Bihar Lokayukta draft shocks everyone: such an eyewash!   Patna/Delhi: according to the latest reports, members of Team Anna are not happy with the Lokayukta Bill draft put up by the Bihar government and claim that it is just a replica of the draft put up by the centre. This is surprising since the draft was prepared after serious deliberation for months before being put up, and that it remains open to suggestions from the public is a bad excuse on part of the Bihar government. After all a committee headed by Deputy Chief Minister S K Modi was appointed to fine-tune the draft of the... 

Done deal: Bihar Lokayukta Bill will have CM in ambit     Patna: after some wait and apprehension, the Bihar government has announced its decision to enact a new Lokayukta Bill which is largely in tune with the draft Jan Lokayukta bill, sent by Team Anna to the chief minister’s office. On Tuesday, the state cabinet cleared a rough proposal for the Lokayukta, which will be a three-member body headed by a chairperson. It will not only have the office of the chief minister within its ambit, but will also have its own investigation and prosecution wings. The move will necessitate... 

Bihar may be the 1st state to accept Hazare’s Lokayukta draft: the principle and the politics behind it!   Patna: it seems that despite being the poorest state in the country, the onus of administrative and political reforms has squarely fallen on Bihar’s shoulders. Unlike the centre which has been everything to scuttle the Lokayukta cause, Bihar is now open to accepting the draft bill prepared by Anna Hazare and team. According to the latest reports, the Hazare team is ready with its draft bill to set up a Lokayukta in Bihar.   Lokayukta: the principle Arvind Kejriwal, a member... 

Nitish’s response to land scam accusation: seeking Hazare’s help for effective Lokayukta   Patna: even as Nitish Kumar, the Bihar CM faces charges of ‘land scam’ in the assembly, he expressed a resolve to fight corruption in the state and will consult Anna Hazare’s to make the state Lokayukta “further broad-based and effective.” “We have realised the need for strengthening Lokayukta… We will take help of Anna Hazare in our determined bid to make Lokayukta further broad-based and effective in Bihar,” Kumar told reporters at his state Assembly...