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The Kerala High Court has recently held that writ jurisdiction under Article 226 cannot be invoked to impose penalties against the Information Officers under the Right to Information Act, 2005...

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), after a setback in the last Assembly elections lost power and became the main opposition party in the State Assembly. However, the party has failed either to select or elect one of its MLAs as its leader in the State Assembly thus resulting in delay in selecting candidates to fill up vacancies at the Karnataka Lokayukta, the KSHRC, and the State Information Commission.

The department says measures have been put in place to ensure the state information is not compromised.

The current talks follow the outbreak of violence in Sudan as well as mediation efforts by the UAE.

In a significant ruling, the Punjab & Haryana High Court recently held that authorities including the Appellate Authorities under the Right to Information Act (RTI) have been passing “cryptic and...

New Delhi: The Right to Information (RTI )Act of 2005, which addresses proactive disclosure of information by public agencies, has been properly implemented, according to a Supreme Court directive to the Central Information Commission and the State Information Commissions.

Maritime rescue operations are underway in the Suez Canal after a tugboat sank due to a collision with a LPG tanker, said a report, citing a top government official. The collision occurred while the tanker was on its journey from Singapore to US.

The United States called on Egypt Wednesday to release rights researcher Patrick Zaki, a day after he was sentenced to three years' prison for "spreading false news". "Concerned by 3-year sentence of Egyptian human rights defender Patrick Zaki," the US State Department said on Twitter, urging the "immediate release of him and others unjustly detained".

Egypts President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi granted a pardon Wednesday to researcher Patrick Zaki, state media said, a day after Zakis three-year jail term sparked an outcry from local rights groups and Western governments.

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi granted a pardon Wednesday to researcher Patrick Zaki, state media said, a day after Zaki's three-year jail term sparked an outcry from local rights groups and Western governments.The state-run Al-Ahram newspaper said Sisi also granted a presidential pardon to Mohamed al-Baqer, the lawyer for Alaa Abdel Fattah, Egypt's best known political prisoner.