Lokayukta
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BJP targets Rahul for attack on Modi
National | Apr 29, 2014, 05:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: BJP today targeted Rahul Gandhi for accusing Narendra Modi of favouring few industrialists and raising questions over development model of Gujarat and said the “insulated” Congress Vice President has poor knowledge of ground
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'Chowkidar' Modi would have been in jail if Lokayukta was in place in Gujarat:Rahul
National | Apr 27, 2014, 07:47 AM ISTBotad/Devgadh Baria (Gujarat): Rahul Gandhi yesterday said Narendra Modi would have been in jail had Lokayukta and RTI Commissioners been in place in Gujarat and accused BJP's PM nominee of distributing huge tracts of land
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Delhi needs Lokayukta through collaborative approach: Kiran Bedi
India | Feb 12, 2014, 09:30 PM ISTNew Delhi: Defending the Lokpal Act passed by the Parliament, former IPS officer Kiran Bedi today said Delhi only needs an amended Lokayukta which was possible only with a “collaborative approach”.“Country already has a useful
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Uttarakhand to implement Lokayukta on pattern of Lokpal Bill: CM
India | Dec 16, 2013, 08:10 PM ISTDehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna today said the state Lokayukta will be constituted on the same pattern as that of Lokpal Bill tabled in Parliament.Bahuguna said in reply to an allegation made by BJP's
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Gujarat gets Lokayukta after a decade
India | Dec 11, 2013, 05:42 PM ISTGandhinagar: Retired Gujarat High Court Judge D P Buch was today sworn in as the state's fourth Lokayukta, a post that lay vacant for a decade and over which Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Governor
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Gujarat Governor appoints Retd Justice Buch as Lokayukta
India | Nov 29, 2013, 10:25 PM ISTAhmedabad: Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal today approved the appointment of Justice (retd) D P Buch as the Lokayukta of the state, paving the way for filling up of the post, which has been lying vacant
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President rejects Lokayukta's recommendation to recover Rs 11 cr from Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit
India | Sep 16, 2013, 08:06 AM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected Delhi Lokayukta's recommendation to administer "caution" to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and recover a sum of Rs 11 crore either from her or Congress for alleged misuse of
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Court seeks Lokayukta's report on Dikshit
National | Aug 15, 2013, 07:17 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought the Lokayukta's report which recommended to the president a censure of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for allegedly misrepresenting facts about 60,000 low-cost flats ahead of the 2008
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SC dismisses Gujarat govt's curative petition on Lokayukta
India | Jul 18, 2013, 09:41 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 18: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's last hope for quashing of Justice (retd) R A Mehta's appointment as Lokayukta was dashed today with the Supreme Court dismissing the state government's curative petition
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Lokayukta has gone beyond legal boundaries: Sheila Dikshit
National | May 30, 2013, 10:21 AM ISTNew Delhi, May 30: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Wednesday attacked Lokayuta Manmohan Sarin, saying the ombudsman had gone beyond his legal boundaries and norms by indicting her for something that happened in 2008. She
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BJP demands Sheila's resignation after Lokayukta charge
National | May 24, 2013, 07:12 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 24: The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Delhi unit Friday staged a sit-in protest near Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's official residence here, demanding her resignation over alleged misuse of public money for "political
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Dikshit misused public money: Lokayukta
India | May 23, 2013, 08:38 AM ISTNew Delhi, May 23: Delhi Lokayukta Manmohan Sarin Wednesday came down heavily on Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for misusing public money to "gain favour" for her and her political party ahead of the assembly polls
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Lokayukta searches premises of PWD contractors, engineers
India | Apr 27, 2013, 05:55 PM ISTBangalore, Apr 27: Lokayukta sleuths today conducted searches at the premises of three PWD contractors and four engineers in Magadi taluk, Bangalore and Tumkur. This was due to alleged irregularities in utilisation of funds in
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SC dismisses review plea of Gujarat govt on Lokayukta
India | Mar 15, 2013, 05:01 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed Gujarat government's petition seeking review of its judgement upholding the appointment of Justice (retd) R A Mehta as the state Lokayukta by Governor Kamla Beniwal. A bench comprising
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Kejriwal's AAP slams Modi govt over Lokayukta
National | Jan 16, 2013, 02:20 PM ISTAhmedabad, Jan 16: The Aam Admi Party (AAP) Tuesday criticised the Narendra Modi-led Gujarat government saying despite the Supreme Court order upholding the appointment of Lokayukta in the state, the post was still lying vacant
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Endless wait for Goa lokayukta
National | Jan 04, 2013, 12:37 PM ISTPanaji, Jan 4: The wait for a lokayukta in Goa appears to be as endless and tiring as that in Samuel Beckett's landmark play "Waiting for Godot".After promising to institute a lokayukta in Goa 100
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Modi govt's attitude will not be a challenge: Mehta
National | Sep 20, 2013, 04:10 PM ISTAhmedabad, Jan 2: After the Supreme Court upheld the appointment of Lokayukta in Gujarat, Justice (retd) R A Mehta today said the Modi government's attitude will not come in the way of his work."I don't
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Delhi govt defies Lokayukta, refuses to send report on Sheila Dikshit to President
National | Dec 12, 2012, 06:38 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 12: Delhi government has turned down Delhi Lokayukta's request to send its report against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to the President for review of an earlier decision in a case relating to
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Can man's views bar him from Lokayukta post, asks SC
India | Nov 28, 2012, 09:32 AM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 28: The Supreme Court Tuesday asked whether Justice (retd.) R.A.Mehta could be disqualified from becoming the Lokayukta of Gujarat merely because of he holds certain definite views and there was apprehension of
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Panel for delinking Lokayuktas from Lokpal
India | Nov 19, 2012, 10:40 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov19: The Rajya Sabha Select Committee on the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011 has, however, said the state governments will have to set up their own ombudsman.A Parliamentary Committee has recommended delinking creation