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'Lokpal now Shockpal': Jairam Ramesh criticises anti-corruption body's tender to purchase BMW luxury cars"Lokpal is not Lokpal any longer. It is 'Shokpal' and 'Shockpal'. Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal, 'India Against Corruption', and the RSS did...
'Why spend public money?' P Chidambaram after Lokpal floats tender to purchase BMW luxury carsSenior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday questioned the reported move made by the Office of Lokpal to initiate the process of purc...
Congress slams AAP, BJP war of words over Jan Lokpal BillDelhi Congress accused the ruling AAP and opposition BJP of hindering the setting up of a strong anti-graft ombudsman in the national capit...
Property Returns to be filed twice every year, Government clarifies to bureaucratsThe Centre has made it clear that govt servants will have to submit their asset details twice every year under the existing Conduct Rules.
- Ramdev all set for second round of protest
Ramdev's second round of protest will also witness an expansion of his agenda from blackmoney to Lokpal Bill, making CBI independent.
- Diminished Lokpal a setback to concept of independent anti-graft body
The failure of the Constitutional amendment Bill to give the Lokpal constitutional status is a major setback to the concept of an independe...
- Aruna Roy attacks Lokpal Bill for lack of appropriateness
Aruna Roy-led NCPRI attacked the Lokpal Bill for its 'lack of appropriateness', saying it does not provide for adequate independence for th...
- Anti-graft body granted supervisory power over CBI unit
The government has decided to grant the anti-graft body supervisory power over the CBI's anti-corruption wing and change the selection proc...
- Lokpal panel may scrap need for sanctions to prosecute MPs, bureaucrats
At present, presiding officers of the two Houses of Parliament are required to give their assent for prosecution of MPs while the governmen...
- India against corruption: Team Anna Hazare insists on quota, phone tap powers
Contrary to the expectations of their supporters among the political class, the Anna Hazare campaign has decided not to drop their insisten...
- Team Anna backs Rahul's idea of making Lokpal constitutional body
Team Anna termed as "disappointing" Rahul Gandhi's speech in Parliament on Lokpal issue but, at the same time, supported his idea of making...
- Lokpal row: Team Anna to appear before Parliament panel today
Gandhian Anna Hazare, former law minister Shanti Bhushan, Prashant Bhushan and Kejriwal are expected to attend the meeting for "preliminary...
- Lokpal should probe the PM, ministers and babus
The government's version of the Lokpal Bill says that sitting prime ministers will not come under the ombudsman's lens. Instead, it should ...
- Aamir backs Team Anna on including PM under purview of Lokpal Bill
Though he supported the view of bringing the PM, judiciary and MPs under the Lokpal's purview, the actor differed with both Team Anna and g...
- Anna Hazare says govt's intentions over Lokpal Bill 'not good'
Hazare stated that government was opposing the draft amendments submitted by his team in an effort to dilute the authority of the anti-corr...
- Team Hazare's 'mantri-to-santri' idea faces practical problems
Members of the civil society in the Lokpal Bill drafting committee have made demands that could lead to the proposed anti-corruption watchd...
- Lokpal panel agrees to speed up bill drafting process
The negotiations on a draft Lokpal Bill today gained momentum with Government and civil society members agreeing on a number of basic princ...
- Lokpal should have power to remove judges for corruption: Prashant Bhushan
Prashant Bhushan, a member of the Lokpal Bill drafting committee, said that the proposed anti-graft legislation should cover judiciary too.
- Lokpal may get free hand to go after babus
The joint drafting committee on the Lokpal bill made some headway on Saturday on contentious procedures for sanction for prosecution of pub...
Tackling the blight of misgovernanceAll this public theft needs a nexus: politicians, businessmen and bureaucrats form the core and an army of district officials, contractors ...