Electoral Bonds threat to Parliamentary Democracy
Dec 13, 2019 (Peoples Democracy) IT has been doing the rounds. The surreptitious strike, which transformed the funding of political parties by the corporates, was of such far-reaching consequence, that the controversy has already reached the hallowed portals of the Supreme Court.
Cashiers, peon among those penalised for bank NPAs in FY18, reveals RTI
Dec 13, 2019 (Business Standard) FMs' statements in the Lok Sabha show that 41,360 public-sector bank employees have been held responsible and penalised for NPAs in last 5 financial years, including 6,049 in 2017-18 Responding to a question in the Lok Sabha on public-sector banks’
CHRI says CAB passage without adequate dialogue, concerned about legal confrontation
Dec 10, 2019 New Delhi, India A momentous law like the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) has been rushed through the Lok Sabha and is to go to the Rajya Sabha without adequate debate and public discourse, CHRI's India Executive Committee said today.
Encounter needs robust investigation, police accountability and strict compliance with Supreme Court guidelines, legal procedures: CHRI
7 December 2019 New Delhi, India The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) today called on the Telangana Police and state government to ensure exhaustive, impartial, and independent investigations into the police shooting of the four suspects in the Hyderabad gangrape and mur
CHRI's 3rd Annual Film Festival
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) organised its third annual film festival on human rights on December 10th-11th at M.L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Francaise de Delhi. Our theme this year was - Article 19: Freedom of Expression.
Interactions, exercising, exchange of ideas: CHRI RTI-learning programme concludes on a high note
The RTI-Learning Programme organised by CHRI for South Asian delegates from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Nepal, concluded on November 29, 2019, The delegates spent five days engaging with each other, discussing the experience of using RTI in their countries; attending sessions from subjec
Interactions, exercising, exchange of ideas: CHRI RTI-learning programme concludes on a high note
The RTI-Learning Programme organised by CHRI for South Asian delegates from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Nepal, concluded on November 29, 2019, The delegates spent five days engaging with each other, discussing the experience of using RTI in their countries; attending sessions from subjec
RTI-ed records reveal J&K's General Admin Dept. works at cross purposes with DoPT delaying application of Central RTI Act in J&K
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The Northeast, India’s volatile periphery
Nov 21, 2019 (Nationalia.info) Surrounded by five countries and connected to the rest of India by a tiny corridor between Bhutan and Bangladesh, the Northeast symbolizes the distant and forgotten periphery of New Delhi.
RTI learning programme for media and civil society representatives from South Asia
Nov 25, 2019 Delhi, India CHRI is hosting a week-long RTI Learning Programme (RTI-LP) for civil society and media representatives from South Asia from 25th November, 2019.