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Dec 18, 2019 In-the-news

Citizenship (Amendment) Act: Some facts vs ‘mythbusters’

Dec 17, 2019 (Economic Times) By: Sanjoy Hazarika GoI has reached out to those opposed to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) with a series of tweets, statements and declarations at political rallies.

Dec 03, 2019 Blog

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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Nov 25, 2019 In-the-news

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.

Nov 20, 2019 In-the-news

Between hope and despair: A review of Sanjoy Hazarika's book 'Strangers No More'

(The book Reviewindia.org) A journey through the eight States of North East India, the present book is a sequel to Sanjoy Hazarika’s earlier published and much acclaimed title Strangers of the Mist: Tales of War and Peace from India’s Northeast.

Nov 15, 2019 In-the-news Access to Information

India's Chief Justice under RTI Act

Nov 14, 2019 On 13th November, 2019 a 5-Judge Constitution Bench of India's Supreme Court  unanimously held, as the head of that Court, the Chief Justice of India is covered by The Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act).

Nov 11, 2019 Blog

ECIL directs disclosure of information about EVM and VVPAT deployment in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections while BEL and Election Commission equivocate under the RTI Act

Image courtesy: https://www.news18.com/ Nov 11, 2019 By: Venkatesh Nayak Readers may remember reading my despatch from September 2019 in which I had explained how Bharat Electronics Ltd.

Oct 25, 2019 Blog

Central Government's 2019 RTI Rules: Making a mess of things to gain a stranglehold on Information Commissions after misleading Parliament

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Oct 23, 2019 Blog

RTI reveals MEA put a lid on the Kashmir files of 1947-49 which the 2nd Indian Army Chief gave to Teen Murti Library: Archives reveal Pt. Nehru intended to invade Pakistan in 1947 to save Kashmir

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Oct 19, 2019 In-the-news

Assam's Tangled Web of Citizenship and the Importance of a Consensus

Oct 18, 2019 By Sanjoy Hazarika (thehinducentre.com) Villagers check their names in the final list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Pabhokati village in Morigaon district, in Assam.

Oct 16, 2019 Blog

Agra Central Prison refuses details of J&K detenues under the RTI Act calling it "third party" information

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