
After Alok Verma, his rival Rakesh Asthana is moved out of CBI
Friday, January 18, 2019, 7:57 AM
Rakesh Asthana, number 2 to former CBI chief Alok Verma, was moved out of the premier investigating agency today, just a week after the removal of his boss. The unprecedented public rivalry between the officers involving tit-for-tat corruption allegations and a bribery case against Mr Asthana had engulfed the country's premier investigating agency in a huge controversy over the last months.

Alok Verma to be a keynote speaker at SRCC event next month
Thursday, January 17, 2019, 7:57 AM
Deposed CBI chief Alok Verma has been invited to be a keynote speaker at Delhi's SRCC Students' Union Business Conclave 2019 on February 14, the same platform which, effectively, launched Narendra Modi's prime ministerial campaign for the 2014 general elections. Verma was sent an invite by the organisers last week after he was reinstated to the post of CBI Director by the Supreme Court.

Delhi HC verdict on Rakesh Asthana's plea to quash FIR likely today
Friday, January 11, 2019, 11:40 AM
A day after CBI Director Alok Verma was shunted out of the agency, the Delhi High Court on Friday is expected to pronounce its verdict on a plea by CBI special director Rakesh Asthana seeking to quash an FIR registered against him by the agency. In his petition, Asthana had challenged the FIR saying it was motivated at the behest of Verma.