Need to cut down on frivolous RTI applications: Prez PatilOctober 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Patil on Monday said that there was a need to cut down on frivolous Right to Information (RTI) applications flooding various government departments. Inaugurating the fourth annual convention on RTI, President Patil said: "There is a fine balance which needs to be maintained between applications under the Right to Information to public authorities and also ensuring that public authorities are not flooded with applications, some of them of a frivolous nature, which could overwhelm their ability to respond in time."
She said the RTI Act has the potential to make Government and the people work together for the benefit of both.
Bihar officials to be booked for torturing RTI petitionersOctober 9th, 2009 The Bihar government has announced to initiate stern action against officials found guilty of torturing petitioners seeking information under the Right to Information Act, a senior state official said today. "Any official found guilty of serving threats to the information seekers or implicating them in false cases will be suitably punished", the Home Secretary, Bihar Aamir Subhani has said.
Airline trade group wants easier union decertification if approving unions gets easierOctober 8th, 2009 ATA wants union decertification made easierATLANTA — A trade group for U.S. airlines urged the National Mediation Board in a letter this week to make it easier for airline workers to decertify a union, if the panel makes it easier for workers to approve a union.
Utah woman who held record for long fingernails says life much easier after breaking themSeptember 3rd, 2009 Woman says life easier after breaking long nailsSALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake City woman who held a Guinness World Record for her long fingernails before they broke off in a car crash says it was the most dramatic event of her life. But Lee Redmond, who lost the fingernails in February, says it's now much easier to do things and her hands seem to fly with the weight of the nails gone.
$10,000 reward offered for information leading to whereabouts of 5-year-old California boyAugust 18th, 2009 Reward offered in Calif. missing boy caseOAKLAND, Calif.
143 TV channels want to enter Indian marketAugust 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Despite recession hitting the media industry, 143 TV channels have sought permission from the information and broadcasting ministry to uplink from India. In addition, applications of 20 TV channels, uplinked from abroad, seeking permission to downlink in India are at various stages of scrutiny, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting C.M.
Los Angeles investigators want to speak to Michael Jackson's doctorJuly 22nd, 2009 Investigators want more info from Jackson docLOS ANGELES — The lawyer for Michael Jackson's doctor says Los Angeles County coroner's investigators are seeking additional information from his client. Ed Chernoff, who represents Conrad Murray, the physician who tended to Jackson as he was dying on June 25, has already been interviewed twice by Los Angeles police detectives.
Obama says consumer agency will boost enforcement and make financial products understandableJune 30th, 2009 Obama: consumer agency to enforce financial rulesWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says his new Consumer Financial Protection Agency will protect Americans from unscrupulous practices and make financial products easier to understand. The president sent Congress a 152-page bill to create the new agency, a key element in the sweeping overhaul of financial rules the administration unveiled two weeks ago.
Supreme Court makes it easier to fight deportation seeking to remain in USApril 22nd, 2009 Court makes it easier to fight deportationWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court made it easier Wednesday for immigrants seeking to avoid deportation to get another chance at a court hearing. The decision came in the case of Jean Marc Nken, who came to the United States in 2001 and did not leave when his visa expired.
Kasab's mother coming to India to meet him: MukherjeeApril 14th, 2009 JANGIPUR - The mother of Ajmal Amir Kasab is coming to India to meet him, the lone Pakistani terrorist caught alive during the Mumbai terror attacks, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here Tuesday. Mukherjee referred to her visit to meet Kasab in Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail, as he said Pakistan should not delay its probe into the 26/11 attacks on the pretext of seeking more specific information from India.
Have an election related query? Just dial 47617500March 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Have an election related query and don't know whom to ask? Simply call the toll free number 47617500 and get an answer by one of the young employees of the Delhi election commission's round-the-clock call centre. Answering more than 500 calls every day, the call centre, which has been functioning since March 15, is the election commission's effort to attract people to vote and make the seemingly cumbersome process of voter registration easier by answering all their queries.
Community Radio Station to start in HaryanaMarch 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has signed a Grant of Permission Agreement for establishing, maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station at Nuh, Mewat, Haryana, by Seeking Modern Application for Real Transformation (SMART), New Delhi. Letter of intent had been issued to the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) on June 13, 2008 for seeking allotment of frequency from Wireless Planning Coordination Wing.
Theron finds stripping easier than portraying 'raw emotion' onscreenMarch 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Charlize Theron finds it easier to drop her clothes than portray 'a raw emotion' on screen. "'The Burning Plain'" star insisted that conveying emotions during a scene could end up being more challenging than the mere act of peeling layers, reports China Daily.
Under Right to Information Act, Scarlett's mother questions murder probeMarch 13th, 2009 PANAJI - Fiona Mackeown, the mother of slain British teenager Scarlett Keeling, has filed a Right to Information (RTI) application seeking details of the Goa police's investigation into her daughter's mysterious death February last year. The application was received by the police early this week.
Ghaziabad police give whole register to RTI applicantFebruary 5th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - The police in Ghaziabad have handed over their whole original complaint register to a man who had, through the Right to Information (RTI) Act, sought data on car thefts in Ghaziabad. Akash Nagar, a local journalist, presented the register before the media here Friday.
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