulgamon Saturday said that people's right to know, effectuated by asking questions and demanding answers from the public authorities is the very essence of accountable governance. Presiding over the sensitization seminar organised jointly by J&K RTI Movement, CHRI and civil society of Kulgam, Tarigami said that asking questions and demanding answers from the government are not acts of anarchy. "RTI is not about making allegations or false imputation ...Read More >
Guwahati: A police officer in Assam's Sonitpur district has been suspended following allegations of mishandling the investigation into the assault of two journalists. The incident, which occurred on June 29 in the Dhekiajuli area, involved reporters Bimaljyoti Nath and Bipul Phoyel from the Guwahati-based news channel ND24. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! The duo was attacked and seriously injured by unidentified miscreants while returning from ...Read More >
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