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TopicRakesh Asthana

Topic: Rakesh Asthana

CBI fratricide is stemmed as Modi removes its head

Simrin Sirur -
Your daily news capsule.

Modi has been fixated with IPS officers and that’s hurt him badly

Ruhi Tewari -
As the Alok Verma-Rakesh Asthana war in CBI continues to rage, a look at Narendra Modi’s past encounters with top police officers.

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

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

ED files 5th chargesheet in Sandesara fraud but no mention of CBI No. 2 Asthana so far

Ananya Bhardwaj -
Rakesh Asthana’s name appeared in the Sterling Biotech diaries seized in 2011, but it has not been mentioned in five prosecution complaints filed so far.

CBI No. 2 Asthana insists FIR against him is illegal, gets temporary relief from court

Ananya Bhardwaj -
The Delhi High Court has instructed that CBI special director Rakesh Asthana cannot be arrested until the next hearing Monday.

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

Ananya Bhardwaj -
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

Simrin Sirur -
Your daily news capsule.

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

Neeraj Kumar -
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

Maneesh Chhibber -
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.

PM Modi summons CBI’s top two cops, agency arrests its own DSP Devender Kumar

Ananya Bhardwaj -
Devender Kumar was arrested for allegedly forging a statement to assist CBI's No. 2 Asthana in his corruption complaint against agency director Verma.
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Opinion

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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