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Topic: Rakesh Asthana

After CBI, Alok Verma’s ED ‘aide’ Rajeshwar Singh could be on Modi govt radar

Maneesh Chhibber -
Speculation abounds that ED joint director Rajeshwar Singh's suspected proximity to ousted CBI director Alok Verma has irked the government.  

The Moin Qureshi probe that split CBI and led to the war within

Ananya Bhardwaj -
The dubious meat exporter allegedly had links to ex-CBI directors and was involved in extortion, which Rakesh Asthana was probing.

The RAW link in CBI tussle between Alok Verma and Rakesh Asthana

Jyoti Malhotra -
ED joint director Rajeshwar Singh, who is close to Alok Verma, was accused of ISI links in a RAW report. He suspects a batchmate of Rakesh Asthana may be behind it.

CBI’s interim chief Nageshwar Rao brings his own controversial baggage to the job

Ananya Bhardwaj -
Nageshwar Rao, who was appointed CBI interim director Wednesday, has been accused of misappropriating funds and scuttling a probe. New Delhi: Nageshwar Rao, the additional...

Top RAW officer named in Rakesh Asthana FIR is frontrunner for Punjab police chief job

Chitleen K Sethi -
CBI FIR says Samant Goel 'knew' middleman Somesh Prasad through whom Rakesh Asthana was allegedly gathering bribes.

Opposition slams Modi govt for sending CBI boss and his deputy on leave

PTI -
Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala wondered if CBI chief Alok Verma was ‘sacked’ for his keenness to probe 'corruption' in Rafale deal.

Rahul Gandhi alleges Alok Verma was removed as CBI director for questioning Rafale deal

PTI -
Rahul Gandhi said that Verma had asked for documents of the fighter jet deal following which he was removed.

CBI feud is what happens when you ‘prostitute’ an investigating agency: Arun Shourie

Sanya Dhingra -
Former Union minister Arun Shourie says Supreme Court must restore Alok Verma as CBI director if the case against him fails to hold up.

Most of the 13 CBI officers transferred are from ousted chief Alok Verma’s ‘camp’

Ananya Bhardwaj -
A.K. Bassi and A.K. Sharma, who were known to be Alok Verma’s confidants, have been transferred to Port Blair and the ‘defunct’ MDMA unit...

Inside story of the Gujarati tycoons at the heart of the CBI crisis

Aditi Vatsa -
The rise and fall of the Sandesara brothers who are suspected of being hand in glove with outgoing CBI special director Rakesh Asthana.
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Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

Phiroze J Shroff -
If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Dharali floods a wake-up call for IMD, NDMA to buck up—the Himalayan region is vulnerable

Buying Russian oil, misreading Trump—3 points will define India’s next energy strategy

Economy

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

Neelam Pandey -
New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Defence

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

Snehesh Alex Philip -
New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

National Interest

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Shekhar Gupta -
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.

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