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Nishikant Dubey (File photo) NEW DELHI: Lokpal has dismissed the allegation of BJP MP Nishikant Dubey possessing disproportionate assets as “frivolous and vexatious”, slamming the complainant, former IPS officer and activist Amitabh Thakur, for indulging in “whataboutery” during the case’s proceedings.The Lokpal, headed by former Supreme Court judge AM Khanwilkar, found Thakur’s charge, made in…
NEW DELHI: Twelve years after UPA govt enacted the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, followed by its rollout by NDA regime, a feeling seems to be growing among certain quarters in govt that some of its key provisions may need a relook in light of experience gathered during its enforcement.Sources in govt said ambiguities in the…
India’s top ombudsman, the Lokpal, has stirred controversy by issuing a tender for BMWs, ironically inviting suspicions of the very corruption the body was created to prevent.On 16 October, the anti-corruption authority issued a tender stating that “The Lokpal of India invites open tender enquiries on a PAC basis through an online two-bid system (Technical…
