Saturday 31 July, 2010

Bringing “The Kohinoor” Back to India – RTI reveals much rhetoric , no action by the Indian Government since independence

Bringing "The Kohinoor" Back to India – RTI reveals much rhetoric , no
action by the Indian Government since independence

Res. All ,

"The Kohinoor" has always been in news as it is today as the British
Prime Minister David Camran visits India , but a RTI reply by Mr.
Debraj Pradhan , Joint Secretary ( RTI ) / CPIO Ministry of External
Affairs , New Delhi states that the available documents in the
ministry with reference to "The Kohinoor Diamond " do not include any
records of correspondence , meetings , decisions etc. between the
Government of India & the Government of United Kingdom after 15th
august 1947 to date.

I sent a request for information to The CPIO of Prime Minister Office
on 11-05-10 with IPO no. 60 E 054016 vide speed post no. SPEU
949479961IN dated 11-05-10 . The same was transferred to the Foreign
Secretary – Ministry of external affairs south block New Delhi vide
letter no. RTI / 1413/2010-PMR dated 14 May 2010 . by Mr. Debraj
Pradhan , Joint Secretary ( RTI ) / CPIO Ministry of External Affairs
, New Delhi has furnished me the above mentioned information vide
letter no. RTI/551/413/2010 dated 24th June 2010. This reply has given
me a shock .

This all exposes the real face of Governments ( run by politicians ) ,
which are making a fool of us post independence as the British did pre
independence .
Now onwards think hundred thousand times before believing any politician .

Don't you all think that this is the right time to demand the Kohinoor
back to India as the Commonwealth games are about to begin ? if yes
please join the movement with me to bring the pride of India back to
its people.

Best regards.

--
Urvashi Sharma
M- 9369613513

RTI Helpmail( Web Based )
aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com

Mobile Rti Helpline
8081898081 ( 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. )

Friday 30 July, 2010

Re: [rti-times] My Email Id is hacked

milapji

such things are happening now n them

i remember nutan thakur's mail id was hacked n mails for financial
help were sent from that id .

similarly jagnarayan sharma's mail id was hacked n he was forced to change it.

now it has happened with u

please change your parrword immediately

if some it savvy activist can suggest some ways to prevent this , he is welcome

regards

urvashi
On 7/30/10, Milap Choraria <milap_choraria@yahoo.com> wrote:
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--
Urvashi Sharma

RTI Helpmail( Web Based )
aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com

Mobile Rti Helpline
8081898081 ( 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. )

RTI Activists have to Protect themselves as the Government is there to protect the goons only

Chavan: No move to frame law to protect RTI activists

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Chavan--No-move-to-frame-law-to-protect-RTI-activists/653640

Krishnadas Rajagopal
Tags : RTI activist Amit Jethava, Gujarat High Court

Posted: Fri Jul 30 2010, 00:54 hrs


Almost a week after RTI activist Amit Jethava was shot dead near the
Gujarat High Court, the minister-in-charge of RTI Act on Thursday
denied any move to frame a law to protect RTI activists while the
Central Information Commissioner said it was the "job of the police"
to protect them.


"There is no proposal before the government to frame a specific law to
protect RTI activists," Minister of State for Public Grievances
Prithviraj Chavan said in his written reply before the Rajya Sabha.
Chavan was replying to a question by V Hanumantha Rao as to when "a
specific law will be put in place to protect RTI activists".


The minister said violence against activists, "when reported", was
investigated by the local police. "There have been reports in the
media, and the government has been informed about increased threat to
RTI activists. Such incidents, when reported, are investigated by the
local police," he said.

Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah echoed Chavan's
views, saying it was the "job of the police" to protect RTI activists
and the information commissions had no "legal authority" to do so.
"The threat has now started emerging, society has to start thinking of
measures to protect itself," Habibullah told The Indian Express.


However, he said the Central Information Commission would surely
intervene if RTI activists facing threats approached it. "A certain
weightage is attached to the Information Commission. We will caution
the government against vested interests who threaten RTI activists.
These vested interests will think twice then," he added.


Jethava, who was campaigning against illegal mining in Gir Sanctuary
areas, was shot dead on July 20.


Meanwhile, Chavan said in the same reply that a new Bill to protect
whistle-blowers was nearing finalisation. The draft of the Public
Interest Disclosure (Protection of Informers) Bill, 2009, intends to
designate the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) as the nodal
authority to which complaints against any central government employee
or central government-backed institution would be made. The CVC would
exercise the powers of a civil court, including powers to summon
anybody, order police probe and provide security to the
whistle-blower.


--
Urvashi Sharma

RTI Helpmail( Web Based )
aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com

Mobile Rti Helpline
8081898081 ( 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. )

Wednesday 28 July, 2010

Using RTI in Uttar Pradesh . Beware ! The Government has deployed Info-Commissioners to lodge a case against you with Police who may teach you RTI in their own language . This is what happened with the info-seeker Ram Sewak Verma . He was in Uttar Pr

Using RTI in Uttar Pradesh . Beware ! The Government has deployed
Info-Commissioners to lodge a case against you with Police who may
teach you RTI in their own language . This is what happened with the
info-seeker Ram Sewak Verma . He was in Uttar Pradesh State
info-commission on 27-07-10 for hearing of one of his many cases.
State info-commissioner Brijesh Kumar Mishra ( politically influenced
appointee as he is a kin of Satish Chandra Mishra ) has written a
letter to D.I.G. / S.S.P. of Lucknow to investigate the case for
misuse of RTI act by Ram Sewak Verma . The info-commissioner Mishra
has written that Verma's asking for info under RTI act causes undue
problems to public servants and causes undue hindrances in their
smooth functioning .

Though I am moving a rti application to UPSIC asking them as to under
which section of RTI act the Info-Commissioner Mishra has written
this letter to D.I.G. / S.S.P. of Lucknow to investigate the case
for misuse of RTI act by Ram Sewak Verma , but keeping in mind the
thick skinned & seasoned ( in corrupt atmospheres ) officials at UPSIC
, I know the fate of my application .

Political Compromises are continuously demolishing the democratic
structure of our country . The question is how far it shall go ?


--
Urvashi Sharma

RTI Helpmail( Web Based )
aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com

Mobile Rti Helpline
8081898081 ( 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. )

not again............................! Home guard killed for seeking info under RTI

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Home-guard-killed-for-seeking-info-under-RTI/articleshow/6225768.cms

Home guard killed for seeking info under RTI
Pervez Iqbal Siddiqui, TNN, Jul 28, 2010, 06.07am IST

LUCKNOW: In a first of its kind incident, a UP police home guard was
done to death allegedly for daring to seek information under the RTI
Act about government funds and work done by his village pradhan in
Bahraich. The accused pradhan's husband and four others have been
arrested in this connection. The police say the murder is fallout of a
40-year-old dispute between the two sides over a piece of land.

The incident took place in Katghar village under Ranipur police
station of Bahraich on Sunday afternoon. According to reports,
ex-pradhan of Katghar Mohan Singh, his son Vijay Pratap (32) alias
Babbu Singh, who is a home guard and had come home on a holiday, and
brother Satyadeo Singh was supervising some construction work on a
piece of land in the village when one Indrajeet Singh and his cohorts
reached the site.

Indrajeet is husband of the sitting village pradhan since the seat was
reserved for the fairer sex in the last elections.

"As soon as they reached us, they started abusing and eventually a
free for all ensued. Since we were not expecting a showdown and they
had come prepared with sticks and rods in hand, we could not do much
and they beat us severely," Satyadeo said recollecting the sequence of
events.

--
Urvashi Sharma

RTI Helpmail( Web Based )
aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com

Mobile Rti Helpline
8081898081 ( 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. )


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Home-guard-killed-for-seeking-info-under-RTI/articleshow/6225768.cms

Monday 26 July, 2010

Help at hand to make RTI Act easier for common man

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Help-at-hand-to-make-RTI-Act-easier-for-common-man/articleshow/6216517.cms

Help at hand to make RTI Act easier for common man

TNN, Jul 26, 2010, 04.53am IST

LUCKNOW: People who wish to seek information using Right to
Information (RTI) Act but do not know how to go about it have several
helping hands available now. RTI activists opened a resource centre in
Hazratganj last week to help RTI users. The applicants who are from
outside Lucknow can approach the Centre for help. Especially when they
want to know the status of their RTI applications pending with the
government departments or with the State Information Commission (SIC).

The volunteers at the Centre will track the status of the applications
and also inform the applicants about the same. The fee charged by the
Centre is currently only Rs 10, and even this is optional. Inaugurated
last week, it is too early to say how will the Centre fare. But the
RTI helpline which was started few months back has started receiving
calls from RTI users. "Most of them want to know simple things like
how to write an application," said activist Urvashi Sharma.

People can call up at 8081898081 and seek answers to their queries on
RTI. It could be anything from filing an application to finding
answers to the doubts about the use of the Act. The helpline is not a
toll-free number. It is functional between 8.00am to 10.00pm. Besides,
it only answers the queries made in either Hindi or English. But more
than the helpline number it is the online helpline
(aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com) which is getting good response from people.
"Sometimes we are unable to give a prompt response to people mailing
their queries to us, but we make sure that we provide them the
answers," said Sharma.

There is still very little awareness on the Act, though it has been
there for the past four years in Uttar Pradesh. Creating awareness on
the RTI Act has always been a prime concern and focus of the UP State
Information Commission (UPSIC) as well. The concise version of the
Act, a booklet popularly called `gutka', has been introduced by
commission to explain nitty-gritties of the Act. It explains to the
common man, how simple it is to file an RTI application. The booklet
has been published in Hindi. More so as the entire Act is available in
English, its translation in Hindi is more than needed for UP, where
maximum applicants are Hindi-speaking folks.

Anyone can obtain the booklet from the office of the PIO of the
commission or that of any of the information commissioners (ICs). The
booklet is available free of cost. The commission had published quite
a few of such booklets in the past, like 'Prashnotri' which explained
the procedures of disposal of an application and conditions under
which a PIO can be fined.


--
Urvashi Sharma

RTI Helpmail( Web Based )
aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com
rtihelpmail@gmail.com

Mobile Rti Helpline
8081898081
9235169855

Janta Suchna Kendra
219 , Prince Market
Sahu Cinema Complex
Hazratganj , Lucknow

Saturday 24 July, 2010

RTI exposes Illegalities of Minister & numerous I.A.S. official of uttar pradesh - an open letter to the President

RTI exposes Illegalities of Minister & numerous I.A.S. official of
uttar pradesh - an open letter to the President

http://www.keegy.com/post/rti-exposes-illegalities-of-minister-and-numerous-i-a-s-official-of-uttar-pradesh-an-open-letter-to-the-president/

http://rashtriyasuchnakaadhikaarmanch.sulekha.com/blog/post/2010/07/rti-exposes-illegalities-of-minister-numerous-i-a-s.htm

urvashi sharma <rtimahilamanchup@gmail.com> Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 8:03 AM
To: "Her Excellency President of India Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil"
<presidentofindia@rb.nic.in>

By e-mail

To ,
Hon'ble Smt. Pratibha Patil
The President of India
President House
New Delhi - INDIA

Sub. :Request for a C.B.I. Investigation in a matter involving
Illegalities / irregularities by Minister and officials (I.A.S./P.C.S.
) of Uttar Pradesh Social Welfare Department ( exposed by use of
R.T.I. Act 2005 ) and to take necessary steps to ensure safety of my
family

Hon'ble Madam,

The matter is related to Government G. B. Pant Polytechnic , Mohan
Road , Lucknow , Uttar Pradesh ( run by the Social Welfare
Department of Uttar Pradesh ) . This is the only institute of the
country which is run solely for the SC/ST/OBC students . Of the total
intake 70% are SC/ST & 27% are OBC .

Use of Right To Information has exposed many illegalities /
irregularities of the department . In these illegalities the whole
governmental machinery was involved. The details are as given
here-under

1- Illegal appointments of Sri Pawan Kumar Mishra and Sri Krishna
Kumar Srivastava on class II gazetted posts –
Both the persons are fraudsters and are a black spot on the teaching
community . They got their initial appointments in the said
polytechnic on per period remuneration basis , though none of them
possessed the requisite qualifications as mentioned in service rules
of the department effective at that time . Later on they filed a writ
petition no. 2566(S/S) of 1995 . Papers obtained through RTI reveal
that all five annexure of this writ are false/misleading but the
department's corrupt officials never contested this position in the
hob'ble court . A bare perusal of memo of writ and documents on
records establish my point. Annexure no. 1 was not applicable in
social welfare department because it had its own servive rules in
1991, the duo made annexure no. 2 by manipulation , annexure no. 3
(representation) of Sri Srivastava was false as he was not a degree
holder in session 1992 ( which ended on 30th June 1992), annexure no.
4&5(representations) of Sri Pawan are false as he later produced
experience of the same period for which he showed himself as "
UNEMPLOYED " in these annexure . Not only this Sri Pawan showed
himself a degree holder in " MECHANICAL ENGINEERING " though in
reality he was a degree holder in "PRODUCTION ENGINEERING " and was
not eligible to hold the post of Lecturer-Mechanical. Later on based
on these false papers and with the help of the corrupt officials of
the department , the duo succeeded in getting the letter no.
399/26-1-96 dtd. 23 -01-96 issued in their favor.

2- Illegal appointment of Sri Pawan Kumar Mishra on the post of
workshop superintendent

Essential qualifications for the post of workshop superintendent
requires three years' experience which Sri Pawan Kumar Mishra did not
possess , so his appointment was illegal . But this illegality was
deliberately done by then Social Welfare Minister Smt. Premlata
Katiyar.

3- Illegal regularization of Sri Pawan Kumar Mishra and Sri Krishna
Kumar Srivastava on class II gazetted posts

Sri Pawan Kumar Mishra was regularized though he did not possess the
three years' experience ( essential qualification ) and Sri Krishna
Kumar Srivastava was regularized on a post clearly reserved for
Scheduled Caste . This way their regularizations were illegal . Though
then director Dr. Jagat Pal clearly brought this to the notice of the
regularization committee even then this illegality was committed by
the corrupt regularization committee comprising of

a) Sri Chandra Prakash (I.A.S. & then secretary – social welfare department )
b) Sri Hiramani Singh Yadav ( then Special Secretary – Karagaar
Prashashan evam Sudhar bibhaag)
c) Sri P.N.Yadav ( then Joint Secretary – Karmik Vibhaag )
d) Sri Mahesh Chandra Sharma ( then Special Secretary – Nyay Vibhaag )

Smt Anita Mishra's ( then Additional Director – Social Welfare )
missing signatures from the minutes, though he was a member and was
present also , shows her disconscent to be a part of the illegality
committed by the abovenamed four corrupts.

Sri Pawan Kumar Mishra Knows nothing about Workshop and is playing
with the lives of the poor SC/ST/OBC STUDNTS . No training in workshop
are given to students. This was made clear in report dated 22-11-08 of
Secretary B.T.E. U.P. but the corrupt/inefficient officials of Social
welfare never took any action.

4- Illegal grant of Promotional pay scale (of class I gazetted post to
Sri Krishna Kumar Srivastava

Sri Krishna Kumar Srivastava was illegally regularized on 30-09-2003
and was granted promotional pay scale on 09-12-2005 ( i.e. within a
period of two and a quarter years though as per service rules this can
be granted only after a period of eight years. This illegality was
committed by then Principal Secretary of the department Dr. R. C.
srivastava ( I.A.S.)

The order released by Dr. R.C. Srivastava could not be implemented due
to a technical flaw and same was returned back to the government.

In June 2006 , Sri K.K.Srivastava was arrested by Kakori Thana for his
involvement in copying the students in annual examinations .He was in
Custody for more than 48 Hrs. and so he was under deemed suspension
on 11-10-2006 even then the principal Secretary Sri D.C. Lakha (
I.A.S.) illegally issued corrigendum of the abovementioned order of
promotional pay scale and made it effective from back year 2004.

5- Illegal discharge of duties by Sri Krishna Kumar Srivastava from 09
april 2006 to date

Sri K.K.Srivastava was arrested by Kakori Thana for his involvement in
copying the students in annual examinations .He was in Custody for
more than 48 Hrs. and so he is under deemed suspension even today .
This illegality is persisting for reasons best known to the
corrupt/inefficient I.A.S. officials of the Uttar Pradesh Government.

6- Illegal grant of Promotion (on class I gazetted post to Sri Krishna
Kumar Srivastava

Sri Krishna Kumar Srivastava was in jail for helping students in
copying for more than 53 hours and was under deemed suspension from
08-04-2006 ( evening ) but was granted the actual promotion on a class
1 gazetted post without revoking his suspension. Sri Krishna Kumar
Srivastava is under suspension even today and has a break in service
in year 2006. This illegally was committed by then Principal Secretary
and now the commissioner of Social welfare Sri Prem Narayan – I.A.S.

7- No recovery of illegal grant of increments and allowances from the guilty

Not only this , R.T.I. applications filed by me exposed financial and
other irregularities of then principal Sri Ashok Kumar Bajpai . Sri
Ashok Kumar Bajpai granted illegal increments to Sri Pawan Kumar
Mishra and illegal allowance to himself , The Principle has accepted
this illegality on paper but the corrupt officials of the department
are not making any recovery from the guilty.

8- No Realization of Penalty money from officials of social welfare

Most of the departments' officials were penalized under R.T.I. Act by
the UPSIC in my cases but due to prevailing corruption no realization
has been made by the responsible authorities.

Since I am exposing irregularities of high ups , I always fear for my
family's safety also.

I want

1- A C.B.I. enquiry to punish all the high-level culprits involved in
all these irregularities ,
2- Cancel the illegal appointments under provisions of " The Uttar
Pradesh Public Services Regulation of Appointments Adhyadesh 2001 {
U.P. Ordinance No. 26 of 2001 – 2922(2)/XVII-V-1-2(Ka)35-2001 Lucknow
Dated 24 December 2001 }
3- Ensure recovery of public money from Sri Pawan Kumar Mishra Sri
Krishna Kumar Srivastava and any other officers / officials under "
General principles to regulate the enforcement of responsibility for
losses sustained by government through the fraud or negligence of
individuals "
4- Provide Security for my family's safety .

Best Regards,


Date : 20-07-2010


Urvashi Sharma
Social Worker & R.T.I. Activist
Member – N.A.P.M. , N.C.P.R.I. , Asha Parivaar , P.U.C.L. ,
F-2376 , Rajajipuram
Lucknow – 226017 , U. P.
M-9369613513

--
Urvashi Sharma

RTI Helpmail( Web Based )
aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com
rtihelpmail@gmail.com

Mobile Rti Helpline
8081898081
9235169855

Janta Suchna Kendra
219 , Prince Market
Sahu Cinema Complex
Hazratganj , Lucknow

Friday 23 July, 2010

Fwd: Rally to denounce the murder of RTI Activist Amit Jethwa (FOR WIDE CIRCULATION)

please attend n show ur soligarity,

regards

urvashi

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Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:17:34 +0530
Subject: Rally to denounce the murder of RTI Activist Amit Jethwa (FOR
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*Rally to denounce the murder of RTI Activist Amit Jethwa
*
One more dead. Yet another person who raised his voice against corruption
was killed. And we remain silent.

Politicians, parties, the government, officials, moneyed people and
criminals have joined hands. They constitute a gang that is robbing the
nation. Anyone who dares to raise his voice against this gang is killed.

There is only one solution to this mayhem—the voice of the people. This
recent spate of brutal and senseless murders of those who have raised their
voice against corruption is a warning: our democracy is in danger; our own
lives are in danger. We are the only ones who can set this right.

Whenever any activist exposes corruption against someone mighty in the
government, it is futile to expect any protection from police, which is
directly controlled by the political executive. It is also futile to expect
the anti-corruption agencies in that state to take any effective action
because these anti-corruption agencies are directly controlled by political
executive. The police and anti-corruption agencies, on the contrary, collude
with the corrupt. They either turn a blind eye to complaints and threats or
openly victimize the complainant.

Therefore, there is a strong need for an institution which is completely
independent of political executive and has adequate powers and resources to
deal with such issues.

A rally has been organized to denounce the murder of Amit Jethwa and demand
that all parties make a public commitment to put appropriate systems in
place to address corruption.

This rally will take place on Monday, July 26, 2010 at 6 pm. We will gather
at Gandhi Peace Foundation (ITO, in front of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya library)
and move toward the Samadhi of Babu Jagjivan Ram (in front of Rajghat).

Please come and join us for this important event. Let us raise our voices
together!

The rally is jointly being organized by several organizations including
NCPRI, Parivartan, National Alliance for People's Movement (NAPM), Aasha
Parivar, Yva Koshish, Journalist's Union for Civil Society, Sadbhav Mission,
Lohia Vichar Manch, Hum Hindustani, Journalist for Peace, Pardarshita, IGSS,
Shahari Adhikar Manch etc.

For more information, please contact Aswathi at 9891148748.

--
Urvashi Sharma

RTI Helpmail( Web Based )
aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com
rtihelpmail@gmail.com

Mobile Rti Helpline
8081898081
9235169855

Janta Suchna Kendra
219 , Prince Market
Sahu Cinema Complex
Hazratganj , Lucknow

public servants ( PIOs , AAs ) and the info-commissioners responsible for delaying the infos to amit jethwa should be made co-accused in the murder fir

public servants ( PIOs , AAs ) and the info-commissioners responsible
for delaying the infos to amit jethwa should be made co-accused in the
murder fir

res. all ,

don't u all think that the public servants ( PIOs , AAs ) and the
info-commissioners responsible for delaying the infos to amit jethwa
should be made co-accused in the murder fir with the main accused.

As we all know amit was murdered for his rti related work that was
exposing the corruption. I am of the view that delays in timely
discharge of info to amit has led to this murder.

So pls consider this point in ur discussions and incorporate it in ur
actions if u agree.

If done , this shall be a concrete step towards saving rti act n rti
activists in india

regards

--
Urvashi Sharma

RTI Helpmail( Web Based )
aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com
rtihelpmail@gmail.com

Mobile Rti Helpline
8081898081
9235169855

Janta Suchna Kendra
219 , Prince Market
Sahu Cinema Complex
Hazratganj , Lucknow

Thursday 22 July, 2010

Pay your tributes to late sri Amit Jethava by signing this online petition

sign the online petition and circulate it to your friends and
kins, link given

http://www.petitiononline.com/13062010/petition.html

best regards

Urvashi Sharma

RTI Helpmail( Web Based )
aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com
rtihelpmail@gmail.com

Mobile Rti Helpline
8081898081
9235169855

Janta Suchna Kendra
219 , Prince Market
Sahu Cinema Complex
Hazratganj , Lucknow

Tuesday 20 July, 2010

Fwd: [HumJanenge] Sad news

when shall this all end ?

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: boyonlinee@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:13:28 +0000
Subject: [HumJanenge] Sad news
To: HumJanenge@yahoogroups.co.in

In a shocking incident RTI activist from Junagadh Amit Jethwa, who has
fought many issues, was shot dead near Gujarat High Court in Ahmedabad
a few minutes before. Our sources here say he was fighting some
illegal mining gang in state who might have got him killed.
May his soul rest in peace and his death only motivates us to take the
corrupt officials with more vigor.
Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel

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aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com
rtihelpmail@gmail.com

Mobile Rti Helpline
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Janta Suchna Kendra
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Hazratganj , Lucknow

Saturday 17 July, 2010

rti power turns garbage house to library pics

dear all ,

please find the pics n have a feel of rti power

http://file1.hpage.com/002161/04/bilder/aish_turns_gh_to_lib_1.jpg

http://file1.hpage.com/002161/04/bilder/aish_turns_gh_to_lib_2.jpg

http://file1.hpage.com/002161/04/bilder/aish_turns_gh_to_lib_3.jpg

http://file1.hpage.com/002161/04/bilder/aish_turns_gh_to_lib_4.jpg

pls visit http://minirtiactivist.hpage.com/

in case of any problem , feel free to call me

regards

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Urvashi Sharma

RTI Helpmail( Web Based )
aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com
rtihelpmail@gmail.com

Mobile Rti Helpline
8081898081
9235169855

Janta Suchna Kendra
219 , Prince Market
Sahu Cinema Complex
Hazratganj , Lucknow

Monday 12 July, 2010

Fwd: inauguration of janata soochna kendra, 13/7, 5 pm

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sandeep Pandey
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 05:10:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: inauguration of janata soochna kendra, 13/7, 5 pm
To: Bobby Ramakant

dear friends, a 'janata soochna kendra' is being inaugurated which
will act as a resource centre for helping citizens with right to
information matters. you're cordially invited to attend the informal
opening of this centre.

date: 13th july, 2010, tuesday

venue: 219 prince complex, 2nd floor, hazratganj, lucknow (behind sahu
theatre building)

time: 5 pm

for more information pl. contact urvashi sharma, 9305463313 or devesh
patel, 9235977799.
this centre will also house the office of asha parivar, national
alliance of people's movements and lok rajniti manch.
thanks,
sandeep
ph: 2347365

Friday 9 July, 2010

Blaming the messenger no solution to Kashmir disturbances, says IFJ

(IFJ/IFEX) - 8 July 2010 - The International Federation of Journalists
(IFJ) is deeply disturbed at the drastic erosion of the atmosphere for
journalism, following month-long civil disturbances in the Indian
state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Cities in the Kashmir valley have been under curfew for a number of
days since widespread demonstrations began in the region early in
June. On July 7, as the army was summoned out of its barracks, the
curfew was extended to cover the movement of all civilians, and word
was put out that press passes would no longer be honoured.

The situation resulted in all Kashmir's media personnel being confined
to home. Photographers and news cameramen in the capital, Srinagar,
were assaulted as they sought to record the day's events. Some had
their professional equipment confiscated by security agencies.

The day's incidents followed similar occurrences on July 6, when at
least 12 photographers working for local, national and international
media were assaulted in Srinagar and suffered injuries of various
degrees of seriousness, as security forces sought to restrain them
from recording ongoing demonstrations.

As the photo-journalists and news cameramen were attacked, senior
police officers were heard remarking that without media attention the
demonstrations would soon lose momentum.

Text-messaging services through the mobile phone network remain
suspended in the entire Kashmir region. Voice telephone services are
subject to frequent and unexplained disruption, especially in the
northern Kashmir region.

"Targeting and blaming the messenger is not an appropriate response
for official agencies in Kashmir as they seek to restore civic peace,"
IFJ Asia-Pacific Director Jacqueline Park said.

On July 2, authorities in the region of Jammu sealed the premises of
three publications on the grounds that they had allegedly carried
false and misleading news reports that tended to aggravate tensions
between religious communities. The following day, copies of Greater
Kashmir and Kashmir Uzma, the leading newspapers in English and Urdu
in the Kashmir valley, were seized as they were being readied for
distribution.

"The IFJ urges authorities in Jammu and Kashmir to follow a policy of
transparency and accountability rather than seek to throttle the flow
of news, whether good or bad," Park said.

"The heavy-handed response seen so far creates an atmosphere where
rumour and innuendo flourish, further embittering civic relations."

The IFJ extends its support to the media community of the state,
gathered on the platform of the Press Guild of Kashmir, which has
strongly denounced the curbs imposed on media by state authorities and
the use of force against media personnel.


For more information:
International Federation of Journalists
International Press Centre, Residence Palace
Bloc C, second floor, Rue de la Loi, 155
1040 Brussels
Belgium
Phone: +32 2 2352207
Fax: +32 2 2352219
http://www.ifex.org/india/2010/07/09/press_harassed/

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8081898081
9369613513
http://yaishwaryaj.hpage.com

Sunday 4 July, 2010

Need your help

Hi rtiact2005india4u.aishwaryaj,

This is exciting! Along with 187,759 people I signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to hold a public consultation before taking a decision on the nuclear liability bill. These petitions were delivered to the Standing Committee looking at the bill and now they have decided to hold a public consultation.

The bill in its current form lets the foreign corporations get away by paying a meagre amount in case of a nuclear accident in India. The major chunk of the expenses will be borne by the Indian tax payers. But now we have a chance to change this bill and make it stronger.

Greenpeace, an NGO working on this issue, has prepared an open letter which states the changes required in the bill. Just like the petition, this letter will stand a chance of being considered if lots of us sign it. We have less than two weeks to change the bill and prevent another Bhopal in the making.

I have already added my signature.

Can you add your signature to this letter?

http://www.greenpeace.org/india/change-the-liability-bill

Thanks!

rtimahilamanchup@gmail.com

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Saturday 3 July, 2010

Appeal to sign n circulate the online petition " Help save lives of RTI activists / RTI users to save democracy in INDIA "

res. all

i once again request all rti users using net to sign this online
petition , to be handed over to the prime minister of india on coming
international right to know day 28th september.

remember the famous quote of mahatma gandhi " the real swaraj will
come not by the acquisition of authority by a few but by the
acquisition of capacity by ALL to resist authority ,when abused . "

here i also lay emphasis on " the acquisition of capacity by ALL to
resist authority ,when abused "

those who raised their voice in isolation to acquire the capacity to
resist authority , were laid down to rest in peace . so atleast show
ur solidarity on their issue and i want support from ALL .

so please Help save lives of RTI activists / RTI users to save democracy in
INDIA , sign the online petition and circulate it to your friends and
kins, link given

http://www.petitiononline.com/13062010/petition.html

best regards

urvashi sharma
9369613513
8081898081

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8081898081
9369613513
http://yaishwaryaj.hpage.com