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Explained | Has the Right to Information been weakened over the years?

For 13 years, the Right to Information Act, 2005, helped citizens obtain information and data from the Government and State institutions, but has it been weakened?

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Missing RTI info to be restored, website says, after years of data disappears

Years of missing Right to Information applications will be restored on the Union Government’s RTIOnline portal, the website said in a message on Thursday, after The Hindu reported that public records obtained by RTI applicants over many years had disappeared from many users’ accounts. The episode shed a light on…

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An Act to cement digital authoritarianism

India requires a wider constitutional reboot on digital authoritarianism

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Tribals in Andhra Pradesh’s non-ST villages feel left out

Notifying a tribal village under the Fifth Schedule gives it protection

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National Exit Test (NExT) to be made mandatory for BDS graduates for licence to practice and dental PG courses

A common final-year undergraduate dental examination, to be known as the ‘National Exit Test (Dental)’ will be held for granting licence to practise dentistry. Any person with a foreign dental qualification will have to qualify NExT (Dental). The designated authority of the Union Government will conduct the common counselling for…

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AISMK focusing on 2026 T.N. Assembly elections: Sarathkumar

All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi (AISMK) president R. Sarathkumar on Sunday said his party was focusing on the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections and not on the next year’s Parliament elections.

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After claiming internal reservation as BJP achievement in Karnataka, Union Minister says matter is sub-judice

Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment A. Narayanaswamy made the startling claim in the Rajya Sabha when asked whether the Union Government is considering a constitutional amendment to allow Karnataka to provide internal reservation for Scheduled Castes (SCs).

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Police verification for govt. jobs to continue

Fifty years ago, the Union Government does not propose to do away with the present method of police verification for employment in public services

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IMD issues orange alert for 8 districts of Himachal Pradesh today

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert and predicted heavy rainfall in eight districts of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren writes to President over Manipur violence

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren expresses anguish over Manipur violence in letter to President, urges to restore peace. Slams Modi govt for sidelining issue & failing to protect people.

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Supreme Court urges Centre to transfer cheetahs to another location

SC urges Centre to move cheetahs to more conducive environment, not make it a "prestige issue". Eight cheetahs died in one year, the Supreme court expresses concern & asks Centre to file detailed affidavit on circumstances leading to deaths. SC suggests shifting cheetahs to Rajasthan.

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Congress party’s silent protest in Shivamogga over vendetta politics against Rahul Gandhi

Shivamogga district president H.S. Sundaresh told mediapersons that the Union Government had been targeting Rahul Gandhi as the BJP could not tolerate his growing popularity.

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Congress ‘Satyagraha Deeksha’ tomorrow

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Veerashaiva Lingayat seers, leaders come together in favour of demand for inclusion of community in Central OBCs list

Veerashaiva Lingayat community seers and leaders, setting aside their differences, came together in Kalaburagi on Sunday to demand that the Union government include the community in the Central list of Other Backward Classes (OBCs). They also declared that the fight will continue till the long-pending demand is met.

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National wage policy under study by govt.

Fifty years ago, the Union Government said it does not believe in wage freeze as a principle nor will it interfere with labour’s right to strike

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Kalasa Banduri project tenders floated minutes before Karnataka poll announcement may not have any takers

Sources say that the Union Government may not give clearance for the projec. If the Union Government givers clearance, the Congress will get a boost in Karnataka ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

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Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha urges State govt. to distribute ragi or jowar to make up for rice shortage

Criticising the Union Government for its “pettiness” in declining supply of rice to Karnataka, the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) has urged the State government to not only come forward and purchase the required rice from farmers in the State, but also to distribute ragi and jowar to make up…

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Drug kingpins in Manipur have ties to politicians, Delhi-based tribal body tells Supreme Court

Kuki-Zomi-Hmar bodies have been supporting the Manipur Government’s campaign to clear poppy fields in the hill districts of the State, a body of Manipuri tribals in Delhi has submitted before the Supreme Court of India, alleging that the drug trade in the State is largely controlled by a nexus of…

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Situation in Manipur gradually improving: State Health Minister

Chief Minister N. Biren Singh, with the cooperation of all sections of people, is working round the clock to bring the situation under control

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Andhra Pradesh: Over 50,000 people are likely to attend Amit Shah’s public meeting in Visakhapatnam on June 11

The Union Home Minister will speak about the nine-year rule of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the DBT schemes of the Union government, says C.M. Ramesh

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Bengal CM distributes ex gratia, appointment letters to kin of Odisha train accident victims

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday distributed ex gratia to the kin of Odisha train accident victims. During the event held at the Kolkata Netaji Indoor Stadium, Ms. Banerjee accused the Union government of suppressing facts.

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HC seeks answers from Centre, State on failure to pay MGNREGA wages in West Bengal

The Calcutta High Court on June 6 asked the Union Government and the West Bengal Government to submit reports on the non-payment of wages to workers enrolled in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme in the State.

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GST breaking the back of common man: Chinta Mohan

Congress Working Committee (CWC) special invitee Chinta Mohan has flayed the Union Government for imposing GST indiscriminately on all food products that it is breaking the back of the common man.

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National institute to help handicapped

Fifty years ago, the Union Government said it was going to establish a comprehensive national institute for each major category of handicapped persons

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Kari Ishad mango of Ankola in Uttar Karnataka gets GI tag

The Kari Ishad mango prominently grown in Ankola taluk of Uttara Kannada has bagged the Geographical Indication (GI) tag from the Geographical Indications Registry under the Union Government.

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