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CIC seeks explanation from Addl Secy, BDO for violation of RTI Act provisions *Penal action to be taken in case of non-compliance Mohinder Verma JAMMU, Dec 18: In one more instance of embarrassment for the Government of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has sought explanation from an Additional Secretary and a Block Development Officer (BDO) for violating provisions of the Right to Information Act and causing obstruction in dissemination of informati...

Chadoora: Residents of Takiya village in Nagam area of Budgam district have been suffering the administration’s apathy for more than a decade now with a shabby, unpaved road going uphill to their houses. The authorities have failed to lay even the basic crushed stone metal on the about 500-feet link road from Lolipora to Takiya, a few metres from the main Chadoora-Chrar-i-Sharif road. The literally bare road is a nuisance to the residents throughout the year. In summers, the plumes of dust em...

Why is India Still the World’s Dirtiest and Most Polluted Country? 104 years later, after Gandhi, it has all worsened The influential magazine “The Economist” recently carried a story about India’s environment “ “Why is India one of the most polluted countries on Earth” The “Economic Times” followed this with a story headlined “India alarmingly filthy even by standards of poor countries”. Nobody living here can deny it. Most of our lakes and rivers are severely poisoned w...