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.
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.
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 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.
BSF DG Rakesh Asthana will lead a delegation that will have representatives from the Narcotics Control Bureau, External Affairs Ministry & other govt agencies.
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.
'I feel vindicated,' says former CBI special director Rakesh Asthana, who led SIT against Vijay Mallya, as UK High Court dismisses the extradition plea.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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