Alok Verma Removed

A CBI officer in charge of the probe against Rakesh Asthana, a former Special Director at the agency transferred under controversial circumstances earlier this year, was removed from his position by the central government today. The decision on "repatriating" Deputy Inspector General Tarun Gauba was conveyed through an order issued by the Ministry ...

A high-powered committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi met today to appoint a new CBI chief, but the outcome of their discussions remained inconclusive. The other members of the panel are Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Opposition leader Mallikarjun Kharge.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi today continued the attack on the Narendra Modi government over the Rafale deal and said there is dissent within the government over which the Prime Minister is "losing sleep".

A high-powered selection committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that met this evening to appoint a new CBI chief did not come to a conclusive decision and is likely to meet again sometime next week to finalise its pick. The country's central probe agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI has been in turmoil for the last three month...

The Supreme Court was moved today seeking the quashing of the January 10 decision of the PM-led selection panel removing Alok Verma as the head of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

A 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).

Rakesh Asthana, number 2 to former CBI chief Alok Verma, was moved out of the premier investigating agency on Thursday, just a week after the removal of his boss.

Justice A K Sikri of the Supreme Court wants the controversy, over his proposed post-retirement assignment and nomination on the PM-led panel which removed Alok Verma as CBI chief, to "die" even as some senior advocates Monday termed the incident mischievous and aimed at targeting him.

After a political controversy that drove Justice AK Sikri to turn down a post-retirement job offer, sources have told NDTV that the Supreme Court judge did not want to be part of the three-member selection committee that decided to remove Alok Verma as CBI chief.

M Nageswara Rao's appointment as the interim chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation after the removal of Alok Verma from the top job was challenged in the Supreme Court on Monday.

Supreme Court judge AK Sikri, whose vote helped decide CBI chief Alok Verma's removal from the top post, has turned down a post-retirement offer from the government.

Amid a row over the sacking of CBI director Alok Verma shortly after his reinstatement, Congress on Sunday sought the "immediate removal" of the Chief Vigilance Commissioner, alleging that he had acted like a "puppet" in the hands of the government.

Hours after CBI chief Alok Verma resignedfollowing his removal from the top post by a panel led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and a Delhi court asked the agency to investigate its number 2 Rakesh Asthana in a bribery case, former UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav quipped"who will investigate the CBI?"

Alok Verma, a day after he was removed as the CBI chief and transferred as Director General, Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards, has refuse to take up the new job and sent his resignation to the government.

Alok Verma, removed as CBI director on Friday, resigned and refused to take charge as chief of fire services a day after he was removed from the high-profile investigating agency by a panel led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A CBI officer in charge of the probe against Rakesh Asthana, a former Special Director at the agency transferred under controversial circumstances earlier this year, was removed from his position by the central government today. The decision on "repatriating" Deputy Inspector General Tarun Gauba was conveyed through an order issued by the Ministry ...

A high-powered committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi met today to appoint a new CBI chief, but the outcome of their discussions remained inconclusive. The other members of the panel are Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Opposition leader Mallikarjun Kharge.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi today continued the attack on the Narendra Modi government over the Rafale deal and said there is dissent within the government over which the Prime Minister is "losing sleep".

A high-powered selection committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that met this evening to appoint a new CBI chief did not come to a conclusive decision and is likely to meet again sometime next week to finalise its pick. The country's central probe agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI has been in turmoil for the last three month...

The Supreme Court was moved today seeking the quashing of the January 10 decision of the PM-led selection panel removing Alok Verma as the head of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

A 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).

Rakesh Asthana, number 2 to former CBI chief Alok Verma, was moved out of the premier investigating agency on Thursday, just a week after the removal of his boss.

Justice A K Sikri of the Supreme Court wants the controversy, over his proposed post-retirement assignment and nomination on the PM-led panel which removed Alok Verma as CBI chief, to "die" even as some senior advocates Monday termed the incident mischievous and aimed at targeting him.

After a political controversy that drove Justice AK Sikri to turn down a post-retirement job offer, sources have told NDTV that the Supreme Court judge did not want to be part of the three-member selection committee that decided to remove Alok Verma as CBI chief.

M Nageswara Rao's appointment as the interim chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation after the removal of Alok Verma from the top job was challenged in the Supreme Court on Monday.

Supreme Court judge AK Sikri, whose vote helped decide CBI chief Alok Verma's removal from the top post, has turned down a post-retirement offer from the government.

Amid a row over the sacking of CBI director Alok Verma shortly after his reinstatement, Congress on Sunday sought the "immediate removal" of the Chief Vigilance Commissioner, alleging that he had acted like a "puppet" in the hands of the government.

Hours after CBI chief Alok Verma resignedfollowing his removal from the top post by a panel led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and a Delhi court asked the agency to investigate its number 2 Rakesh Asthana in a bribery case, former UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav quipped"who will investigate the CBI?"

Alok Verma, a day after he was removed as the CBI chief and transferred as Director General, Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards, has refuse to take up the new job and sent his resignation to the government.

Alok Verma, removed as CBI director on Friday, resigned and refused to take charge as chief of fire services a day after he was removed from the high-profile investigating agency by a panel led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.