Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
RTI activist Ajay Dubey of Madhya Pradesh, who shot into prominence with his Supreme Court petition asking for better monitoring of tiger reserves, feels he was justified in having sought redressal from the highest court. “Madhya Pradesh had 700 tigers in 2000 but their numbers are down to 257,” said …
A Committee set up by the state government to probe into illegal quarrying of granite, has concluded that no quarrying was going on in the forest area of Kanakapura Taluk. The team led by Principal Secretary to government, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR) Mohamed Sanaulla in its report …
Maharashtra recorded the maximum number of deaths due to serious adverse events (SAEs) during drug trials, while Madhya Pradesh saw the least number of such deaths. According to data disclosed by the Drug Controller-General of India, during the 49-month period (January 2008-January 2012), the country recorded 2,061 drug trial-related deaths. …
Indian industry has one foot mired in outdated and unsustainable practices, while its other foot is poised for a leap forward. This dichotomy is clearly displayed in the environmental and operational health and safety practices of some of our heavy industry — the backbone of infrastructure and manufacturing growth. The …
Axed trees resurface in the record books BBMP’s tree officers are under a cloud following allegations that they siphoned off crores of rupees on the pretext of paying for contract labour to fell trees which had been felled long ago. An RTI query by NGO Civic Bangalore revealed that in …
Vinod Khobragade, the village official ( talathi ) of Baranj village in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra who imposed a fine of Rs. 32 crore on the Karnataka Emta Coal Mines Limited (KECML) for alleged illegal mining, was suspended on Monday. He had also accused the top district officials, including the …
RTI Reply By Delhi Police Reveals 737 Died Of Hunger, Poverty In 14 Years New Delhi: For a government that flaunts the “global city” tag, here is some disturbing news. A recent RTI reply from four Delhi Police districts – out of a total of 11 – received by RTI …
The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC), set up in 1999 by the State government to regulate power tariff and protect the consumers’ interests, draws power without any agreement with Bescom. It pays its monthly electricity bills, and at commercial rates, in the name of a owner whose identity and address …
Shillong, July 9: In the wake of the assault on RTI activist and Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader Akhil Gogoi, the National Campaign for Peoples’ Right to Information (NCPRI) today demanded a strong and effective Whistleblowers’ Protection Bill to protect RTI users and anti-corruption crusaders. Akhil was assaulted while he …
Mumbai: It’s a flood of money, not water, that’s flowing into Maharashtra’s dam projects. TOI’s continuing investigation into the criminal escalation of costs and infinite delays in water projects has thrown up another shocker: the Gosikhurd irrigation project in Bhandara district near Nagpur, which was okayed at a cost of …
Since its inception, the residential complex of Kakade city in Hinge, Pune, has raised several questions. The land on which the project has been constructed was meant for rehabilitation of the project-affected people of Kopregaon. The land was acquired by the government for the expansion of the National Defence Academy. …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) should upgrade its Disaster Management team by appointing qualified and experienced staff, in the aftermath of the Mantralaya blaze which claimed five lives, an RTI activist has said. "I would like to bring to your kind notice that there is urgent need to upgrade and …
The recently declared tiger reserve, the Biligirirangan Temple (BRT) Wildlife Sanctuary in Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka, is under increasing threat due to illegal mining of black granite on its fringes. Even though a state Audit and Accounts Department report in 2011 sounds alarm bells and pegs a loss of over Rs …
The Coimbatore Corporation has not submitted Form II to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), in which it has to mention details about its solid waste management project. The TNPCB has said this in response to a Right To Information query filed by V. Eswaran, the district secretary of …
KLEW: A serious irregularity has been unearthed over the implementation of the mid-day meal scheme in the Unitarian Lower Primary School in Upper Klew village in Ri-Bhoi district. Students of the school are not getting their mid-day meal even though official records claim that mid-day meals are being provided to …
Commission says these are meant for shared public use A day after a Right to Information query revealed that the Planning Commission had splurged over Rs. 30 lakh on renovating toilets at its headquarters in Delhi, the Commission disputed that it was wasteful expenditure. The Commission said the amount was …
Said Centre Can’t Intervene & Probe Haryana Forestry Scam: RTI New Delhi: Documents revealed under RTI show that V Narayanasamy, minister of personnel and training, argued that the Union government could not intervene when a central service officer complained of and sought inquiry into corruption in the state where he …
Read this report of the jury on public hearing on Koodankulum nuclear power project and state suppression of democratic rights, chaired by Justice A P Shah. It is based on the testimonies of persons who participated in the public hearing held in Chennai. This report is based on the testimonies …
It seems the state government and the police have met a dead end when it comes to curbing illegal mining. At one level, labourers are getting killed due to poor safety standards or mine collapses. At another level, when the police are asked to pull up socks against the mafia, …
