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Issue No: 125 |
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UK Three patients died
after serious incidents and never events at Halton
and Warrington Hospitals ... Runcorn and Widnes World A Freedom of Information
request has revealed that three patients died after serious untoward
incidents and never events at Halton and
Warrington ... India Info panel slaps Rs1-lakh penalty... Chandigarh Tribune Taking a serious note of
non-compliance of the provisions of the Right to Information
Act, the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC), Punjab, SS ... India SC to decide if it comes under RTI Act Chandigarh Tribune ... Bench of the Supreme
Court will decide if the apex court is bound to disclose details of its
functioning under the Right to Information (RTI). Pakistan Practice of secrecy amid promise of transparency The News International The ruling party's manifesto
reads: “Right to information law based on international best practices
shall be Pakistan RTI Act to be extended to Malakand Daily Times PESHAWAR: The Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Act is implanted in the province and
in near future it will be extended to the Malakand ... UK Journalists and police join forces to oppose corruption investigation secrecy The Guardian But this secrecy would also
require changes to the Right To Information Act around the
notification of decisions “including reasons [for] refusal of ... India 118 sexual harassment cases filed in BMC in 4 years, reveals RTI Hindustan Times ... Municipal Corporation
(BMC) officials have registered 118 cases of sexual harassment in its
offices, reveals a right to information (RTI) response. India Army canteens most profitable retail chain in India, ahead of Future & Reliance Retail Economic Times ... earned
Rs 236 crore during FY14-15, according to a Right
to Information query. Comparatively, Avenue Supermart,
which runs D'Mart stores, made ... UK Rights group
challenges FoI refusal in Libyan rendition case The Guardian The previous month Reprieve
submitted a request to the Cabinet Office under the Freedom of Information
Act asking whether any of its ministers or ... UK Revealed: Full scale
of domestic abuse in London as police deal with 76000 incidents in one year Evening Standard The data, released under the Freedom
of Information Act, did not include child victims unless they were also
an informant or witness, as offences ... Australia Sydney buses are far from space age ... buses have 756,000km or
more on their odometers — to the Moon and back — according to figures
released under the Freedom of Information Act. Ireland Discipline probes see 11 gardaà quit force Irish Examiner Details of the scale of
alleged serious breaches of discipline within the force were released under
the Freedom of Information Act. Documents reveal a ... Pakistan Draft law: Cabinet likely to review Right to Information bill The Express Tribune ISLAMABAD: The federal
cabinet is expected to take up the draft of the Right to Information
Bill, 2016, in its next meeting. But the information ministry is ... UK Daily Mail It's thought of as a world
of dead-letter drops, hidden cameras and cutting-edge gadgetry. But the truth
behind modern espionage may actually be ... India 'One KTC bus breaks down every second day' Times of India The data was made available
by Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) under information obtained right
to information (RTI). Kadamba
transport ... Cong promises KTC revamp after polls - Oherald India Sex ratio set to fall around 800 in U'khand: Study Chandigarh Tribune The utilisation
certificates (UCs) of the NDKY provided to the Asian Centre for Human Rights
by the authorities under the Right to Information Act (RTI) ... India PM to release success stories of RTI Act Press Trust of India New Delhi, Aug 23 (PTI)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release success stories of Right to
Information (RTI) Act, during a programme to be
held in ... UK Rejected
recyclable waste up 84% in England since 2011, data shows BBC
News A BBC Freedom
of Information request found councils were unable to recycle 338,000 tons
of waste in 2014-15 - up from about 184,000 tons in ... 340000 tons of recycling sent to landfill because of confusion about
rules -
Daily Mail USA Immigrant detainees in Georgia more likely to be deported than detainees elsewhere Southern Poverty Law Center This analysis is based on
data released by ICE through a Freedom of Information Act request for
FY 2015. It compares data from the Stewart and Irwin ... Sri Lanka Government to establish National Information Centre Ceylon Daily News ... and
accurate official information to the public is a key responsibility of the
government, reaffirmed by the recently adopted Right to Information
Act. USA The Pentagon's use of FOIA is flawed. Now it wants to make it even stricter. Washington Post A wide-ranging group of
government transparency advocates asked Congress on Wednesday to block new
changes to the Freedom of Information Act ... Tanzania Tanzania: Will Tanzania Get a 'State-of-the-Art' Information Law? Initially, a document dubbed
the "Freedom of Information Bill" was released by the
Directorate of Pakistan Govt will soon table 'Right to Information Bill' in NA: Pervaiz Radio Pakistan (press
release) Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid says the government would soon table Right
to Information Bill in the National Assembly. Speaking at a
ceremony ... India No records available on AgustaWestland deal: Defence Ministry, IAF The Indian Express Under the Right to
Information Act, an application was filed with the Defence Ministry
seeking complete records related to the deal, including price ... India BMC road scam: Police likely to arrest 30 more civic body officials Hindustan Times Right to Information (RTI) activist, Anil Galgali,
had complained to state lokayukta ML Tahilyani, about the delay in action against civic
officials. He also ... India 18 years on, Malawali village yet to get metalled road Chandigarh Tribune A resident of the village Kuljeet Singh Malawali, who
managed to get information through right to information, said, “The
road was last paved by the ... India From violence to
impersonation: Over 800 students penalised by JNU The Sunday Guardian ... and possessing liquor and
ganja, according to information provided by the JNU administration in reply
to a Right to Information (RTI) petition. Malta Has the Freedom of
Information Act worked? Times of Malta Other very important documents
were not published because the Freedom of Information Act was,
coincidentally, only introduced a few months before ... UK Soaring number of
children being taken into care for abusing and beating up parents The Sun The shocking results were
revealed after Freedom of Information requests by The Sun on Sunday to
all 149 councils in England. And the 62 known ... UK/Bangladesh Bangladeshi jail
'cover-up' as UK journalist faces trial The Guardian Freedom of information requests have been rejected by the MoJ
on the basis of “protecting national securityâ€, alongside diplomatic reasons. Pakistan Daily Times Access to information has been recognised as a fundamental right of people across the
world as well as in Pakistan. Right to information was
formally ... India SC rejects petition to stop royalty to Mysuru Maharaja Hindustan Times In response to his queries
made under the Right to Information (RTI) law, Urs
learnt the state released `75 lakh between 2012 and 2014 as part of
its ... India Disciplinary Action on 7 JNU Students Every Month from 2010 to June 2016: RTI News18 ... an
average against seven students every month in the last six-and-a-half years
for violation of rules, according to an Right to Information (RTI)
query. UK More than 1000 rapes and sexual assaults reported at London schools in four years The Independent A Freedom of Information
request found that more than 15 per cent of the rape allegations were
reported in Croydon, where 13 rapes were recorded. UK British police criticised for lack of transparency in Bahrain training
deal The Guardian In a recent response to a freedom
of information request submitted by the campaign group of Reprieve, the
college gave a broad outline of the courses it ... Pakistan Up on website: KP health ministry makes medicine rates public The Express Tribune Officials said since a law
was already in place and people could get the information by filing an
application under the Right to Information Act, 2014, ... |
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