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The Delhi High Court ruled that universities deemed under the UGC Act are not inherently public authorities under the RTI Act. The court emphasized the importance of balancing privacy concerns and public interest, highlighting the need for governmen...

The Indian Railways faces a significant vacancy of over 1.5 lakh posts out of around 10 lakh sanctioned under the safety category, according to the Railway Ministry's response to an RTI application. This includes critical roles like train drivers an...

The average speed of Vande Bharat trains has decreased from 84.48 kmph in 2020-21 to 76.25 kmph in 2023-24 due to infrastructural work and geographical constraints.

The details have been provided by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) in response to the query filed by Supreme Court advocate K C Jain in April.

Trinamool Congress expresses concern over Election Commission not releasing voter turnout numbers in ongoing general elections, questions why BJP has not requested this information yet.

In response to a Right to Information Act appeal, State Bank of India (SBI) has again refused to disclose the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the sale and redemption of electoral bonds. SBI justified the denial by stating that the informati...

A study by legal rights body iProbono reveals that over 9,600 children were wrongly held in adult prisons in India from 2016 to 2021. The study obtained data through the RTI Act, exposing flaws in the juvenile justice system. Many states showed disc...

In response to an RTI application, the Indian Railways Ministry revealed that it laid an average of 7.41 km of tracks annually over the past ten years, covering new line construction, doubling, tripling, and gauge conversion. Railway Minister Ashwin...

The Indian Railways is unable to determine the completion date for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project (MAHSRP) due to the lack of awarding of work tenders. The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has stated that the compl...

The Railway Ministry in India has not maintained separate revenue generation records for Vande Bharat trains, the country's first semi-high-speed trains. The trains, which have been operating since February 2019, have travelled over 2 crore people a...

Union Home Ministry's RTI response exposes no provision for maintaining records of online citizenship applications under CAA. Challenges include declaring country of origin under affidavit. BJP defends CAA delay, while Trinamool Congress criticizes ...

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has criticised the Election Commission (EC) for not responding to an RTI plea regarding actions taken on a representation by eminent citizens questioning the credibility of EVMs and VVPAT machines. Former IAS...

After a robust response for the IPO, Bharti Hexacom is likely to finalise the share allotment today. The issue was booked 86 times at close on strong interest from non-institutional investors. Investors can check the status of their share allotment ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin criticized the BJP, accusing them of flip-flopping on the Katchatheevu issue ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. He questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence on issues concerning Sri Lanka's treatm...

In its landmark verdict on February 15, the court scrapped the Centre's electoral bonds scheme that allowed anonymous political funding, calling it "unconstitutional", and ordered disclosure by the EC of the donors, the amounts donated by them and t...

The Delhi High Court dismissed Siddique's petitions seeking information about the officers involved in the Mumbai train blasts investigation and grant of sanction for his prosecution. The court upheld the CIC decision, citing the officers' right to ...

The Delhi High Court has sought the Income Tax department's response on an appeal challenging the disclosure of information about the PM CARES Fund to an RTI applicant. The court is hearing the appeal challenging the order of the Central Information...

The Delhi High Court has ruled that the CBI, despite being mentioned in the Second Schedule of the RTI Act, is not completely exempt from the purview of the Act. The court stated that the proviso to Section 24 allows for information on corruption an...

The Central Information Commission has directed the defence ministry to revisit its refusal to disclose records related to the Agnipath military recruitment scheme under the Right to Information Act. Activist Vihar Durve had filed an RTI application...