New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has opposed the additional affidavit filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal in support of his plea seeking recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma from hearing the Delhi excise policy case, terming it a “belated afterthought” aimed at maligning institutions and exerting pressure on the judiciary. In written submissions filed before the Delhi High Court, the Central probe agency contended that K…
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Raipur, April 12 (IANS) As the first phase of the nationwide Census 2027 has already commenced across the country from April 1, the house listing exercise in Chhattisgarh is scheduled to begin on May 1.Preparations for this massive exercise are in full swing in the state. The first phase, known as the House Listing and Housing Census, is a crucial component of the overall census process.During this phase, detailed information about every residential and non-residential building — including its …
Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) An application had been filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, to get details of the performance of former West Bengal Education Minister and ex-Trinamool Congress secretary general as the party legislator from Behala (Paschim) Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district during the last five years.Chatterjee had been a four-time legislator from that constituency since 2006. The last time he was elected from that constituency was in 2021. But almost …
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday accused the Central government of “systemically weakening” the RTI Act and failure to implement a UPA-era law that sought to protect truth-seekers and the activists from attacks.Kharge criticised the government for delivering identical fatal blows to the rural job scheme and the transparency law, seeking a “re-examination” of the Right to Information Act as suggested by the latest Economic Survey.“After killing MGNREG…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The Central Information Commission (CIC) has dismissed an appeal filed by an advocate seeking information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act related to the termination of a fruits and vegetables supply contract at a Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Haryana, observing that an advocate cannot seek information on behalf of a client using the RTI mechanism. Information Commissioner Sudha Rani Relangi, while disposing of the second appeal, noted that the appellant, an advo…