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Thursday, March 28, 2024
TopicRakesh Asthana

Topic: Rakesh Asthana

Delhi court takes cognisance of chargesheet giving clean chit to Asthana in CBI vs CBI case

Court observes there are no sufficient grounds to proceed against former CBI director Rakesh Asthana, who was arrested in 2018 & later got bail.

Delhi court pulls up CBI for not running psychological, lie detector test on Rakesh Asthana

The CBI had registered a case of criminal conspiracy and corruption against its former special director Rakesh Asthana in October 2018.

Former CBI special director Rakesh Asthana, RAW chief given clean chit in bribery case

The other key accused in the case, middleman Manoj Prasad, has been named in the charge-sheet. Another alleged middleman Somesh Prasad will be investigated.

Controversial ex-CBI officer Rakesh Asthana is top contender for Delhi Police chief post

Other contenders for post of Delhi Police commissioner are Puducherry DGP Balaji Srivastava and ADG (Training) in CRPF S.N. Srivastava.

Delhi HC grants 2 more months to CBI to complete probe in Rakesh Asthana bribery case

High Court passes order while disposing of plea by CBI seeking extension of time by 6 months to complete the probe in the case.

Rakesh Asthana threatened to make my life hell: Christian Michel alleges in court

Michel's statement that he was put in prison with Kashmiri separatist leaders was denied by jail authorities.

CBI officer who probed Asthana says he’s being ‘victimised’, moves SC against transfer

CBI special director A.K. Bassi accuses interim director Rao of representing ‘elements in CBI who did not want free and fair probe’ against Rakesh Asthana. 

Nirav Modi sleuth among 4 CBI officers removed by Modi govt

Modi government Thursday removed four officers, including Rakesh Asthana, from CBI amid an unprecedented churn in the probe agency.

After Alok Verma, Modi govt now removes Rakesh Asthana & 3 top CBI officers

Decision to curtail tenure of these four officers was taken by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by PM Modi. New Delhi: A week...

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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 training Jammu & Kashmir cops 

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.