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Governor K Rosaiah on Saturday released the list of the five state information commissioners, including retired district judge S P Akbar, former MP Dr V Saroja, former AIADMK women wing joint secretary B Neelambikai, advocate P Tamilselvan and retired police officer christopher nelson.

Can a state information commissioner overturn his own order penalising a public information officer (PIO) for giving wrong information to an RTI applicant? Such an action by Tamil Nadu information commissioners christopher nelson and P Tamil Selvan in 2013 still begs for answer.

CHENNAI: DMK president M Karunanidhi on Friday declined to comment on the Tamil Nadu government's order to relieve director general of police (training) R Rajagopalan to take over as chief of the National Security Guard.

He has filed more than 200 appeals after his RTI queries remained unanswered.

A sting operation by an RTI activist has revealed the ‘treatment’ meted out to applicants by members of the state information commission.

CHENNAI: Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala has supported Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on her stand against the Centre's decision to transfer three IPS officers to Delhi.

Quoted non-existent rule to deny answer sheet under RTI;

Activists on Friday stepped up protests against the Tamil Nadu State Information Commission (TNSIC) for having RTI applicant Siva Elango arrested for pulling a chair to sit down during the hearing of an appeal, but the commission doggedly held on to its perverse stance despite the fact that no rule obliges an applicant to stand during a hearing.

The Madras high court refused to quash a show-cause notice issued by the Tamil Nadu State Information Commission (TNSIC) under the RTI Act saying that no writ plea can be entertained against an inquiry initiated by a statutory quasi-judicial body like the information commission.

At least five of the seven Tamil Nadu State Information Commission members are closely affiliated with the government or the ruling party and this could undermine the neutrality of the commission, allege RTI activists.

CHENNAI: The row over the Centre's requisitioning of the three IPS officers from Tamil Nadu involved in the arrest of former chief minister M Karunanidhi hotted up on Monday with the officials moving the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) against their transfer.

CHENNAI: In an apparent move to put pressure on the state government into taking action against the police officers involved in the arrest of former chief minister M Karunanidhi and two Union ministers Murasoli Maran and T R Baalu, the Centre has sought the services of some top police officers involved in the arrest.

With the present State Chief Information Commissioner (SCIC) K S Sripathi’s term coming to an end on Monday, RTI campaigners have urged the state government to appoint an eminent person who is not a retired bureaucrat and affiliated to any political party.

Appellant J Parasmal filed RTI applications seeking the documents pertaining to Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) giving a certain building in Sowcarpet 135 electricity connections.

The number of RTI appeals disposed by the Tamil Nadu State Information Commission in the first six months of this year has come down by almost half in comparison to the numbers of cases disposed in the same period last year.

The number of RTI appeals disposed of by the Tamil Nadu State Information Commission (TNSIC) has plunged by more than 50%.

Here’s the list of the winners so far. The evening ended with 'La La Land' taking home six awards while 'Moonlight' won three golden statuettes.

Statutory bodies tasked with welfare of weaker sections remain sinecures for party leaders.