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<title><![CDATA[RTI  politics may get more public]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[All political parties except the CPI have refused to provide names of their donors saying they dont come under the purview of the RTI Act. The CIC will decide next week whether we can keep a tab on political parties through RTI says MANU MOUDGIL  Pix adrindia.org]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Immune to accountability  II]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The role of Central Information Commission CIC since 2005 has been exemplary. It has dealt successfully with various serious issues like disclosure of information related to mercy petitions phone tapping and bank details says MANU MOUDGIL]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Immune to accountability]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Public officers have been wrongly invoking exemptions under national interest to deny information under the RTI Act. MANU MOUDGIL tracks recent RTI denials and the CICs approach in a twopart series.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Narasimhan sets an example ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The selection of candidates for the posts of Information Commissioner is a classic case of political collusion that has been exposed by a vigilant civil society and responsible media in Andhra Pradesh. MADABHUSHI SRIDHAR says that leaders should understand that the post is not something that can be doled out to political workers. Pix Governor Narasimhan]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A frenzied media fails to use the RTI Act]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Social activists have converted the RTI into a powerful tool for those seeking justice using persistence. They acquire information under the act and give it to the media. But journalists regrets MANU MOUDGIL have lagged behind in realising its potential.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The winner of lost causes ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Professional probity was always his doctrine and he virtually shed tears over the advent of the paid news era. INDER MALHOTRA pays tribute to Ajit Bhattacharjea in the Indian Express]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nitish Kumars Bihar Shining campaign]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In four years the chief minister has taken annual advertisements placed in newspapers from Rs 4.5 crore to Rs 25.25 crore. MD. ALI presents the findings of RTI activist AFROZ ALAM SAHIL.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Anti RTI Amendments in Bihar]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Nitish Kumar Government amends the RTI act to allow only a single piece of information per application and has restricted the number of free of cost pages. This is illegal says VISHNU RAJGADIA. Pix Bihartimes.com]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[India Right to information empowers Muslim  women ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[She believes RTI is essential and the only option to activate an indifferent government machinery and goad it into protecting the interests of the minority community. RTI has proved to be the most effective tool in handling a biased bureaucracy and politicians says KULSUM MUSTAFA      Womens Feature Service.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Not so funny RTI  innovations from Jharkhand]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recent reports in Jharkhand suggest that information seekers are told to pay substantial sums in the name of the government staffs salary. VISHNU RAJGADIA says the state has put its own moneymaking spin on the RTI Act.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[No right to information]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Even under the Right To Information Act departments related to the case have denied information on what transpired in the Batla House encounter. DIPU SHAW says one and a half months later the truth about the encounter still remains shrouded in mystery.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Olympian losses but the babus had a ball]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If you cringed at Doordarshans Olympics coverage now take a look at what it cost and who benefited. THE HOOT asks for some answers from Prasar Bharati using RTI.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dow Chemicals real intentions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As villagers living on its periphery stepped up their protests against its 100 acre R ampamp  D Centre the multinational resorted to a hectic  PR campaign. Pix  A village outside  through whose land the chemical plant runs. VINITA DESHMUKH editor of a Pune weekly invoked RTI and discovered some hasty clearances by the powers that be.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[RTI exposes scam in Bihar  ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A major bungling in the recommendation  for admission in medical colleges by Bihar govt. was exposed through the effective use of RTI by a journalist. AJAY KUMAR reports]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[RTI exposes vendetta by union minister]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In its reply Coal India admitted that the transfer was based on the reference from a VIP but was silent on the name. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nudged by RTI Jharkhand government acts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A newspapers persistence compels the States Law Department to move on a file pending for 40 odd months. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[No right to information for J ampampamp K]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Neither the State act passed in January 2004 nor the Central act are being implemented in J ampamp amp K almost three years down the line. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Testing the uses of RTI in Jharkhand]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Letter to the Hoot  Armed with the act students of the Prabhat Khabar Institute of Media Studies are zealously filing applications in government departments. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Information law dead on arrival]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Right to information in Pakistan]]></title>
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