It was on a purely academic interest that I sent an RTI to the Dept. of Parliamentary Affairs, Govt. of India for details on the MPLADS fund utilization by Kerala MPs. The request was forwarded to Dept. of Statistics, and they gave me a reply. Adding it here. Actually, such stats are available on the […]
The following is an open letter written by a group of students of NIT Calicut, to the administration, following a mishappening occurred in the campus on February 15, 2014, leading to losing a student’s life. The same has already been published on the Facebook page of Students’ Affairs Council of NITC, and in some dailies […]
Well, as you all are, I am also embarrassed (I am not sure whether this is the right word to use) at the interview given by Shri. Rahul Gandhi to Arnab Goswami of Times Now, yesterday, in the programme titled ‘Frankly Speaking’. Interview caught the attention of many for Rahul Gandhi is the ‘unproclaimed’ PM […]
The e-District project (http://edistrict.kerala.gov.in) of Kerala State Government has now been widely accepted. Apart from the basic revenue departmental services, a provision for filingRight to Information (RTI) requests online has also been integrated with the portal. Various departments under the state government are being added to the list of “Online RTI available” ones. Hopefully, in […]
Bertrand Russel once said, “Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who’ll get the blame.”. This time, in New Delhi, the blame has been put against Sheila Dikshit, the lady who has three times swron-in as the executive chief of the State of NCR. The INC has miserably failed to have at […]