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PM-led panel to pick information commissioners tomorrow

A three-member committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and also including Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi is likely to meet on Wednesday to decide the next Chief Information Commissioner......

Two Information Commissioners sworn in

Former media advisor to Prime Minister Deepak Sandhu and former secretary in the Union government Sushma Singh were sworn in, on Wednesday,as new information commissioners at the Central......

How India must select information commissioners

There is a great need to introduce a transparent process to select information commissioners, who are expected to oversee transparency, says former Central Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi.......

31,000 RTI Appeals Await New CIC

The Central Information Commission, which is functioning at full strength for the first time after December 2016, will need to consider 31,000 appeals and complaints.It takes more than a year for a......

CIC gets full strength after 9 yrs; Raj Kumar Goyal appointed chief

After a gap of nine years, transparency watchdog Central Information Commission attained its full strength with the appointment of former IAS officer Raj Kumar Goyal as its chief and eight other......

CBIC Eases GST Rules, Checks Overreach

The revised guidelines are aimed at curbing discretionary practices by field officers, especially the tendency to seek documents not mandated under the law. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

CIC: 23 lakh records to be digitised

Nearly 9000 files in the office of the Information Commissioner have been digitised as part of the Central Information Commission's plan to convert 23 lakh pages of old records in digital format.......

Vivad Se Vishwas 2.0 will start from Oct 1

The government has notified October 1 as the starting date for direct tax dispute resolution scheme Vivad Se Vishwas 2.0. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Vivad Se Vishwas scheme 2.0 was......

'OTT Has Become Desi Porn'

'This kind of content will destroy our culture.' IMAGE: Bipasha Basu in Jism, the film that provoked Uday Mahurkar into moving the Supreme Court over vulgar content. The Supreme Court of India on......

Karnataka govt blames RCB, KSCA for Bengaluru stampede

IMAGE: Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar at the airport receives RCB's Virat Kohli at Bengaluru airport on June 4, 2025. Photograph: ANI Photo The status report on the stampede at Bengaluru's M......

Will New Sports Bill Be A Game Changer?

The most talked about feature of the Bill is the National Sports Board, that will have overriding powers to grant or suspend recognition of all National Sports Federations and even "collaborate"......

RCB moves Karnataka HC against CAT's stampede order

IMAGE: The Central Administrative Tribunal had observed that the RCB are 'prima facie responsible' for the stampede outside M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on June 4, which led to the death of......