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south Mumbai Mhada is playing puzzling game
by amjed i kutchi- 1 follower
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In South Mumbai un number of old building are not in good condition contactor take PRIMMISSION of repairing and then he full down the total BUILLDING and after some month 4floor BUILLDING become 12floor or more then above many time we ask Mhada officer that you have given only repairing pirmission then how this contactor is making heigh rise Illegally BUILLDING then officer only say one think we have send letter to BUILLDING factory department they will do action So plz I request to you give some guild line how to stop them Sent from my Nokia 5.1 Plus using RTI INDIA mobile app
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discussions: 'व्यापम' घोटाले का खुलासा, आर.टी.आई. ने सुलझाई
by MANOJ B. PATEL- 0 replies
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जयपुर। मध्यप्रदेश में व्यापम घोटाले का खुलासा सूचना का अधिकार कानून की ताकत से ही हो पाया और अब इस घोटाले के कारण हुई करीब 50 हत्या व आत्महत्या के मामलों का भी पर्दाफाश होगा। सूचना का अधिकार कार्यकर्ता अजय दुबे ने बुधवार को यहां सूचना का अधिकार कानून पर ट्रांसपेरेंसी इन्टरनेशनल की ओर से आयोजित सेमीनार में यह बात कही। दुबे व्यापम घोटाले को कोर्ट तक ले जाने वालों में शामिल हैं। उन्होंने कहा कि सूचना का अधिकार कानून का सही और प्रभावी इस्तेमाल हो, यह सुनिश्चित किया जाना आवश्यक है। दुबे ने आह्वान किया कि युवाओं को इस कानून का सशक्त तरीके से इस्तेमाल कर अन्याय और भ्रष्टाचार के खिलाफ संघर्ष को तेज करना होगा। Read more at; RTI solved The mystery of Vyapam scam
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'Achhe din only for corporates/politicians, not for farmers/labourers'
by akhilesh yadav- 0 replies
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Bhim (Rajsamand): Social activist Aruna Roy slammed central and state government for its anti-farmer and anti-labour policies. She hits out at the slogan 'Achhe Din Aaenge' (Good days will come) by saying, "Good days are yet to come for the poor, farmers and labourers, though it has come only for corporate and politicians." Read at: 'Achhe din only for corporates/politicians, not for farmers/labourers' - The Times of India
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'Corruption is not just about money': PS Bawa
by Sajib Nandi- 2 followers
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By Rosamma Thomas in Timesofindia.indiatimes.com on Oct 13, 2016 Transparency International: 'Corruption is not just about money' - Times of India Former chairman of Transparency International-India PS Bawa delivered a lecture in the state capital titled 'How to stop corruption'. Bawa explained that corruption was not merely a matter of enriching oneself by diverting money meant for public causes. He described one instance where a large corporate firm had procured admission in foreign universities for the children of top bureaucrats. "The matter was taken to the court, but since there was no evidence of wrongdoing and there were no laws to establish that the prac…
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'Judges' appointment should be criteria-based, transparent'
by Sajib Nandi- 0 replies
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Reported by Business-standard.com on November 10, 2015 'Judges' appointment should be criteria-based, transparent' | Business Standard News A number of eminent people representing a cross section of society on Tuesday advocated a criteria-based and transparent process in selecting judges for higher judiciary in which civil society too should have a presence. Making the judicial appointment criteria-based, transparent and accountable, several eminent people that included apex court lawyer Kamini Jaiswal, co-founder of Association for Democratic Rights Jagdeep Chhokar, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative director Maja Daruwala and others said it should be a proces…
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'Perestroika' for Indian judiciary
by Sajib Nandi- 1 reply
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Transparency disquiet in SC collegium Reported by Telegraphindia.com on September 3, 2016 Transparency disquiet in SC collegium A senior judge has refused to attend meetings of the Supreme Court collegium unless there is total "transparency" in its functioning, a move that can trigger a constitutional crisis by indefinitely stalling a host of judicial appointments and transfers. Justice J. Chelameshwar's unparalleled boycott forced Chief Justice T.S. Thakur to call off a scheduled meeting of the five-member collegium yesterday, judicial sources told The Telegraph. Yesterday's development can potentially deepen the continuing stand-off between the judiciary a…
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'Top Secret' Sections Should Handle Classified Documents: Government
by akhilesh yadav- 1 reply
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NEW DELHI: Classified papers need to be handled only by specially-designated 'secret' or 'top secret' sections in every central government department, the Centre has said. In a fresh set of instructions, the government also restricted its employees from communicating with the media. Only ministers, secretaries and other specially-authorised officers can give information or be accessible to the representatives of the press. On the classified papers issue, the government said that every file should be reviewed once in every five years for declassification. An officer not below the level of Under Secretary can only carry secret papers under special circumsta…
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'Whistleblower law must cover pvt cos'
by Sajib Nandi- 0 replies
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By Swati Deshpande in Timesofindia.indiatimes.com on May 10, 2016 'Whistleblower law must cover pvt cos' - Times of India Even as right to information activists in India demand implementation of a law to protect whistleblowers, Martin Woods, who in 2008 blew the lid off Mexican drug money laundering at US-based Wachovia Bank, says the law, which proposes to act only against the public sector, must bring private companies under its radar too. Speaking with TOI on the sidelines of the South Asia Risk Summit in Mumbai, Woods said, "Why restrict such a law only to the public sector? If a PSU is competing against a private sector company in a bid, the private entity w…
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Reported by C Baranidharan in Newindianexpress.com on 03rd March 2016 Judge issues memo to Dalit office assistant for not washing innerwear | india | Hindustan Times In an instance that laid bare the allegedly widespread abuse of official facilities, a sub judge in Erode issued a memo to a woman court staff seeking explanation for not washing undergarments at his residence. The month-old memo – and the reply by the hapless office assistant tendered – came out in public on Thursday, triggering a controversy. “You did not properly wash the clothes given to you in the sub judge's house. Especially, you felt revulsion to wash underwear garments and threw away them. M…
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discussions: ‘Citizens can stop commercialisation of residential properties’
by MANOJ B. PATEL- 0 replies
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With the city’s inspectors hand in glove with big builders, it is up to the citizens to take up the cudgels against illegal commercial complexes coming up in residential areas, says Nitin Sheshadri, a resident of Koramanagala who has been fighting against the over-commercialisation of residential properties. In a web chat with readers of The Hindu on Sunday, Mr. Sheshadri took questions of people who believed their area was becoming unliveable due to rampant conversion of residential plots in commercial complexes. With officials unable or unwilling to cope with the largescale violations of the city’s master plans, the activist suggested steps an individual can tak…
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By Haidar Naqvi in Hindustantimes.com on Feb 16, 2016 ‘Financial and political intimidation stalling Muzaffarnagar riot trials’ | india | Hindustan Times Three years after Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar erupted in riots, investigations into the violence that killed over 60 and rendered millions homeless are in the doldrums, triggering allegations of financial and political intimidation stalling the trials. Courts acquitted 32 people in 10 riot cases. Five of the six gang rape survivors turned hostile. The Special Investigation Cell (SIC) formed to investigate 534 riot cases cleared nearly half of the accused of all the charges, mostly in cases of arson and…
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Reported by Dailypioneer.com on 07 November 2015 ‘First stakeholders’ say The Supreme Court's decision to seek suggestions from the common man on ways to improve the collegium system of appointing judges to the higher courts needs to be appreciated. This is the first time that the apex court has involved the lay people in the process of judicial appointments, and it has come after stringent criticism from jurists, politicians and activists that appointments through the collegium have over the decades since 1993 — when the system was put in place — been masked in opacity. The appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and the various High Courts has been based exc…
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‘Give NGOs same ease as corporates to access foreign funds’
by akhilesh yadav- 2 followers
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[h=1]‘Give NGOs same ease as corporates to access foreign funds’[/h]Concerned over the Narendra Modi Government’s ‘crackdown’, civil society activists on Friday questioned the “arbitrary manner” in which some NGOs were being “targeted” and urged the Government to ensure that civil society organisations have the same measure of access to foreign funds as corporates. In an open letter to the Prime Minister, about 150 civil society organisations said “in an increasingly globalised world, where even business interests freely collaborate across national boundaries, to label any individual or NGO that engages with international forums or any donor who supports such NGOs, as ‘a…
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discussions: ‘India is the worst in implementing laws’ : Lokayukta Justice B. Subhashan Redd
by MANOJ B. PATEL- 2 followers
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The right to freedom of expression is more precious than other rights, as its violation will lead to other violations of the Constitution, said Lokayukta Justice B. Subhashan Reddy here on Saturday. “So when the right to freedom is violated, we protest and file cases,” Justice Reddy said during the Prof. Bashiruddin Memorial lecture here at the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), which was conducted by the Department of Communication and Journalism, Osmania University. Justice Reddy also stated that people should know what is being discussed in the Judiciary. “That is why the Supreme Court allowed the media to report on proceedings in the court, on the condi…
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‘jashodaben' disappears from namo trivia
by akhilesh yadav- 2 followers
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When a quiz on PM Narendra Modi, hosted on a touchscreen console at Mahatma Mandir, acknowledged Jashodaben as his wife, the world thought BJP had finally accepted the truth. But it was not meant to be. Less than two weeks after Mirror reported about the Namo Quiz (State govt experiments with truth, AM, May 16), validating Jashodaben as the PM's wife, the question has disappeared from the console. Instead, another question has been repeated to maintain the 60- question tally. Earlier, question number 35 of 'Namo Quiz' asked the visitor, 'What is the name of Shri Narendra Modi's wife.' The four options offered were: a) Vinaben b) Yashodaben c) Jashodaben d) Varshaben T…
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discussions: ‘Nirmal’ link goes missing in Ahmedabad's Lambha area
by MANOJ B. PATEL- 0 replies
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AHMEDABAD: Residents of Saraniyavas in Lambha area were happy a few months ago when civic authorities constructed toilets for individual homes under 'Nirmal Gujarat Swachalaya Yojna' here. But soon the authorities never returned for a vital job — give drainage connections, forcing residents here to open defecation. After few months, residents here filed RTIs to know the status of the drainage connection. To their surprise, the agency engaged for a third party inspection, had mentioned in their report that each of the toilets were connected to a drainage line. Also the whole area was marked under the Above Poverty Line (APL) category. The discovery has now led the Ahm…
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discussions: ‘NOTA needs legal sanctity as right to reject’
by MANOJ B. PATEL- 0 replies
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Nagpur: Around 25 prominent socialist leaders and activists called for an urgent need to usher in poll reforms to strengthen democracy and to make it more pro-people. They were participating in a symposium organized on Tuesday by Samajwadi Samagam and FACTER (Fight Against Corruption Through Electoral Reforms). Socialist intellectual Anna Khandare was in the chair. NAPM national convener and ex-MLA Dr Sunilam was the principal speaker while FACTER convener and all India general secretary of JD(U) Arun Kumar Shrivastava was chief guest. Veera Sathidar of Republican Panthers said although NOTA (none of the above) is an option at the polling booth, it has absolutely no …
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