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CR derails RTI Act, gives wrong information (Cached)	3.9.2010	TOI: All Headlines
CR derails RTI Act, gives wrong information
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Transparency in the SIC, please! (Cached)	3.9.2010	India Together
The State Information Commissioners are supposed to uphold the RTI Act in their respective states. But their own appointments are shrouded in secrecy, writes Krishnaraj Rao.
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Replanted trees fail to take root	3.9.2010	Mid-Day: Pune
Civic body replants 3,435 trees, but almost 1,522 of them die owing to lack of proper care The efforts of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to replant trees have borne little fruit. Of the 3,435 trees replanted in 2008, only 1,913 trees have survived. According to a survey, 1,522 have died. Umesh Ramlal Naik, a Right To Information (RTI) activist from Guruwar Peth, has sought information from the PMC Garden Department and found out that the civic body spent Rs 3,000 for replanting each tree. "The PMC had invested over Rs 1 crore and has suffered a loss of Rs 45.66 lakh," he said. Tree lovers Omkar Vahikar and Rajesh Kamble had replanted a peepal tree opposite the Poona hospital two months ago, which was found dead. "All our efforts have ...
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Nazrul Islams RTI tussle on, no compensation yet (Cached)	3.9.2010	IE: Kolkata
Nearly 9 months after the West Bengal Information Commission...
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The long road to food security (Cached)	3.9.2010	The Pioneer
The long road to food security
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Post-it notes help babus cover tracks in case of RTI query (Cached)	3.9.2010	TOI: Hyderabad Times
A steady rise in awareness levels about the Right to Information Act among the general public has forced babus to use multi-coloured stick-notes (small glued sheets or post-its) on all files and petitions processed at the state secretariat.
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Zagade deposes in court as witness (Cached)	3.9.2010	TOI: Cities
Municipal commissioner Mahesh Zagade on Thursday admitted in the court that he had not passed any order for initiating recovery of over Rs 4.58 crore which was allegedly misappropriated in the shifting of electricity poles in 2007.
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Sarkaghat SDM office employees not transferred for 28 years	3.9.2010	HimVani
HimVani Shimla: While on the one hand the state government claims to be making effort to streamline the transfer policy, an RTI query has found that in SDM office, Sarkaghat, many employees have not been transferred for 18 to 28 years. There are nine out of seventeen employees who have stayed here since decades. The [...]
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HIMUDA flouts construction rules yet again: RTI	3.9.2010	HimVani
HimVani Shimla: It seems HIMUDA has taken its position as a government agency too seriously. This is the reason HIMUDA is flouting construction rules in many parts of the state. First, it was a 15 crore bust stand in Mandi without the map and then came construction of another bus stand in Dharampur in the [...]
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For close to 10 years, BMC taxed Mumbaikars twice for sewerage (Cached)	3.9.2010	DNA: Top News
The BMC collects the sewerage tax towards disposal of sewage. It collected Rs21 crore in 2007-08 and Rs23 crore in 2008-09 on this head under two heads -- property tax and water tax.
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Did TV coverage cause extra casualties during Kargil war, asks CIC (Cached)	3.9.2010	DNA: Top News
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked the Indian Army to reveal if an inquiry was conducted in the incident of a female TV reporter's coverage of the 1999 Kargil war.
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Jethwa, two others chosen for RTI gallantry awards! (Cached)	3.9.2010	Zee News : India National
Slain Gujarat-based RTI activist Amit Jethwa has been chosen for a gallantry award instituted by a voluntary organisation working in the field of transparency.
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Middlesex University open to tie-up with IIAS	2.9.2010	HimVani
HimVani Shimla: Professor Michael Driscoll, vice-chancellor of Middlesex University, UK, while on visit to Shimla today said his university would be happy to enter into any sort of collaboration with the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies. He added that fellows from the institute would be welcome to visit the university to have interaction and forge [...]
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HPU declares BSc Nursing entrance result	2.9.2010	HimVani
HimVani Shimla: Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) today declared the results for Bachelor of Science (BSc), Nursing, entrance exam. The exam was conducted on August 22, 2010. To know more about the results, candidates can visit the university’s official website.
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School building fall at Kunairh in Chamba dist	2.9.2010	HimVani
HimVani Chamba: The dilapidated school building of Government Primary School, Kunairh, in Chamba district collapsed today after heavy rains, rendering hundreds of student roofless. Fortunately, no one was inside when it collapsed. Report received here said that the school building was in a delipated condition as it was not rubberised by the authority on time, [...]
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US reaffirms efforts to support Tibetan cause	2.9.2010	HimVani
HimVani Dharamsala: US government’s special coordinator on Tibetan issues, Maria Otero, has said she would continue to lead the United State’s efforts in support of the Tibetan people, an official press release issued by the Tibetan government-in-exile here claimed today. Quoting a letter issued by Otero, under secretary of state for democracy and global affairs, [...]
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Jethwa, two other chosen for RTI gallantry awards	2.9.2010	Hindu: News
Slain Gujarat—based RTI activist Amit Jethwa has been chosen for a gallantry award instituted by a voluntary organisation working in the field of transparency.The organisation, Nation...
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Reforming the legislature and executive (Cached)	2.9.2010	GovernanceNow: GNtalk
Arun Shourie, former central minister and senior journalist spoke on the need for reforms in the legislature and the executive at the national conference on /'KJEEPING THE PROMISES: HOW CAN GOVERNANC
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Did a woman reporter cause deaths in Kargil? (Cached)	2.9.2010	Rediff: News
The Central Information Commission has directed the Army to disclose if any such inquiry ever took place as per records and disclose the information as per provisions of the RTI Act.
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Govt admits to letting tax money go up in 'smoke' (Cached)	2.9.2010	GovernanceNow: News
Almost two months after the issue of Tobacco Board of India (TBI), a department under the commerce and industry ministry, sponsoring a private tobacco promotional event to be held in India was raised
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