Rakesh Asthana
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CBI vs CBI: Delhi court raps agency for not conducting psychological, lie detector test on Asthana
India | Feb 19, 2020, 01:00 PM ISTA Delhi court on Wednesday asked the CBI as to why there no psychological and lie detector test conducted on its former special director Rakesh Asthana, who was recently given a clean chit in a bribery case.
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CBI vs CBI: Court expresses displeasure over CBI probe in bribery case involving Rakesh Asthana
India | Feb 12, 2020, 11:31 AM ISTA Delhi court on Wednesday expressed displeasure over CBI's investigation into a bribery case involving its former Special Director Rakesh Asthana and said why the accused with a bigger role in the case were roaming free while the CBI arrested its own DSP. "Why certain accused, who seem to have a bigger role in the case, were roaming free while the CBI arrested its own DSP," asked Special CBI Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal.
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CBI vs CBI: Rakesh Asthana gets clean chit
India | Feb 11, 2020, 11:59 PM ISTThe Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday gave a clean chit to former CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana and R&AW Chief Samant Goel in a bribery case registered by the agency in 2018.
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CBI SP probing Rakesh Asthana, seeks voluntary retirement
India | Sep 25, 2019, 10:22 PM ISTCBI Superintendent of Police Satish Dagar, who was part of the team probing the agency's then Special Director Rakesh Asthana, has sought voluntary retirement on "personal grounds", an official said on Wednesday.
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Enforcement Directorate arrests businessman Sana Satish Babu in Moin Qureshi PMLA case
India | Jul 27, 2019, 09:03 AM ISTIt was Sana Satish Babu, on whose complaint the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had registered a criminal FIR on charges of corruption against its former special director Rakesh Asthana during the infamous fight between the number one man in the agency -- the then CBI director Alok Verma -- and the number two, Asthana.
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Rakesh Asthana bribery case: High Court grants 4 more months to CBI to complete probe
India | May 31, 2019, 11:28 AM ISTJustice Mukta Gupta allowed the CBI's plea seeking extension of time to complete its investigation in the case lodged against Asthana, DSP Devender Kumar and middleman Manoj Prasad.
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Met Rakesh Asthana in Dubai, he threatened to make my life hell: Christian Michel tells Delhi court
India | Mar 12, 2019, 05:45 PM ISTChristian Michel, the alleged middleman in AgustaWestland chopper scam case, claimed in a Delhi court Tuesday that former CBI special director Rakesh Asthana met him in Dubai and threatened to make his life hell inside jail if he did not toe the line of the agency in its investigation in the scandal.
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Former CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana among 3 IPS officers to get top pay scale
India | Mar 11, 2019, 03:41 PM ISTAsthana, a Gujarat-cadre IPS officer, along with the head of National Investigation Agency (NIA) Y C Modi were given the top pay scale of Rs 2.25 lakh, it said.
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PM Modi-led selection committee likely to meet today to decide new CBI chief
India | Jan 24, 2019, 12:01 AM ISTThe Selection Committee comprising Modi, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and leader of single largest party in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge will meet on January 24, IANS reported quoting sources.
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Government appoints Rakesh Asthana as Director General of BCAS
India | Jan 18, 2019, 06:00 PM ISTA day after the government curtailed his tenure in the CBI as Special Director, Rakesh Asthana, who had a bitter fight with ousted agency chief Alok Verma, was on Friday appointed as the new Director General of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).
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Days after 'boss' Alok Verma moved out, Govt axes Asthana, three other officers from CBI
India | Jan 18, 2019, 12:00 AM ISTThe development comes days after Alok Verma was shunted out of the post of CBI director and appointed Director General of Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards.
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CBI row: Rakesh Asthana moves High Court seeking corrections in judgement
India | Jan 17, 2019, 09:47 AM ISTAgainst Asthana, the High Court directed the CBI to conclude the investigation within 10 weeks.
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Did CBI sleuths tap secret phone calls between Ajit Doval, Rakesh Asthana? Delhi HC seeks response
India | Jan 15, 2019, 11:31 PM ISTA division bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V Kameswar Rao asked the Centre and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file their reply and listed the matter for further hearing on March 26.
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CBI vs CBI: Delhi HC dismisses plea filed by Spl Director Rakesh Asthana seeking quashing of FIR filed against him
India | Jan 11, 2019, 02:59 PM ISTSana, on whose complaint the FIR was lodged, had also made allegations of corruption, extortion, high-handedness and serious malpractices against Asthana.
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CBI team probing Rakesh Asthana remains unchanged; Alok Verma issues transfer orders
India | Jan 10, 2019, 06:56 PM ISTVerma, who joined back after having been reinstated by the Supreme Court Wednesday, had issued orders cancelling all the transfers affected by interim chief M Nageswar Rao.
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CBI vs CBI: Govt sent Alok Verma on leave to save credibility of CBI, claims Arun Jaitley
India | Jan 08, 2019, 03:07 PM ISTThough the apex court reinstated Verma as CBI director, it restrained him from taking major policy decisions.
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CBI vs CBI: SC to pronounce verdict on Alok Verma's plea against Cente's decision to divest him of powers
India | Jan 08, 2019, 12:01 AM ISTThe Centre had taken a decision against Verma and CBI's Special Director Rakesh Asthana after their feud became public as they made allegations of corruption against each other.
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CBI vs CBI: High Court reserves verdict on pleas of Special Director Rakesh Asthana
India | Dec 20, 2018, 09:31 PM ISTThe Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on pleas of CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana and others seeking the quashing of FIR against them on bribery allegations.
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CBI Vs CBI | 'They were fighting like cats': Centre defends sending 2 top agency officials on leave
India | Dec 05, 2018, 04:30 PM ISTVerma's two-year tenure ends on January 31. He has challenged the Centre's decision.
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CBI vs CBI: CVC has no power to remove Alok Verma, argues Kapil Sibal | As It Happened
India | Nov 29, 2018, 07:34 PM ISTA bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi heard the response of Verma given in a sealed cover on the findings of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) in the preliminary inquiry against him. The court fixed the next hearing on Dec 5.