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Friday, August 1, 2025
TopicRakesh Asthana

Topic: Rakesh Asthana

HC asks if plea against Asthana’s appointment as Delhi Police chief pending in other courts

Delhi High Court didn't issue a notice on a plea challenging Rakesh Asthana's appointment and proceeded to adjourn the hearing to 23 August.

NGO moves SC against Rakesh Asthana’s appointment as Delhi Police chief

The petition, moved by advocate Prashant Bhushan, also urged the apex court to set aside the Centre’s order to extend Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana’s service period.

Plea against appointment of Delhi Police chief Asthana to be heard after being numbered: SC

A contempt plea was filed against PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for appointing Rakesh Asthana as Delhi Police chief in alleged violation of a judgment by the Supreme Court.

‘Rakesh Asthana sent on special mission’ — Delhi assembly passes resolution against appointment

MHA named Rakesh Asthana as the new Delhi CP Tuesday, three days before his retirement as the BSF DG. AAP MLAs say this violates SC guidelines.

Why IPS officers Rakesh Asthana & YC Modi, govt choice for CBI chief post, were ruled out

Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana invokes a Supreme Court rule on appointments that has never been used before in the selection of CBI chiefs.

Mamata’s ex-minister says Saradha is country’s worst scam, bats for Rakesh Asthana in new book

Former additional CBI director Upen Biswas, widely known for his probe into the fodder scam, has written that Saradha scam is a ‘monumental fraud that overshadows all scams of India’. 

Dentist says Chandigarh cops filed FIR against him at Asthana’s behest, HC seeks affidavit

Dentist alleges that Chandigarh Police booked him in a cheating case on the complaint of a US-based woman patient, who is close to former CBI special director Rakesh Asthana.

India, Bangladesh to hold DG-level border talks in Dhaka next month, discuss security issues

BSF DG Rakesh Asthana will lead a delegation that will have representatives from the Narcotics Control Bureau, External Affairs Ministry & other govt agencies.

IPS officer Rakesh Asthana appointed BSF chief two years after ouster from CBI 

During his tenure in the CBI, Asthana was involved in investigating many high-profile cases and helped build a watertight case for Vijay Mallya’s extradition.

How CBI convinced UK High Court that Vijay Mallya needs to be extradited to India

'I feel vindicated,' says former CBI special director Rakesh Asthana, who led SIT against Vijay Mallya, as UK High Court dismisses the extradition plea.

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India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

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Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.