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Thursday, March 28, 2024
TopicAlok Verma

Topic: Alok Verma

Modi govt sends warring CBI bosses Alok Verma & Rakesh Asthana on leave

Alok Verma divested of his charge as CBI director. Joint director M. Nageshwar Rao to hold top post.

All you wanted to know about the war in CBI between Rakesh Asthana and Alok Verma

The standoff between CBI’s top two officers, Alok Verma and Rakesh Asthana, goes back to 2016 when Verma became director.

CBI Vs CBI dominates the headlines

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CBI is no longer India’s premier investigation agency, it is a self-destructive monster

The feud between Alok Verma and Rakesh Asthana in the CBI has sent its prestige, credibility and image down the drain.

Behind CBI’s No. 1 versus No. 2 battle is also a turf war in Modi’s PMO

NSA Ajit Doval is said to be backing CBI director Alok Verma, while special director Rakesh Asthana has the support of P.K. Misra, a top PMO official.

CBI says second-in-command Asthana’s complaint against its chief is malicious & frivolous

Rakesh Asthana had alleged interference in probes undertaken by the special investigation team under him.

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Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.