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Punjab dairy board asks for Rs 1.4 lakh for 70,000-page RTI reply, later delivers a few 100 pages ‘free of cost’

April 20, 2014 2:23 am

The commission has adjourned the proceedings till May 14.

Punjab IG fined Rs 40,000 for denying correct info under RTI

April 16, 2014 3:47 pm

In A significant judgment,the Punjab State Information Commission has imposed a fine of Rs 40,000 on a Punjab Police IG for delay in providing information to an applicant and providing false information.

Gautama gets Info Commission charge

May 31, 2012 5:36 am

Home Secretary G D Gautama has been given additional charge of the Information Commission.

Institutes refuse RTI replies till CIC reminds govt aid

March 11, 2012 2:45 am

In a spate of recent cases in Punjab,information seekers are being turned away by public institutions on the ground that they are not covered under the RTI Act,and are not obliged to share information about their functioning.

No staff,excess work are not grounds to decline information under RTI: High Court

March 01, 2012 12:26 am

Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday made it clear that excuses like shortage of staff and additional workload cannot be accepted as grounds for delay in supplying information to an applicant under the Right To Information (RTI) Act.

Disclose judges medical reimbursement: CIC to SC

February 08, 2012 12:14 am

The Central Information Commission has asked the Supreme Court to ensure that medical bills of serving and retired judges are duly maintained and provided to RTI applicants

Modi picks his pet babus to run state info panel

November 16, 2011 3:09 am

Chief Minister Narendra Modi is said to have finalised names of two of his favourite bureaucrats to lead the states three-member Information Commission.

College adheres to AICTE norms,so under RTI

September 08, 2011 12:09 am

A college that follows the instructions laid down by the All India Council for Technical Education is covered under the RTI Act.

Move first appellate authority for information,says panel

August 10, 2011 12:30 am

Punjab State Information Commission decided that it was advisable that the applicant first move the FAA.

NGOs that get govt grant covered under RTI Act

August 10, 2011 12:28 am

All the NGOs and residents welfare societies that receive grants in any form from the government are covered under the RTI Act,ruled a full bench of the Punjab State information Commission.

‘Bangladeshis’ and ‘ghuspaithiyas’: BJP MP Brij Lal stops five sanitation workers on road in to quiz them on video

‘Bangladeshis’, ‘ghuspaithiyas’: On camera, BJP MP quizzes 5 sanitation workers

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BJP MP and former UP DGP Brij Lal has sparked controversy with a video accusing five sanitation workers in Lucknow's Gomti Nagar Extension of being Bangladeshi infiltrators. Lal, a former IPS officer, claims to know how terrorism works and alleges that these workers are a threat to the nation. He appeals to CM Yogi Adityanath to deport them and claims they have fake identities.

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