The recent IPL Spot Fixing has highlighted the ugly side of the BCCI again, and brought to light the problem, that any game in the hands of Political Leaders will always be filled with Controversies.
BCCI calls itself a Private Body !!! Should  our Country’s Cricket Team be selected by a PRIVATE BODY ? and still get away with Murky and shoddy functioning, BCCI has said that being a Private Body which does not take any Government Funding it does not fall under the RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT. A game which every Indian …

Karnataka Election Watch (KEW) has analyzed the self-sworn affidavits of 218 out of the 223 newly elected MLAs in the Karnataka 2013 Assembly Elections. The following are the highlights  of the analysis.
Highlights:
Asset Comparison of Re-elected MLAs:
1.  Number of Re-elected MLAs analyzed:  92 re-elected MLAs have been analyzed by KEW.
2.   Average Assets of Re-elected MLAs in 2008 Elections: The average assets of these 92 re-elected MLAs as declared in the Karnataka 2008 Assembly Elections is Rs 17.53 Crore.
3.   Average Assets of Re-elected MLAs in 2013 Elections: The average asset of these 92 re-elected MLAs now in 2013 is Rs30.15 Crore.
4.   Average Asset …

RTI Activist News had highlighted the issue of Booming Illegal Constructions in Thane in its article in December Illegal Construction On Forest Land : Who To Blame, Municipal Corporation,Politicians Or Sub Registrar Office ?, The Mumbra Building Collapse on April 06, 2013, just brought it to Lime light and exposed the Politicians, Babus and Police Nexus!!! , but this already existed not from today but from last 2 decades, buildings/ chawls were and are being built with the blessings of these people and many more for vote bank and money but …

Are you a resident of a Illegal Construction on Forest Land  and are furious and don’t know who to blame ? Well Blame it on the entire system The Local BMC,Politicians and the Sub Registrar Office the biggest Culprit, Atleast in Thane District in Maharashtra you can blame all of them.
If you go thru the list below of Thane District in Maharashtra major portions fall below Forest Land, but the Thane Municipal Corporation and the Sub Registrar office has blatantly given permissions and approvals for constructions to Builders , who …

Shiv Sena Supremo Balasaheb Thackeray Passes Away : Maharashtra Loses Its Iconic Leader,End Of An Era in Maharashtra, The Tiger has Gone Silent.
(From The Editor )The Iconic and Charismatic Shiv Sena Supremo Balasaheb Thackeray passed away today afternoon at 3:30 pm at his residence Matoshree,with this, today Maharashtra lost its most Iconic Leader, a leader who not only made an Impact  in Maharashtra’s Politics but also at the National Level.
Balasaheb Thackeray also known as SAHEB by the Shiv Sainiks was a very Candid and Nationalist Leader, Though Balasaheb would be known …

A PIL challenging the appointment of Maharashtra’s former Chief Secretary Ratnakar Gaikwad as its Chief Information Commissioner was filed in Bombay High Court, and mentioned today before Chief Justice Mohit Shah. The petition is next listed for hearing on 4th October 2012.
The PIL (91 of 2012, Krishna Harischandra Rao versus State of Maharashtra) is filed by five prominent RTI and good-governance activists. The four others are Sulaiman Bhimani, G R Vora, Mohammad Afzal and Anil Galgali. “This petition is filed in order to quash the prejudicial selection and appointment by …

Mr. Ambrish Pandey, an RTI activist, had filed an RTI on sale of guns to MPs. Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW) has analysed that data and came up with the following analysis.

As predicted last year on RTI Activist News, that team Anna will make an announcement of joining politics.

It has finally come this year, which again makes us ask, Was the entire Team Anna campaign fight against Graft or for Political Ambitions ?

Delhi Police To Team Anna, End Fast or Get Hospitalized, With a Warning Not To Use Inflammatory language !!!
With the focus shifting on the deteriorating health of Arvind Kejriwal  who enters into his 8th Day of Fast The Delhi police has sent out a stern warning  in the form of a request to Team Anna to end fast or Get Hospitalized, It also told team Anna Not to use inflammatory language in there speeches ,the below report of Hindustan times points this out.
The Delhi Police on Wednesday sent a letter to the fasting members …

18 July, 2012, Mumbai. As reported by RTI Activist Krishnaraj Rao, Stung by allegations of malfeasance in handing out MMRDA’s canteen contract, Maharashtra’s Chief Information Commissioner (SCIC) Ratnakar Gaikwad wrote to Shailender Dhavan, Editor-In-Chief of Free Press Journal: “…to curb mischievous use of Right to Information and use of the media – print and or electronic – I intend to file a libel petition against your publication and the concerned RTI activists.” His stern email added, “I expect you to publish my expression as zealously as you published the news …