September 26, 2020 7:01 am
The CBI had registered an FIR against former CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana on the basis of a complaint from Sana, facing investigation in a 2017 case involving meat exporter Qureshi.
August 18, 2020 4:40 pm
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Monday issued orders for the appointment of Asthana, who has been serving as the DG of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) till now apart from heading the Narcotics Control Bureau in an additional capacity.
August 18, 2020 8:04 am
The government has transferred chief of Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) V S K Kaumudi. Under him, BPR&D had prepared a comprehensive report on fake news and shared it with police forces across the country in May.
July 29, 2020 2:35 am
A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, however, sought to know why he had not joined duty in Port Blair.
March 07, 2020 6:05 pm
A Delhi court on Saturday took cognisance of the CBI charge sheet in a bribery case in which the agency recently gave clean chit to its former special director Rakesh Asthana.
February 29, 2020 2:19 am
During the hearing, Bassi told the court that Dagar “deliberately ignored” evidence against Asthana and Devender in a 2017 case involving meat exporter Moin Qureshi.
February 28, 2020 1:31 pm
Special CBI judge Sanjeev Aggarwal was told by Ajay Kumar Bassi, the former investigating officer in the case, that the current IO, Satish Dagar, was trying to "save" Asthana and other public servants.
February 20, 2020 3:45 am
Special CBI Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal also directed the initial investigating officer, Ajay Kumar Bassi, to appear before it on February 28 to explain the case diary.
February 19, 2020 1:34 pm
Asthana and DSP Devender Kumar, who were arrested in 2018 and later got bail, were named in column 12 of the charge sheet in the case since there was not enough evidence to make them accused.
February 13, 2020 1:43 am
The CBI gave a clean chit to Rakesh Asthana and DSP Devender Kumar in a bribery and extortion case on Tuesday.
June 22, 2020 6:12 pm
In this episode of Express Eye for Detail, a look at the battle within the CBI, the AIADMK gets a breather and Virat Kohli becomes the fastest batsman to reach the 10,000-run mark.
June 22, 2020 6:12 pm
Four men were caught allegedly snooping outside the residence of CBI's Alok Verma. Intelligence Bureau denies its involvement.
October 25, 2018 7:32 pm
Four men were caught allegedly snooping outside the residence of CBI's Alok Verma. Intelligence Bureau denies its involvement.
June 22, 2020 6:13 pm
The CBI director, Alok Verma, was investigating several key cases, including a complaint about the controversial Rafale deal, when the government suddenly sent him on leave.
June 22, 2020 6:13 pm
In a midnight move, the government on Wednesday sent CBI director Alok Verma and Special Director Rakesh Asthana on leave after weeks of infighting rocked the investigating agency.