Official Secrets Act a hurdle in Right to Info
06 August 1997 21:16 ISTCan Right to Information legislation, if enacted by any state, bring in total transparency in the state administration ? Or the existing legislations like the Official Secrets Act etc can defeat the very purpose of ... READ
Scribes wage a war over Right to Info bill
01 August 1997 21:16 ISTJournalists, who walked out of the Assembly and boycotted the last-day House proceedings, are in a mood to wage a war against the local Congress government over suppressing Freedom of the Press in the name ... READ
Right to Info bill guns at scribes' freedom
20 July 1997 21:17 ISTThe Congress government here has come under fire for attempting to suppress the Freedom of the Press under the pretext of the Right to Information bill it has presented in the Assembly.Some draconian clauses are ... READ
Govt presents Right to Info bill
13 July 1997 21:18 ISTThe Goa government has presented the Right to Information bill in the ongoing Assembly session, which would be now thrown open for a public debate, before it is discussed in the House.Being the second state ... READ
Goa to have right to information act
04 June 1997 21:18 ISTGoa plans to be the second state in the country to enact a Right to Information legislation, a demand from all quarters of India. The bill will be presented in the coming monsoon Assembly session.The ... READ
Justice Sawant advocates right to Info from private sector too
18 May 1997 21:19 ISTThe private sector, including all the multinationals and the business establishments, would be legally bound to disclose all the information to any citizen of India, when demanded, once the Right to Information bill comes into ... READ
