Disqualified Karnataka MLAs approach high court

BANGALORE – A division bench of the Karnataka High Court will Monday afternoon hear a joint petition by 16 rebel legislators against their disqualification by Speaker K.G. Bopaiah ahead of the trust vote earlier in the day.

The petition has been admitted and posted for hearing by the bench headed by Chief Justice K.S. Khehar …. Original source  : Disqualified Karnataka MLAs approach high court.

Will strive to make RTI more effective, accessible: New CIC

NEW DELHI – The empowering Right To Information Act (RTI) completes five eventful years Oct 12 (Tuesday). Newly-appointed Chief Information Commissioner Anugraha Narayan Tiwari, who has a very short tenure to work in, is keen to make the act more powerful and more accessible.

Tiwari, a 1969 batch IAS officer and former secretary, Department of … Original source on Gaea Times at : Will strive to make RTI more effective, accessible: New CIC.

Jailed Chinese Nobel laureate meets with wife

BEIJING – The wife of jailed Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo met her husband Sunday and reportedly told him of his award, a rights group said.

Liu Xia met her husband after being taken to Jinzhou in China’s northeast where Li Xiaobo is imprisoned, Hong Kong media reported, citing the Hong Kong-based Information … Original source on Gaea Times at : Jailed Chinese Nobel laureate meets with wife.