Government doesn’t protect whistleblowers: Activists
September 19th, 2012 - 11:37 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) On Sep 2, Nandi Singh, 40, was hacked to death in a remote village in Assam. His crime: he blew the whistle on misappropriation in ... Read more...
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Goa officer files complaint against RTI activist
August 25th, 2012 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 25 (IANS) In a bizarre incident, a senior civic officer has filed a police complaint against a Right to Information (RTI) activist claiming that the latter has been ... Read more...
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Lucknow girl stumps PMO with ‘Father of the Nation’ poser
April 3rd, 2012 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 3 (IANS) It is not everyday that a 10-year-old catches the office of the prime minister of India off-guard and without answers. But then, Aishwarya Parashar, a Class ... Read more...
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To him his PILs mean more than lost leg - a month after blast
October 7th, 2011 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Forty-one-year-old Harish Kumar seems to remember his public interest lawsuits more than the leg he lost in the blast when he went to pursue one ... Read more...
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Imran Khan files suit against drinking age
September 14th, 2011 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 14 (IANS) Actor Imran Khan Wednesday filed a public suit in the Mumbai High Court against raising the age limit for drinking to 25 in Maharashtra."After the huge ... Read more...
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Weak law, tracking system hampers missing kids’ recovery
July 29th, 2011 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) There is a huge discrepancy in the number of missing children in the country as sourced from police records and that obtained through RTI applications, ... Read more...
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‘Vibrant Gujarat’ campaign holds little truth: Activist
April 26th, 2011 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's portrayal of the state as "vibrant" holds little truth with rising crimes against women, rising levels of hunger and ... Read more...
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