AAP Lokayukta: Powers to remove corrupt minister; 1 Lakh fine for false complaint
14 March 2013 17:38 IST
The new draft of Lokayukta on the lines of Uttarakhand act empowers the Lokayukta to remove the corrupt minister, once proved guilty, and to approach the high court if its recommendations are not implemented. READ
Aires-led Jt Front opposes Justice Reddy as Lokayukta
14 March 2013 12:08 IST
Four political parties and NGOs have come together, led by social activist Aires Rodrigues, demanding that Justice B Sudarshan Reddy should not be sworn in as the Lokayukta but sent back home. READ
Lokayukta to be sworn in on 16 March, CM receives AAP draft
13 March 2013 19:31 IST
Justice B Sudarshan Reddy will take over as Goa’s first Lokayukta on 16 March as one Lokayukta amendment bill is pending before the Governor for assent and another draft of amendments has reached the chief ... READ
Bhushan sends new Lokayukta draft for Goa Govt
12 March 2013 15:43 ISTEminent Supreme Court lawyer and Aam Aadmi Party leader Adv Prashant Bhushan has sent a draft of amendments to the Lokayukta Act, on the lines of Uttarakhanda Lokayukta Act, as promised to chief minister Manohar ... READ
NCP questions legality in appointing Lokayukta
11 March 2013 16:19 IST Nationalist Congress Party has questioned the procedure of appointing Justice B Sudharsan Reddy as the first Lokayukta of Goa. READ
Lokayukta will go to Guv for assent: CM
20 February 2013 21:20 IST
The government has decided to send the controversial Lokayukta amendment bill to the governor for his assent. READ
Making corrupt minister resign not unconstitutional: Justice Misra
14 February 2013 23:11 IST
Chairman of Goa Human Rights Commission and former chief justice of Patna High Court Justice Prafulla Kumar Misra has said that making it compulsory for a corrupt minister or chief minister to resign is not ... READ
CAG official nabbed for accepting bribe
12 February 2013 21:54 IST
S Chedda, an assistant officer of Comptroller and Auditor General of India, was arrested and remanded to seven days custody, after he was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe. READ
CM assures AAP to hold Lokayukta bill & present new version by March
10 February 2013 13:54 IST
Chief minister Manohar Parrikar has assured Aam Aadmi Party not to send the controversial Lokayukta bill to the governor but to present it again in the Assembly in March, based on a draft the AAP ... READ
Dump stupid Goa Lokayukta act, Uttarakhand best: Kejriwal
08 February 2013 16:25 IST
Arvind Kejriwal of Aam Aadmi Party has said the Karnataka model for Goa Lokayukta in any form is stupid since it is merely an advisory body in the hands of the state government and its ... READ
