Punjab Police have ducked queries under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, seeking information about the number of persons killed during the days of militancy in the state and militants killed in encounters between 1978 and 1993. Different pretexts have been used to deny the information.
The State Information Commission during the hearing of a case has held PIO, O/o ADGP (Admn) Punjab Police Headquarters guilty of not providing the information under RTI Act
Indian Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has reportedly declined to impart information on Narendra Modi government's controversial 'demonetisation' move.
The Aam Aadmi Party yesterday accused the Narendra Modi led BJP government of pursuing the old Congress policy of shielding culprits by granting a one-year extension to the SIT constituted to reinvestigate the 1984 Sikh carnage.
Aam Aadmi Party has urged Narendra Modi led BJP government in India to write-off 51 thousand crores loan of Punjab farmers.
The Punjab and Haryana high court yesterday issued a notice to the Home Department of Punjab government, ADGP (intelligence) and the State Information Commission on a petition against the commission's orders declining a report submitted by former DGP (prisons) Shashi Kant to an applicant under the RTI Act. Justice Mahesh Grover of the high court issued the notice while hearing a petition filed by Dr Sandeep Kumar Gupta.