RTI activist`s murder: Case against BJP MP committed for trial

Last Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 23:00

The special CBI court here on Saturday committed the case against BJP MP from Junagadh Dinu Bogha Solanki, the prime accused in the murder of RTI activist Amit Jethwa, to the sessions court for trial.

NHRC notice to UP police over delay in RTI-activist abduction case

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 18:14

NHRC Tuesday issued a notice to Uttar Pradesh police over the slow progress of their investigation in the case involving the abduction and assault on an RTI activist in Gautam Budh Nagar.

RTI amendment excluding parties will be challenged: Groups

Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 20:49

Civil society groups Monday threatened to move court if the RTI Act amendment bill, which seeks to keep political parties outside the ambit of the transparency law, is passed by Parliament.

RTI activist murder case: BJP MP named in CBI chargesheet

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 21:41

BJP MP from Gujarat Dinu Bogha Solanki has been named in the CBI chargesheet filed on Saturday in a court here in connection with murder of RTI activist Amit Jethwa who had waged a crusade against illegal mining in Gir Forest of the state, the last home of Asiatic lions.

Corruption is bleeding our people dry, we must fight it: Rahul Gandhi

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 17:50

Describing corruption as the biggest issue that is “bleeding people” of India, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the situation was unacceptable and that is why the Congress-led UPA government pushed for the passage of the Lokpal Bill in Parliament.

Maharashtra: RTI activist done to death by nine-member gang

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 16:48

A 32-year-old shopkeeper-cum-RTI activist from the powerloom town of Bhiwandi, who was allegedly attacked by a nine-member gang, Tuesday died at the IGM Hospital here, police said.

Can`t disclose Modi-Vajpayee letters during Gujarat riots: PMO in reply to RTI

Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 18:23

Prime Minister`s Office has refused to disclose communication exchanged between former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and CM Narendra Modi during the 2002 Gujarat riots even after 11 years.

Bihar RTI activist told to cough up Rs 1.34 crore

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 14:05

Shiv Prakash Rai, who has been using the Right to Information to access government documents for scrutiny, was shocked when officials in Bihar told him that he would have to cough up Rs 1.34 crore to inspect documents on land registration.

RTI seeking Manmohan`s election papers in Assam Assembly

Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 21:08

Seeking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s Rajya Sabha election nomination papers and attached affidavits, an RTI has been filed in the Secretariat of the Assam Assembly from where he has been elected to the Upper House.

CBI hoodwinking in RTI activist Jethwa`s murder probe: SC

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 21:34

Supreme Court said CBI was "hoodwinking" the procedure in its investigation into murder of RTI activist Amit Bhikabhai Jethwa in which Gujarat BJP MP Dinubhai Boghabhai Solanki was arrested.

BJP MP Solanki sent in judicial custody in Jethwa murder case

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 20:30

CBI court here sent the BJP MP Dinu Bogha Solanki in judicial custody till November 25 after the Central agency did not seek his further custodial remand in RTI activist Amit Jethwa murder case.